Margaret Gutierrez was born in 1936 and passed on in 2018. She and her brother, Luther, were a team of Santa Clara potters. Their parents were Lela and Van Gutierrez Luther was born in 1911, began making pottery around 1935. He made pots almost until the day he passed on in 1987.

From 1956 to about 1966, Luther worked with Lela after Van died, then worked with Margaret after Lela died. The signature dates on their pottery are like this:

• Lela/Luther signature: 1956-1966
• Margaret/Luther signature: 1966-1987
• Margaret/Pauline: 1987-1988
• Margaret alone: 1988-2018

Margaret and Luther began collaborating in the early 1960s but that ended when Luther passed on. After that, Margaret worked with Luther's daughter, Pauline. Shortly after that, Pauline died, so Margaret began working with Pauline's daughter, Stephanie.

Margaret and Luther continued and expanded on a tradition begun by their parents. In the early days of their collaboration, they were producing polychrome jars, bowls and wedding vases, often decorated with avanyu, clouds, rain, sky bands and lightning bolts in bright, traditional Santa Clara color combinations. Then Luther began searching out new colors of clay and they developed their own unique color palette. In the 1970s they switched it up and began producing polychrome figurines of various animals and other creatures, painted with the unique color palette they had become famous for.

They were participants in the 1974 Seven Families in Pueblo Pottery exhibit at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology in Albuquerque. In 1976 they were honored with a show at the Popovi Da Studio of Indian Arts at San Ildefonso Pueblo. In 1985, along with Margaret Tafoya and others, they were participants in a show at the Sid Deutsch Gallery in New York City.

Margaret, by herself, won a First Place ribbon for a painted wedding vase at the Santa Fe Indian Market in 1975. She participated in Santa Fe Indian Market every year from 1975 to 1998. She was also a participant in the Eight Northern Pueblos Arts and Crafts Show from 1995 to 1998. Margaret and Luther may not have won a lot of awards during their career together but they did make a lot of people smile with the sheer whimsicality of many of their pieces.