My most recent pottery piece
May 7, 2014 08:50:34 #
waykee7
Loc: Cortez, Colorado
I've been making pottery for about 8 years, heavily influenced by my years working with the pueblos of the southwest. Gradually, I developed a style which I call pueblo fusion, which utilizes design elements of many different historic-era (pre-1940) pots in a fashion that a Native potter would be unlikely to ever employ.
This piece has design elements from 23 different pots, all of which are Zuni, except the leaping bighorn ewe, which is derived from a southwestern rock art panel.
I don't throw on a wheel, instead I hand build using coils of clay pinched together, and then the piece is scraped until it's thin, then sanded, then slipped with a white slip I make from a clay. The clay work, drawing, painting, and retouching on a pot this size (about 9 inches tall) takes me about 40 hours and it's fired 3 times.
My product photography could be improved; I was in a hurry when I snapped these so I didn't set up my lights and umbrellas and the depth-of-field is lacking a bit.
This piece has design elements from 23 different pots, all of which are Zuni, except the leaping bighorn ewe, which is derived from a southwestern rock art panel.
I don't throw on a wheel, instead I hand build using coils of clay pinched together, and then the piece is scraped until it's thin, then sanded, then slipped with a white slip I make from a clay. The clay work, drawing, painting, and retouching on a pot this size (about 9 inches tall) takes me about 40 hours and it's fired 3 times.
My product photography could be improved; I was in a hurry when I snapped these so I didn't set up my lights and umbrellas and the depth-of-field is lacking a bit.
May 7, 2014 08:53:42 #
May 7, 2014 08:54:53 #
Simply amazing and so beautiful! Thank you for sharing your wonderful talent with us.
May 7, 2014 08:57:44 #
That is very beautiful. You do excellent work and the photographs show off the pot beautifully. I am very impressed.
Dennis
Dennis
May 7, 2014 09:02:20 #
Beautiful pottery! Thanks for showing us.
waykee7 wrote:
I've been making pottery for about 8 years, heavil... (show quote)
May 7, 2014 09:02:27 #
Beautiful! I have a pot in that style myself and love it. That is really labor intensive. I hope you get a good price for it.
May 7, 2014 09:11:33 #
May 7, 2014 09:46:26 #
May 8, 2014 20:43:18 #
waykee7 wrote:
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Wow! waykee, you do great work. I really like #6 the full shot. It Gives most of your art work I don't think your Photography needs any improvement. Thanks for posting.
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May 10, 2014 19:09:29 #
May 10, 2014 19:11:11 #
I collect Zuni pieces and you have mastered the forms very well. Your technique is fascinating.
May 10, 2014 19:51:48 #
waykee7
Loc: Cortez, Colorado
Tiny Tim wrote:
Very, very impressive! I assume that you sell them?
I do sell them but this one was made for a friend of mine. He's a fabulous porcelain potter; his teacher studied in Japan under a legendary potter. In Japan pottery is considered the highest art form. My pal had an undergraduate degree in ceramics, but then became interested in environmental concerns, got a graduate degree, and then had a long and successful career as what we affectionately called E-Ho's, Environmental Health Officers. He was assigned to the Coast Guard for 5 years, then spent the rest of his career as an E-HO with Indian Health Service. So I trade my pottery for his. . . and since we both admire each other's work so much, we're both pleased!
May 10, 2014 19:52:32 #
waykee7
Loc: Cortez, Colorado
stevesottl wrote:
I collect Zuni pieces and you have mastered the forms very well. Your technique is fascinating.
Steve, that's a fine compliment! Made my day.
Wayne Keene
Cortez, CO
May 10, 2014 20:03:36 #
You are very talented and the pots are beautiful.
srfotog
srfotog
waykee7 wrote:
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Jan 13, 2017 02:08:02 #
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