I love swapping cards with Michelle out in Albuquerque but this one was sent as a "tag"...an odd arrangement where postcrossers post their name and someone can then claim one of their offerings. I've only participated a few times and am still not sure what its all about! But I was happy to grab Michelle; we've had wonderful exchanges and I was super pleased to ask for this card! The lovely pots are all at the Heard Museum in Phoenix and Michelle notes that her great grandmother had met Maria Martinez, the famous potter from San Idefonso Pueblo (who was known for her black on black style): "
There's a pretty cool family
story about great-grandma and Maria, Maria asked her to watch her
pottery in front of the Palace of the Governors while she went to do
something. A
photographer came and took my great-grandma's photo with Maria's pots.
Later, the photo showed up in a newspaper saying my great-grandma was
Maria!
She was Scottish, and didn't look a thing like her!"
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