Darlene and Rafaelita Aguilar

Artist Profile

Rafaelita and Darlene Aguilar are a mother and daughter team who together combine their efforts and creativity to continue a long lived tradition of hand coiling ancient traditional style of black on black pottery. Rafaelita was inspired to learn the art of working with clay from her mother, Miguelita Aguilar. Miguelita passed down the fundamentals of working with clay and using ancient methods. Rafaelita in turn shared the knowledge with Darlene. Today, they both work together as a team, hand coiling pottery and enjoying each others company. They sign their pottery: Rafaelita & Darlene Aguilar, S.D.P.