Stella Shutiva (1939 to 1979)
Stella Shutiva brought the aesthetics of prehistoric ceramics into the twentieth century, using techniques she learned from her mother, Jessie Garcia. She made the “fingernail” feature popular with white clay in the 1970′s, and is known for her bowls, seed jars and wedding vases.
Stella won numerous awards and her work is in multiple publications, including Dillingham (1992:206-208), Painter (1998:15), and Hayes & Blom (1996:52-53), (1998:25, 49).
Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions Inc.