About The Artist
Ray was born into a San Felipe family of potters and jewelers in June 1966. As a young boy, he pulled his little wagon to the south side of the pueblo to collect clay with his grandmother to use in the creation of her pots (her name was Maria Chavez). Along the way she would tell him stories about the animals and the insects, stories which he incorporates in his pottery today. Ray’s grandmother instilled in him the love of making pottery as she taught him how to mold the different clays and when to touch and when not to touch the delicate pots. It’s in that feeling of the clay that Ray feels his connection today.
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