Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
"Blue Mountain Sunrise" has feathers, eyes, water symbols and the four directions. Abstract with repeat patterns and yet has some recognizable images. This makes for visually interesting work that is in all of Norman's hand etched pots.
"Seven Feathers"- Scraffito etched pottery. Feathers are tools used to communicate with the higher spirits. The buffalo represents abundance and the courage and strength to over come situations. A water symbol goes around the girth of the pot.
"Night Rider"- is an owl with feather designs, by Norman Lansing of Cortez, Colorado. Scraffito etched into a glazed piece of pottery is a design of figures, patterns, and earthly and heavenly bodies. Always imaginative, Normans' work tells tales of Native American folk stories. Measuring 4 inches wide by 2 1/2 inches tall.
"Fishman" by Cortez, Colorado Native American artist Norman Lansing. Norman designs the story into the pot with a Scraffito technique, that is etched through layers of glazed green ware. His pottery is detailed and imaginative, every time you look at the etchings you can see a new image or pattern. This pot is 5 1/2 inches wide by 7 inches tall.
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.
This is hand painted and etched by Norman Lansing on a premade pot. It measures 6.5" in diameter and 4" in height and features scenes including a sunface and kachinas among other images and geometric designs.
This is hand painted and etched by Norman Lansing on a premade pot. It measures 7" in diameter and 2.5" in height and features scenes made with a variety of images and geometric designs combined together.
This is hand painted and etched by Norman Lansing on a premade pot. It measures 6.75" in diameter and 4.5" in height and features scenes including flying eagles among other images and geometric designs.
