{"id":38,"date":"2012-08-15T18:53:37","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T00:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.margaretmenache.com\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2015-12-04T16:43:39","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T23:43:39","slug":"pueblo-pottery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.margaretmenache.com\/?page_id=38","title":{"rendered":"Pueblo Pottery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){\n  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),\n  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)\n  })(window,document,'script','\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js','ga');\n\n  ga('create', 'UA-40273594-1', 'auto');\n  ga('send', 'pageview');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Pueblo Pottery?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First, a caveat.\u00a0 What follows is my understanding of traditional pueblo pottery methods based on classes taught by Clarence Cruz, an Ohkay Owingeh potter, and on reading some of the historical records.\u00a0 Any errors in this brief overview of my experience and reading are entirely mine.<\/p>\n<p>Pueblo pottery is pottery made by Native Americans from the Pueblos of the Southwest, which are located predominantly in New Mexico.\u00a0 Traditionally made pots, such as the pots and processes I describe here, use natural materials (no store-bought clay or commercial glazes) and are fired in a fire not in a kiln.\u00a0 The materials and designs have been dated back to the early years A.D. or C.E., if you prefer that dating identifier.\u00a0 The people of what is now the southwestern United States have been making pottery for over 2000 years.<\/p>\n<p>The collector, or would-be collector, should talk with potters to learn move about their specific techniques.\u00a0 The most well-known opportunity for buyers to meet and talk with the artists is the Southwestern Association of Indian Arts (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.swaia.org\">SWAIA<\/a>) Santa Fe Indian Market. Additionally, many of the Pueblos have markets during important feast days.\u00a0 Many of the feast days are published on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indianpueblo.org\">Indian Pueblo Cultural Center<\/a> web site under the tab for the 19 Pueblos.<\/p>\n<div>For more detailed information, see the following pages:<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.margaretmenache.com\/?page_id=85\">Materials: the clay<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.margaretmenache.com\/?page_id=168\">Materials: \u00a0tools and slips<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.margaretmenache.com\/?page_id=172\">Process: \u00a0making the pot<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.margaretmenache.com\/?page_id=176\">Process: \u00a0finishing the pot<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.margaretmenache.com\/?page_id=178\">Process: \u00a0firing the pot<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.margaretmenache.com\/?page_id=180\">The finished pot<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.margaretmenache.com\/?page_id=183\">References and links<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.margaretmenache.com\/?page_id=38\">Return to the top of the page<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Pueblo Pottery? First, a caveat.\u00a0 What follows is my understanding of traditional pueblo pottery methods based on classes taught by Clarence Cruz, an Ohkay Owingeh potter, and on reading some of the historical records.\u00a0 Any errors in this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.margaretmenache.com\/?page_id=38\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":448,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-38","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.margaretmenache.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.margaretmenache.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.margaretmenache.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.margaretmenache.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.margaretmenache.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.margaretmenache.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":455,"href":"https:\/\/www.margaretmenache.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38\/revisions\/455"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.margaretmenache.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.margaretmenache.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}