On April 13, 1977, the USPS issued the first stamp in the American Folk Art Series. The USPS created the Folk Art Series in 1977 to honor important and lesser-known items in American art and culture. Folk Art is loosely defined as the art of the everyday, rooted in traditions that come from community and culture and expressing cultural identity by conveying shared community values and aesthetics. The first set in the series was issued on April 13, 1977, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The stamps featured the pottery of Pueblo Indians from Arizona and New Mexico. An important aspect of Pueblo culture is pottery making. The pottery of each village has its own special designs. Pueblos continue to make their pottery the traditional way, fashioning it out of ropes of clay, which they smooth before firing. The second set in the series was issued on March 8, 1978, in Charleston, West Virginia at a quilt show. Each of the stamps in this block of four, pictures a basket design from a quilt made in New York City in 1875. Although the industrial revolution made it possible to mass produce inexpensive blankets, the quilt was considered to be attractive, practical, and very economical.