Born into one of the most innovative lineages of pottery makers from Santa Clara Pueblo, Roxanne Swentzell says her mother gave her a piece of clay when she was 3 years old and from then on, she has used this medium as a form of communication. She struggled to use words as a child, so clay became an instrument to express her needs as well as her feelings. Small clay people personified Roxanne’s thoughts as she embodied the deeply held Pueblo beliefs about pottery making and their respect for the clay as a gift from the earth, for which there is also an inherent responsibility.

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