This jar is a teaching mural of Hopi pottery making. I asked Rachael Sahmie to make an unfired pot for […]
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2018-12 Jar with corn and geometric motifs
This collection is particularly focused on Nampeyo and her descendants, thus the Nampeyo aesthetic is well represented. Jar 2018-12 is an […]
2018-11 Mother Earth and Father Sky jar
This is a well-formed vase with unusually thick walls and is thus unexpectedly heavy for its size. It seems to […]
2018-10 Intricate star jar
Nathan Begaye was a brilliant, iconoclastic potter and this pot is representative of his best work. Thirty years after I […]
2018-09 Spirit being statue
The depth (front to back) varies from 2.875″ at base to 1.875′ at the necklace to 1.5625′ at the chin and […]
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 […]
2018-06 Minature Sikyatki seedjar
This minature seedpot has fairly thick walls and thus substantial weight for its size. A slight blushing on one section […]
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 […]