Debra Duwyenie is well known for her wonderful miniatures and incised designs. Each piece is stone polished, and then it is etched before it is fired! This wide bowl was made by Preston. The rim and base are slipped with red Santa Clara clay mixed with mica. Around the top of the shoulder is a polished band with 9 etched turtles. They are all etched into the clay before firing. The shell of each turtle is different. Debra typically etches one of the turtles to have a “shifting sand” design to represent her husband, Preston Duwyenie. There is also a Sun Design and there are wave designs above and below the band of turtles. Note that the lighter red matte areas are where Debra has only etched away the polished surface but not down as far as the tan color of the clay. Debra also pays close attention to the little details such as the tan background area and how evenly she etches the vertical lines. The bottom of the bowl is signed “Debra” and with Preston’s hallmark.