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Naha, Rainy – Solstice Jar with Moon Phases and Checkerboard Rim
7.5"w x 3"h
$ 1,800.00
This is a complex bowl by Rainy Naha. She learned to make pottery from her mother, Helen “Featherwoman” Naha. Rainy continues is a similar style using a white clay slip as the foundation for her work. This piece is a classic shape with a wide shoulder and nearly flat top! The bowl is slipped with white clay and then painted with natural clay slips and bee-weed (black). The design on the jar is a Solstice design depicting the phases of the moon. There are four solstice panels with the four phases of the moon. Separating each of the sections are bands of traditional Hopi-Tewa designs including star, feather, cloud, and four direction designs. The rim of the bowl is painted with a VERY tight checkerboard pattern. Overall, there are seven different colors used on this jar! The bowl was traditionally fired to create the blushes on the surface. It is signed on the bottom with her name and feather hallmark.
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This is a complex bowl by Rainy Naha. She learned to make pottery from her mother, Helen “Featherwoman” Naha. Rainy continues is a similar style using a white clay slip as the foundation for her work. This piece is a classic shape with a wide shoulder and nearly flat top! The bowl is slipped with white clay and then painted with natural clay slips and bee-weed (black). The design on the jar is a Solstice design depicting the phases of the moon. There are four solstice panels with the four phases of the moon. Separating each of the sections are bands of traditional Hopi-Tewa designs including star, feather, cloud, and four direction designs. The rim of the bowl is painted with a VERY tight checkerboard pattern. Overall, there are seven different colors used on this jar! The bowl was traditionally fired to create the blushes on the surface. It is signed on the bottom with her name and feather hallmark.
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Rainy Naha learned to make pottery from her mother, Helen "Featherwoman" Naha, and Rainy is the granddaughter of Hopi-Tewa pottery matriarch Paqua Naha, the first "Frogwoman." The traditional designs of her pottery go back to the early works made by Paqua. Her sister Sylvia and brother Burel Naha are also well-known potters, and they use much the same styles and colors as Rainy. Each piece of Rainy's work is made in the traditional hand-coiled method, then shaped, sanded, and polished before painting with bee-weed (black) and native clay slips and native fired. Rainy continues to innovate and also creates her voice among Hopi-Tewa potters. She has won numerous awards, including "Best of Pottery" at Santa Fe Indian Market in 2007. She signs her pottery with the traditional feather hallmark used by her mom and then adds her first name. We are pleased to carry Rainy in our Gallery both in Scottsdale and Santa Fe.
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Naha, Rainy (b. 1949)
Rainy Naha
Rainy Naha learned to make pottery from her mother, Helen "Featherwoman" Naha, and Rainy is the granddaughter of Hopi-Tewa pottery matriarch Paqua Naha, the first "Frogwoman." The traditional designs of her pottery go back to the early works made by Paqua. Her sister Sylvia and brother Burel Naha are also well-known potters, and they use much the same styles and colors as Rainy. Each piece of Rainy's work is made in the traditional hand-coiled method, then shaped, sanded, and polished before painting with bee-weed (black) and native clay slips and native fired. Rainy continues to innovate and also creates her voice among Hopi-Tewa potters. She has won numerous awards, including "Best of Pottery" at Santa Fe Indian Market in 2007. She signs her pottery with the traditional feather hallmark used by her mom and then adds her first name. We are pleased to carry Rainy in our Gallery both in Scottsdale and Santa Fe.