Jordan Roller uses traditional techniques to creates his modernistic vessels in clay.  This bowl is a classic bear paw design, inspired by his great-grandmother, Margaret Tafoya.  The story of the bear paw is one of leading the Pueblo people to water during a drought.  The bear paw is lightly carved into the clay before it is polished.  There are two bears paws on the bowl.  It is highly polished and captures the strength of this traditional design.  The bowl is signed on the bottom in the clay.