Other Pottery
Pottery from other pueblos, including Laguna, and areas and artists, including replica pottery. |  | |
"Spruce Tree Mug" by Clint Swink who is one of few people who has mastered the Replicas of the Anazasi ancient people. Each piece of pottery comes with a provenance, telling the location found, the museum were it is housed and how closely Clint got to reproducing the original.
San Juan Pot- Has a beautiful polish, is in excellent condition and measures 5 1/2 inches tall by 7 1/2 wide.
Cochiti Pueblo Effigy Pot- This pot is from the 1920's by an unknown artist from the Cochiti Pueblo. Effigy pottery are earthenware bowls and bottles that incorporated forms of fish, birds, mammals, amphibians and humans.
Norman Lansing delicately incises his spiritually inspired images into the clay pottery. They are contemporary and unique works or art. In " Let My Dog By", the story wraps around the pot following what appears to be a spine or trail. There are stars, feathers and animals that surround the different human figures. The pot measures 8 1/2 inches by 7 inches tall.
Scraffito is the delicate incising or carving of a design on to the surface of clay. Norman does his unique, one of a kind, original works in clay. He considers the clay to be his canvas. Norman signs and titles all of his carved pottery on the bottom of the vessel. Layers of detail, layers of carving and layers of imagination. This is the style of artist Norman Lansing. The flowing design on the pot leads the viewer from one scene in to the next. Figurative, abstract, traditional, the imagery is all connected.
Clay Muyingwa Katsina by Michael Kanteena of Laguna Pueblo. This is a replica of an old Hopi clay effigy. Muyingwa is one of the gods who is responsible for the germination of seeds. Hence, the representations of rainclouds on his face.
This amazingly detailed Zuni pot features a micaceous clay base that is painted with designs of deer, turtles, and a Kokopelli or native flute player. It measures 7.5" in height.
Myrtle Cata created this very fine micaceous pot. She is a full-blooded Native American; a member of the Turquoise Clan; and part of the San Felipe and San Juan Pueblos. She has been an active potter since 1979 and is principally self-taught.
This pot features Myrtle's beautiful polishing. An impressive piece in every way that measures 10" in height.
Myrtle specializes in contemporary hand coiled San Juan style pottery although a Santa Clara Pueblo influence can be seen in some pieces. Her pottery style is simple in appearance, graceful, and undecorated. She gathers her clay within the San Juan Pueblo, hand coils her pots and fires them outdoors in the traditional way.
Myrtle has been given many awards for her work at the Santa Fe Indian Market, the New Mexico State Fair, and the Gallup Inter-Tribal Ceremonials. Myrtle's work is included in many fine publications including: Gregory Schaaf's books "Southern Pueblo Pottery: 2000 Artist Biographies" and "Pueblo Indian Pottery 750 Artist Biographies" as well as in Hayes & Blom's book " andSouthwestern Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni".
This lovely reproduction piece of pottery is white with a gray design applied, it measures 7.25" in height.
Clint Swink uses native materials and processes to create archaeologically correct replicas of the work of the old Anasazi potters, this Mesa Verde bowl is a fine example of the work he is doing to make Anasazi pottery available. This piece measures 10.25" in diameter by 4.75" in height.
