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...
2021-21 Bowl with monster and reproductive serpents
This bowl began as an attempt to depict clearly the design on a faded Nampeyo bowl, then a second design from an ancient Sikyatki bowl was added, and thus the bowl displays designs on both the interior and the exterior. Rachael Sahmie made the bowl at my request, and...
2020-09 Bowl with red shaft woodpeckers, circular center
This design is a kaleidoscope of motion and perhaps ritual: two pairs of birds fly in rotation over a central hub. One authority interprets this pattern as having spirtual meaning, but it may be just a design. Once we have examined the pattern closely, we...
