Skaná, The Spa at Turning Stone
Turning Stone Resort & Casino
Verona, New York
USA
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The Entrance to Skaná: The Spa at Turning Stone displays Native American pottery by Tammy Tarbell-Boehning

The figures are representational of the three clans, but they also are Tammy's own interpretations. For example, the center piece is 'Turtle Woman" and she represents Mother Earth, The turtles in her belly are her children. Tammy was raised near the Onondaga Indian Reservation just outside of Syracuse, New York. Her Iroquois heritage plays an integral part in all aspects of her life. To give expression to her own heritage, she incorporates the shapes and designs of old-style Iroquois pottery and uses traditional materials such as feathers, hide, and glass beads. Her figurative pottery combines old and new techniques, and materials, in the representation of American Indian women. In these clay works she attempts to capture the essence of the Native American woman's spiritual way of life. More of her work can be found at Oneida Sky, the boutique near the casino.

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