Grace Medicine Flower began her career making miniature pottery with incised designs.  This is an earlier, larger fully polished bowl from 1972.  The bowl is round in shape and highly polished.  It is etched with a large, flowing feathers avanyu on one side.  The opposite side has two smaller avanyu designs, along with a medicine flower.  The designs were all etched into the clay before it was fired, which adds to the risk of the piece.  It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.  It is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Grace” with a medicine flower.   It is intricate, elegant, and a stunning piece 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