Acoma Pueblo
Rachel Aragon is a full blooded Native American
Indian. She was born in 1938 into the Acoma Pueblo. Rachel is a member
of the Eagle Clan. Rachel was encouraged and inspired to learn the art
of working with clay at the age of 10 from her mother, Lupe Araon. Lupe
shared with Rachel all the fundamentals of hand coiling pottery using
ancient traditional methods. Rachel graduated from High School in 1958
and then began pursuing a career in working with clay on a more professional
level. She gathers her clay from within the Acoma Pueblo. Then, she soaks the clay, grinds the clay, cleans the clay, hand mixes, hand coils, shapes, sands, and hand paints the pottery, using natural pigments which she boils together to produce the natural colors she paints with. Then, she fires her pottery outdoors, with wood chips. She is well known for her light weight pottery and her beautiful hand painted designs. She signs her pottery as: Rachel Aragon, Acoma, N.M. Rachel is related to: Mary Trujillo (sister), Emma Chino (cousin), Marie Torivio (cousin), Carol Loretto, and Geraldine Sando (nieces).
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