Lucy Leuppe McKelvey

Lucy Leuppe McKelvey

Lucy Leuppe McKelvey is a self taught Navajo potter who received a little help from Hopi-Tewa friends. It has taken her 30 years to learn to make her beautiful pottery and is glad that all of her daughters are fine potters in their own right  – and that one of them is taking it up as a career even though she has a college degree.

She has been trying to make Navajo pottery evolve up into a fine art going up and above tradition while still using native techniques and home refined materials that are all natural. Most of the designs are adapted from Navajo sand painting designs, rug and basket designs, and the ancient pottery designs from the ancient ruins that are so numerous in the area that she grew up in.

Source: Historic Cameron Trading Post

Lucy Leuppe McKelvey