Grace Medicine Flower began her career making miniature pottery with incised designs.  This is a set of three miniature long-neck jars.  Each one is fully polished and etched with a design on the front.  The largest of the three has two hummingbirds and a flower. The middle one has two butterflies and a flower. Finally, the smallest of the three has a Mimbres Big Horn Sheep.  They are each highly detailed and it’s amazing she could achieve so much detail on such a small surface!  They are each traditionally fired and they are from 1989.  They are all in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.  It is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Grace Medicine Flower”.  They are intricate, elegant, and stunning pieces of history. 

When the pottery comes out the way she should, it’s always the Clay Lady. She’s the one who’s giving you all this. She’s a piece of clay in your hands that you were blessed with. For all the years I’ve been potting it’s taught me patience. If it brakes in the fire, then there’s next time. Have patience, enjoy what you are doing, and really, really talk to the Clay Lady. Like my dad said, prayers and patience.”  Grace Medicine Flower, Spoken Through Clay