2021-18  Small seedpot with gliding birds

2021-18 Small seedpot with gliding birds

The design on this jar has a large impact, but its detail is minuscule.  Without a reference point a viewer might guess this perfectly formed and painted jar to be many times its actual size. It’s a gem of pure beauty and joy: birds gliding with energy in an...
2017-09 Two-potter eagle-tail seed jar

2017-09 Two-potter eagle-tail seed jar

  This one pot had two makers, two lives, several owners, and is an example of persistent beauty, a modern rendition of  Nampeyo’s more casual eagle-tail jar 2005-16. As on Nampeyo’s jar, the design on 2017-09 is enlivened by 1) the contrast between...
1995-13 Globular Pot with Abstract Design

1995-13 Globular Pot with Abstract Design

Globular bowl with abstract polychrome design by Steve Lucas. This is an extraordinarily thin-walled pot with complex, careful designs. Steve is widely considered one on the best young potters at Hopi, but the perfection of this piece diminishes its power for me. Like...