MARLYN WERNER
"Legends in Clay"

Marlyn Werner (who is part Cherokee and Choctaw) is going back in time to recreate the ancient ceramic art of the Southwest.  With her husband Randy these two New Mexico artisans are resurrecting the practice as they follow a quest to recreate the awesome ceramics of the ancient peoples of the Southwest. Paints are derived from plants and minerals, firing are done in open wood fires. "Each piece we do is a replica of an actual historic vessel that exists in a museum or other collection. Our aim is not only for the piece to look like the original, but to feel like it and be like it in every way possible."

Marlyn was raised in Union, MS and her Native American heritage is traced back to her great – great grandmother “Hope Blessing” of the Cherokee Nation.  Marlyn is a graduate of the University of Mississippi and has a degree in Elementary Education.  She worked as a teacher with the Choctaw special education programs in Mississippi.  She was in attendance at a BIA education conference at the Ute owned Bottle Hollow Resort in Ft. Duchesne, Utah where she first met her husband Randy.  They later moved to New Mexico where she first applied her pottery making talents.  She became good friends in Taos, New Mexico with Tammy Garcia, international known potter.  The two shared their friendship and pottery making techniques.    

Marlyn and Randy’s work is featured in galleries in New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and Utah.  The Werner's have been featured in magazines throughout the southwest.  Recently one of their Mimbres bowls (G75) was exhibited in "Touched by Fire, the art, life, and legacy of Maria Martinez" at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture in Santa Fe, New Mexico. 

These two artists have devoted the last fourteen years in developing the methods of replicating the finest museum quality prehistoric pottery available.  Each piece is a limited edition... a true Legend in Clay.

Mimbres Bowl AD 1200

Anasazi Water Jar AD 1150

Anasazi Bowl AD 1000