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Santa Clara pottery today / Betty LeFree.

Summary:

The beautiful polished black and polychrome pottery of Santa Clara Pueblo is rivaled in design and execution only by that of its neighbor, San Ildefonso, among the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico. In recent years it has been sought by growing numbers of collectors and investor.
Santa Clara Pottery Today combines extensive historical research with the interviews granted by three Santa Clara potters. During the interviews, the author recorded and photographed each stepfrom clay pit to marketin the making of contemporary Santa Clara pottery. Collecting and preparing the clay, making slips and paints, modeling various kinds of vessels, sanding, smoothing, slipping, polishing, decorating, firingall are described and illustrated so thoroughly that the reader can experiment with the Santa Clara techniques himself if he wishes.
Drawing on a variety of published and unpublished sources, the author also provides background on the evolution of Santa Clara pottery and identifies changes that have occurred in materials and techniques.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0826303218
  • ISBN: 9780826303219
  • ISBN: 0826303226
  • ISBN: 9780826303226
  • Physical Description: xi, 114 pages, [8] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©1975.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Published for the School of American Research."
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-112) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The potters -- Gathering and preparing the body clay -- Gathering and preparing the filler -- Mixing the clay and filler -- Sources and preparation of slips and paints -- Modeling the vessel -- Large unrestricted-rimmed bowls -- Long-necked jars -- The double-necked jar or "wedding vase" -- Sanding and smoothing -- Slipping and polishing -- Decorating -- Painting in black matte on polished black ware -- Painting on red polychrome ware -- Impressing -- Carving -- Resist firing and incising -- Firing -- Redware -- Blackware -- Marketing -- Conclusion -- Appendixes: A. The evolution of Santa Clara pottery -- B. Design analysis -- C. Potters active at Santa Clara pueblo in 1968.
Subject:
Tewa pottery.
Indian pottery > Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico.
Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico.
Indian pottery.
Tewa pottery.
New Mexico > Pueblo of Santa Clara.

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520 . ‡aSanta Clara Pottery Today combines extensive historical research with the interviews granted by three Santa Clara potters. During the interviews, the author recorded and photographed each stepfrom clay pit to marketin the making of contemporary Santa Clara pottery. Collecting and preparing the clay, making slips and paints, modeling various kinds of vessels, sanding, smoothing, slipping, polishing, decorating, firingall are described and illustrated so thoroughly that the reader can experiment with the Santa Clara techniques himself if he wishes.
520 . ‡aDrawing on a variety of published and unpublished sources, the author also provides background on the evolution of Santa Clara pottery and identifies changes that have occurred in materials and techniques.
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