Native American Pottery Contemporary Hopi Micaceous Seed Jar by Preston Duwyenie For Sale

Native AmericanPottery Contemporary Hopi Micaceous Seed Jar by Preston Duwyenie
Shifting Sands Design
The rectangular, design section is an inset of silver. The silver piece was cast from cuttlefish bone to create the texture of the “shiftingsand”. It was then inset into the clay during formation. Ultimately, the clay was incised around the silver inset.
Artist: Preston Duwyenie
Signed with Hallmark: Yes (on base). Artist\'s HallmarkThe Artist’s Hallmark is a woman carrying a child. Preston signs his work by inscribing a hallmark known as \"Carried inBeauty\" (Lomaiquilvaa). His godmother gave him thatname after carrying him home as he slept in her arms, late in the evening after his initiationceremony.Approximate Dimensions:
Total Height 1.7/8 inches
Total Diameter 4.59 inchesCondition:
This item is used and shows signs of use and wear. See photos for condition. Born in 1951, Preston Duwyenie is a Hopi potter from the village of Hotevilla on Third Mesa. He attended elementary andmiddle school at Hotevilla, then went to high school in Scottsdale, AZ. After graduating high school he studied ceramics underOtellie Loloma at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. Later he obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts from ColoradoState University and completed coursework toward an MFA there. Then he accepted a position teaching modern ceramics at theInstitute for American Indian Arts in Santa Fe and that\'s where he met his wife,Debra Duwyenie.Preston no longer teaches (formally) but, in the Puebloan tradition, he lives at Santa Clara Pueblo with his wife and stillproduces pottery and silverwork, sometimes combining the two with silver pieces (in the \"Shifting Sands\" design) embedded inhis pottery or fashioned into his sculpted lids. Most of his pieces are also slipped in micaceous clay, something he\'s been doingsince the late 1980s.Preston has exhibited at the Colorado Indian Market in Denver, the Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market in Phoenix,Santa Fe Indian Market and the Eight Northern Pueblos Arts and Crafts Show in Espanola, NM. He has earned numerous awardsin the traditional and contemporary pottery divisions, including 2 Best of Shows from the Colorado Indian Market and 1 Best ofShow from the Heard Museum Guild & Indian Market Fair.