Hendrico

This is also collaborative piece.  The title for this comes from Hendrickson, which is the name of a Mayfly.  It was fun trying the scraffitto technique but I am moving on to other methods of decoration.  I did one slim pot using a cuerda seca technique but it didnt turn out.  I used too much glaze in some areas and not enough in others.  I’m going back this weekend to give it another shot.    

Golondrina

This is a collaborative piece which has been in the works for a few months.  James Freeman has graciously allowed me to use his studio to play around with pottery decoration.  I used a scraffitto technique for this swallow design.  After researching New Mexican pottery and speaking with New Mexican potters it occurred to me that their motifs basically come from things reflecting local landscape, animals or religion.  Since I dont know their landscape, animals or religion as well as they do, I decided to add my own personal Michigan motif for this particular pot.  The birds are Swallows/Golondrinas.  The band design comes from the wing of a nymphal Mayfly.     

Sandra Chaparro Pottery

Sandra Chaparro is an artist/potter from the San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico.  Kayleen and I visited there in October.  I sketched out this design for Sandra.  She made this after we left and shipped it to us.  This is a typical design of Maria Martinez who made this pueblo famous with her pottery expertise.