Mark Tahbo learned to make pottery from his great grandmother, Grace Chapella.  His pieces reflect the wonderful symmetry and thin walls of an excellent potter.  This jar is highly polished and traditionally fired so that it ranges in color from white to a dark orange.  Mark was one of the pioneers of reviving the “blushes” on Hopi-Tewa pottery and this is a perfect example of how a plainware piece can appear so stunning! It is signed on the bottom with his name a a pipe representing that he is Tobacco Clan.