Myron Sarracino is one of the few Laguna potters working today.  He learned to make pottery from Gladys Paquin and creates pieces which are thin walled and tightly painted. The imagery on much of his pottery is derived from pre-historic pottery designs. This jar has an elegant shape with the high shoulder and the sloping neck. The neck has a mountain and rain clouds.  The body of the jar is strikingly painted with large cloud swirls and rain designs. The thin lines are rain patterns.  Look near the base of the jar and the designs of a snail and its head in black are found!  The black and white coloration gives this jar both an ancient and very contemporary appearance.  Note on the rim that there is a  painted “spirit line”, which is where the “spirit” of the painter is able to leave the piece.  It is seen on much of the historic Acoma and Laguna pottery.  It is signed on the bottom.