Herrera, Dorothy

Dorothy Herrera was born into Cochiti Pueblo in 1969. Her mother was Mary Frances Herrera, her grandmother Laurencita Herrera. Like her brother Edwin and sister Mary Ramona, Dorothy grew up learning how to make pottery through watching and working with their mother and grandmother.

Dorothy makes polychrome jars and bowls but is most known for her creative human, frog, cat and bear storytellers, both miniature and full-size.