Elizabeth Medina is known for traditional style of Zia pottery.  Each piece is coil built, painted with native clays and native fired.  This jar was made by Elizabeth and painted by her husband, Marcellus Medina.  The jar is wonderfully designed with twelve birds.  Each bird is different and some are flying, some running and some standing.  They are all painted in the very traditional style of Zia Pueblo.  The different colors are all different clay slips.  There is something both charming and whimsical about each of the birds! The jar is slipped and polished with a red clay slip on the side and signed, “Elizabeth + Marcellus Medina, Zia”.