About the Artist

(Born 1961) "Virginia Ponca Fragua is of the Jemez Corn Clan and has been an active potter since 1977. She is known for kiva steps, seed pots, wedding vases and small canteens.  She combines highly polished redware and creamware forms enhanced with polychrome designs. 

She digs her clay from the Jemez Reservation, uses natural paints and fires her pottery outdoors.  She was taught by her mother Lenora Fragua and her cousin Laura Gachupin."  derived from Two Ravens Pottery