Alice Cling
Navajo Hand Coiled and Fired Pottery Vase - Alice Cling (#07)
$845.00
Artist: Alice Cling
Circumference: 26 1/4"
Opening: 2 1/2"
Height: 11"
When asked the meaning of her pottery, Alice Cling told us, "It is about Mother Earth and how she provides for us." Alice tells us that since she digs clay from special earthly sources; builds earthen kilns; fires with pinion wood gathered from local canyons and mesa tops; and seals her pottery with pitch from those same trees, Mother Earth provides everything but the manual labor. When it comes from Alice Cling and Mother Earth, the outcome is fabulous.
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The Navajo are relatively recent arrivals to the Southwest. They probably migrated from the north in the 16th Century thereby becoming a part of the Pueblo IV period. The Navajo have made pottery since their arrival; possibly they brought pottery with them during their southern migration. They made a plain and decorated pottery. The plain being considered the older style? More about this legend
Navajo Thin Green Line Coiled Pottery Vase - Alice Cling (#08)
$975.00
Artist: Alice Cling
Circumference: 26"
Height: 11 1/4"
Opening: 2"
Navajo artist Alice Cling was born in a hogan near Cow Springs, Arizona, 60 years ago. This hand coiled and burnished vessel is also embellished with a thin coat of Pinion pitch. Its enduring beauty comes from Alice's unusual use of colored clay slips and from the striking variations of natural colors caused by outdoor firing. Very few Navajo potters approach the high quality of creativity Alice Cling achieves with her art.
About the artist:
Related legends:
Pottery
The Navajo are relatively recent arrivals to the Southwest. They probably migrated from the north in the 16th Century thereby becoming a part of the Pueblo IV period. The Navajo have made pottery since their arrival; possibly they brought pottery with them during their southern migration. They made a plain and decorated pottery. The plain being considered the older style? More about this legend