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...
This collection is particularly focused on Nampeyo and her descendants, thus the Nampeyo aesthetic is well represented. Jar 2018-12 is an interesting addition to this collection since it displays an attractive design that follows rules of beauty that are independent...
This is a well-formed vase with unusually thick walls and is thus unexpectedly heavy for its size. It seems to have been vertically polished with a smooth stone. This is more difficult than the usual random stone polishing, but gives the finished pot a subtle,...
Nathan Begaye was a brilliant, iconoclastic potter and this pot is representative of his best work. Thirty years after I first saw it and tried to buy it, it finally entered my collection. The form: The walls of this pot are thin, but not as thin as those of 2013-01...
The depth (front to back) varies from 2.875″ at base to 1.875′ at the necklace to 1.5625′ at the chin and 0.875″ at the tabula. Nampeyo made figurative jars (2007-16 and 2013-14). Nathan Begaye modeled an extraordinary maiden figure (2019-20),...
