Santa Fe, New Mexico
I was determined to find a beautiful, inspiring pot I could afford, and I did. Here I am with Evening Star (Shi zty tyi sta'), Acoma potter and creater of my beautiful Acoma pot. She was very warm and sweet.
My pot, do you see the lightening and mountains?
The pot on this newly issued stamp is created by Lucy Martin Lewis. When I showed the stamp to Evening Star she was very surprised. She said she met the daughter of Lucy once who told her that her work looks like her mother's. This stamp was chosen out of 10 American Indian art stamps to be on t-shirts and pins! I bought a set of the stamps and got them stamped for the first day of issue. They're really terrific.
The Tsankawi Trail in Bandelier National Monument. Jen is climbing a ladder to the mesa top in her attention getting African hat.
Kokopelli! Fertility symbol of the ancient people in this area. He plays his flute to bring rain. This figure is used widely from keychains to hotels to symbolize the Southwest. I have always found it cliche´, that is, until I saw the real figure.