Unusual Southwest Prehistoric Artifacts Pottery Clay
Sharing with you some of the more unusual prehistoric artifacts from our research in the Southwest including; gaming pieces, clay plugs, tabletta, footprint in clay, puki, etc.
Native American Pottery: Southwest Indian Foundation
Native American Pottery has a rich tradition of artists using beautiful clay designs depicting native life in the Southwest to tell their rich ancient stories. To shop for Native American ceramics and pottery go to:
The Oldest Potters Clay in the Southwest is Disappearing
I go looking for the oldest potters clay in the American Southwest near Tucson, Arizona only to find that this clay is rapidly disappearing beneath concrete. Explore the remote prehistory of ceramics and the long ancient ceramic traditions of the Tucson area.
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Southwest Native American Pottery For Sale I Kachina House
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Make a Southwest Style Sugar Bowl, Coil Pottery Project
Another in my "Practical Primitive" series, this time I am replacing a broken sugar canister. This is a fun project that you can follow along with at home and make this great Southwest style sugar bowl. If you are interested in making this and have questions about what materials and tools to use here is a list of materials and substitutes
A sugar bowl is something everyone can use and the pottery does not need to be sealed to use for dry material storage so earthenware like this works great.
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0:00 Sugar Bowl Project & Needed Tools
1:06 Coil Building a Pot
4:30 Turning a Pot Into a Lidded Bowl
7:37 Scraping and Smoothing The Pot
8:44 Slipping and Burnishing the Sugar Bowl
9:53 Painting Designs on the Sugar Bowl
11:17 Firing the Sugar Bowl in My Yard
12:35 The Reveal and Using the Sugar Bowl
Stunning ceramics in the ancient southwest
Effigy jar, c. 1200–1450, clay and paint, Paquimé, Chihuahua, Mexico, 23 x 18 cm; and jar with parrot design, c. 1150–1450, coiled and hand built, painted clay, attributed to Paquimé, Chihuahua, Mexico, 20 x 24 cm (National Museum of the American Indian, NYC). A conversation between Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank and Dr. Steven Zucker.
History Behind Southwestern Arts: Pottery
Earth, water, and fire are the elements of pottery. Many Native potters believe creating vessels are an opportunity to bond with the land and with the past. Clay vessels have been made for storage and household use in Indigenous Southwest societies for nearly 2,000 years. Pottery is a complex art form to master. It requires learning a complex series of tasks and knowing how materials will react to firing.
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3 Things You Need to Start Making Southwest Pottery
Getting started making Southwest pottery can seem daunting. This video will help you connect with all the resources you need to start in Southwest pottery, the tools, materials and the skills. Below are links to some of the resources I talk about in the video.
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Ancient Native American Pottery and Religion
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Native American Pottery Making
Native American pottery. Sometimes thought of as artifacts from the past or trendy decor, authentic Native American art is still very much alive in the form of pottery. In this segment, I visit Reyes Madalena in Moab, Utah to learn a bit more about this delicate process.
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