Folk Art Bird Design

2015-03 Polacca wide-shouldered jar with Acoma–style birds

This is an engaging, beautiful jar. For all its beauty, it is also a jar of contradictions; from their interaction […]

Corn, of course, is integral to Hopi life. Prayers and dance are offered to the gods so that they will […]

The height includes 0.75” that shows of the separate ceramic bottle stopper. The width includes two 1.25” handles, The depth […]

While pot 2014-02 is termed a “seedpot,” its form is totally impractical with only a pinhole for an opening, the […]

The shape of this jar is a typical Nampeyo family form, with a short neck, a wide shoulder used for […]

This is an especially graceful vase that is both extraordinarily thin and well-formed, with an elegant polychromatic design that beautifully […]

If there is a continuum from “fine” to “folk” art, this bowl is closest to the “folk” end than any […]

This is a Hopi pot, made of Hopi clay using Sikyatki Revival form and techniques and made at First Mesa […]

This pot is uniform and thin with a beautiful shape painted with four Sikyatki-derived birds. The narrow base flairs out […]

This vase has a graceful, flower-like shape with a base of about 3 inches, widening out to a maximum width […]