Marie Toya was born in 1956 and has been making pottery since 1978. She specializes in Storytellers, Nativity Sets, Christmas Ornaments & Friendship pots. She digs her clay from the Jemez Reservation, uses natural slips and fires her pottery outdoors. She was taught by her mother Mary E. Toya. She is a member of the Water Clan. She has won Honorable Mention at The Santa Fe Indian Market. The squiggly line on the bottom of the pottery represents the Water Clan.