LuAnn Tafoya is a daughter of Margaret Tafoya and known for her large, highly polished pottery.  This is a recent and quite exceptional piece of her red pottery.  The bowl is deeply carved with a design that varies as the bowl is turned.  It has cloud, kiva step and rain designs.  The patterns vary as the bowl is turned.  The entire piece is fully polished red.  The top and bottom sections are without design and the red polishing is stunning! The carved area has the same deep red coloration. It isn’t that the red always comes out this deep and perfect. LuAnn said she left it in the fired just another 10 seconds and that made all the difference! The background area is the traditional cream colored clay, which many potters no longer use.  The shape is also a classic one for LuAnn with the round shoulder and the sloping rim.  It is striking piece both in scale and appearance.  It is signed on the bottom in the clay.