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Wright's Indian Art > PotteryWhere there is water, earth and fire, pottery may exist. Used for utilitarian purposes, such as storage and cooking, or for ceremonies, pottery has had an integral role in human life from the beginning of man's time on earth. In the past, each tribe and Pueblo in the Southwest had a distinctive pottery style, developed according to the constraints of geography. Today, there is still a surprising loyalty to the patterns and materials of the potter's home area, although some use of distant materials also occurs. Southwestern Indian pottery is a time-consuming process: it starts with the digging of earth, sometimes in many locales, to make the clay. After sifting, mixing with temper (often broken bits of old pots) to make the clay more cohesive, and curing, the potter is ready to form the pieces, coil by coil. The pieces then rest, get stone-polished and/or decorated with natural colors or carving, and must wait for a windless day to be fired, in a pit in the ground. Many times, an air bubble or minute flaw will explode the pots during firing. This is the general process of traditional Indian pottery; "greenware" is pre-molded, store-bought blanks that are then decorated by hand. We do not carry any greenware, however beautifully painted. Traditional in technique but contemporary in execution, we have pottery from many different Pueblos and the Navajo Nation, as well as more far-flung tribes.
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