Susan Folwell is one of the exciting innovators in Pueblo pottery. This new tile is part of her current series, “Roads Well Traveled: Route 66.” This piece is entitled “The Mimbres Highway.” It is an open, Mimbres-inspired bowl. The exterior has circles (like wheels) and a star pattern on the bottom. The interior has the “Route 66” sign along with four cars painted on the side of the bowl!  The piece is charming and tightly painted. The bowl is signed, “Folwell”.

Susan says of this recent series:

“I’ve been taking trips and traveling along Route 66 in Arizona and New Mexico since I was a kid.  There is so much to see, interpret, and wonder about that past!  Much of the area lends itself to my natural interest in the obscure and unusual.  Neon signs from half a century ago still serve a purpose and are still in working order.  Curio shops are all along the route with enough to feed my imagination for weeks.  It history and reflection, a strange reflection of where we were as a country and a nostalgia that seems to continue to push through the cracks of time.  Honstely, it’s a walk down memory lane and there isn’t much about it, no matter how weird or unexpected, that just doesn’t make me want to smile.  I like that.”