Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery

Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery
Author: Rick Dillingham
Publisher: UNM Press
Total Pages: 316
Release: 1994
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780826314994

In 1974 Seven Families in Pueblo Pottery was published to accompany an exhibit at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology: twenty years later there are some 80,000 copies in print. Like Seven Families, this updated and greatly enlarged version by Rick Dillingham, who curated the original exhibition, includes portraits of the potters, color photographs of their work, and a statement by each potter about the work of his or her family. In addition to the original seven--the Chino and Lewis families (Acoma Pueblo), the Nampeyos (Hopi), the Guteirrez and Tafoya families (Santa Clara), and the Gonzales and Martinez families (San Ildefonso)--the author had added the Chapellas and the Navasies (Hopi-Tewa), the Chavarrias (Santa Clara), the Herrera family (Choti), the Medina family (Zia), and the Tenorio-Pacheco and the Melchor families (Santo Domingo). Because the craft of pottery is handed down from generation to generation among the Pueblo Indians, this extended look at multiple generations provides a fascinating and personal glimpse into how the craft has developed. Also evident are the differences of opinion among the artists about the future of Pueblo pottery and the importance of following tradition. A new generation of potters has come of age since the publication of Seven Families. The addition of their talents, along with an ever-growing interest in Native American pottery, make this book a welcome addition to the literature on the Southwest.

Historic Pottery of the Pueblo Indians, 1600-1880

Historic Pottery of the Pueblo Indians, 1600-1880
Author: Larry Frank
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1990
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Working without the use of the potter's wheel, Pueblo Indians in the American Southwest create beautiful ceramic ware for both utilitarian and ceremonial use. A classic, this book is the first comprehensive account of historic Pueblo pottery, and results from years of study. With nearly 200 examples, the authors appraise the aesthetic value of Pueblo pottery as rivaling that of any ware made by Neolithic societies.

Children of Clay

Children of Clay
Author: Rina Swentzell
Publisher: First Avenue Editions
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1992
Genre: History
ISBN: 082259627X

Members of a Tewa Indian family living in Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico follow the ages-old traditions of their people as they create various objects of clay.

New Perspectives on Pottery Mound Pueblo

New Perspectives on Pottery Mound Pueblo
Author: Polly Schaafsma
Publisher: UNM Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2007
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780826339065

Noted archaeologist Polly Schaafsma presents new research by current scholars on this largely neglected ancestral Puebloan site.

Pottery by American Indian Women

Pottery by American Indian Women
Author: Susan Peterson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 234
Release: 1997
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Primarily a women's art, American Indian pottery reflects a heritage of powerful social, religious, and aesthetic values. Even now, modern American Indian women use the clay, paint, and fire of pottery making to express themselves, creating designs that range from dutifully traditional to strikingly original. This book - written in conjunction with one of the most important exhibitions of American Indian pottery ever mounted - provides an in-depth look at a unique North American art form.

The Pottery of Acoma Pueblo

The Pottery of Acoma Pueblo
Author: Dwight P. Lanmon
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780890135761

A comprehensive illustrated survey of Acoma pottery made between about 1300 and the present.

Beauty From the Earth

Beauty From the Earth
Author: University of Pennsylvania. University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Total Pages: 120
Release: 1990-06-29
Genre: Art
ISBN:

The major essay by renowned art historian J. J. Brody traces the development of southwestern pottery from the prehistoric Anasazi through modern Pueblo. A section on pottery technology examines the different types of clays and details the pottery-makings process. Rebecca Allen has contributed an essay on the history of the Museum's southwestern collection, providing insights into the personalities of the collectors and the ways their personal tastes affected the contents of their collections. The catalogue includes a compendium of the 104 objects in the exhibition, each accompanied by a photograph.

Santa Clara Pottery Today

Santa Clara Pottery Today
Author: Betty LeFree
Publisher:
Total Pages: 152
Release: 1975
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

This book combines extensive research with interviews granted by three Santa Clara potters. During the interviews, the author recorded and photographed each step -- from clay pit to market -- in the making of contemporary Santa Clara pottery. Collecting and preparing the clay, making slips and paints, modelling various kinds of vessels, sanding, smoothing, slipping, polishing, decorating, firing -- all are described and illustrated so thoroughly that the reader can experiment with the Santa Clara techniques himself if he wishes.

Pueblo Pottery Figurines

Pueblo Pottery Figurines
Author: Patricia Fogelman Lange
Publisher:
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2002
Genre: Art
ISBN:

The history of the emergence of pottery figures in Pueblo art and the cultural significance of these creations.

Talking with the Clay

Talking with the Clay
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1987
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780933452183

"Galleries and shops across the United States are filled with American Indian art. Especially popular is the striking pottery handmade by the Pueblo Indians of the Southwest. Talking with the Clay tells the story of this pottery from the uniquely personal view of the potters themselves. Stephen Trimble interviewed sixty artisans in the pottery-making Pueblo villages, from Taos, New Mexico, to the Hopi reservation in Arizona. Their eloquence fills this book. They speak of 'picking clay' as they would pick flowers, and of the enormous amount of work (fully half their time) necessary to prepare the clay for building their pots. Coil by coil they create jars, bowls, and figurines, and then sand, polish, and paint them. Firing is done outside in a dung-fueled 'kiln' built from scratch for each firing. Trimble shows how Pueblo pottery embodies all the beliefs and values that are central to Pueblo culture. Yet what defines a Pueblo pot is not strictly a matter of tradition, for, as Grace Medicine Flower says of her Santa Clara miniatures, 'Now they call this contemporary; years from now they may call it traditional.' Instead, a Pueblo pot is defined more than anything by the way it feels, and this book captures that feeling in both words and photographs. Talking with the Clay is a joyous, fascinating, and moving book filled with information and insight." -- Back cover