2022-14 Large vase with a flock of abstract birds

2022-14 Large vase with a flock of abstract birds

  This vase displays a mural of abstract birds, Hopi messengers to the gods.  For me those birds also carry substantial emotions. This is the last pot I bought directly from Rachael, who was gravely ill. I was able to visit her at her ancestral home in Polacca on...
2018-14 Four panel unfired pot

2018-14 Four panel unfired pot

This jar is a teaching mural of Hopi pottery making. I asked Rachael Sahmie to make an unfired pot for me that 1) showed its rough, unsanded surface, 2) showed the surface after sanding, 3) had a section that was stone-polished but not painted, and 4) had a polished...