Author: ellenf

Dominique Toya A Pottery Demonstration by Dominique Toya Master potter Dominique Toya of Jemez Pueblo says: I am a traditional potter with contemporary designs and techniques. By traditional I mean we gather our own clay and temper and we clean them and mix them and fire outdoors with cedar wood. Such a humble statement from … Read More

Click here to view the work. I have happily had a long association with the Tafoya family, beginning with featuring the pottery of Margaret Tafoya (Jordan’s great-grandmother) and Seferina Tafoya (great great grandmother) in my gallery. Later Jordan’s grandmother, multiple award winning potter Toni Roller, often helped me identify old unsigned family pottery. And Jordan’s … Read More

Click Here to View Some Key Pieces  You can navigate through with the next and previous links at the bottom of each page and return to the List View at any time by clicking the “Traditional Hopi…” category in the right sidebar. Between 2003-5, I sold new traditional Hopi Indian katsina dolls in my first Canyon … Read More

Click Here to View the Pieces in the Show You can navigate through with the next and previous links at the bottom of each page and return to the List View at any time by clicking the “WhistleStop” category in the right sidebar. If you’ve followed my pueblo pottery career at all, you know that … Read More

Click Here to View the Pieces in the Show You can navigate through with the next and previous links at the bottom of each page and return to the List View at any time by clicking the “Attributed” category in the right sidebar. Videos for many pieces will be posted shortly or you can view … Read More

Introduction (Summer 2013) All of the pottery in Used exhibit evidence of ethnographic wear (pueblo home use). Rather than the unblemished, pristine pieces they once were, and that are conventionally regarded as beautiful, their beauty arises from use–the surface and paint have darkened from cooking and touching; jars and bowls show weak spots that have … Read More