Marvin Martinez is a great-great-grandson of noted potter Dominguita Pino Martinez, a great-grandson of Maria Martinez, and a grandson of Adam and Santana Martinez.  Marvin works with his wife, Frances (from Santa Clara) on their pottery. This bowl is coil-built and fully polished.  It is painted with an avanyu as the design, encircling the bowl.  It is traditionally fired black.  The bowl is signed on the bottom, “Marvin & Frances Martinez”.