Nathan Begaye was a brilliant, iconoclastic potter and this pot is representative of his best work. Thirty years after I […]
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2018-07 Tumbling Bird Bowl
The painting on the exterior of jars is more constrained by the shape of the vessel than the painting on […]
2018-05 Navajo ceremonial tile
I have seen thick, low-relief carved Navajo clay tiles, but never a Navajo tile like 2018-05 that is 1)this thin […]
2018-04 Small bowl with maiden image
The front-to-back width is 0.25″ narrower than the side-to-side width. Bowl 2018-04 is unique in several ways: 1) this is […]
2018-03 Gourd-shaped clay rattle
This is a visually simple and elegant “pot,” and thus is typical of much of Randall’s work. Substantially heavy for […]
2018-02 Redware bi-lobed Jar
The bottom bowl width of 8.75″ includes two 1.25″ handles. Of the total height of 9.13 inches, about 86% (7.875″) […]
2017-15 Rectangular medicine bowl with creature design
This is one of those pots that I wish could talk to me and explain itself.. It has the size […]
2017-14 Siitalpuva redware jar with butterflies
This jar may be formed from “sikyatska,” yellow clay that fires red in a low-temperature dung-fueled fire. However, thumping the […]
2017-12 Horno ashtray
This is a simple tourist pot by an accomplished potter who could produce pots of high artistic quality. Like the […]
2017-11 Simple incised jar
This is a particularly interesting pot because it documents an inovative departure from the standard of Hopi-Tewa pottery. The names […]