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Ami, Dorothy – 7″ Wide Bowl with Birds (2000)
7.5"w x 3.5"h
$ 300.00
Dorothy Ami is known for her traditional style of Hopi pottery. This jar is coil-built and stone polished. It has four birds painted on the top of the shoulder. Around the side are swirling cloud and rain designs. The bowl was painted with bee-weed and clay slips. It was traditionally fired to create the various blushes on the surface. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair. It is signed on the bottom, “Dorothy Ami”.
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Dorothy Ami is known for her traditional style of Hopi pottery. This jar is coil-built and stone polished. It has four birds painted on the top of the shoulder. Around the side are swirling cloud and rain designs. The bowl was painted with bee-weed and clay slips. It was traditionally fired to create the various blushes on the surface. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair. It is signed on the bottom, “Dorothy Ami”.
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Dorothy Ami is a Hopi-Twea potter who creates beautiful shapes and designs using traditional clay, pigments, and brushes made from yucca. Dorothy is a cousin of noted Hopi-Tewa potter Mark Tahbo and Debbie Clashin. She learned to make pottery from Mark Tahbo. She is well known for her thin walled pottery and firing her wares to achieve beautiful areas of blush.
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Ami, Dorothy
Dorothy Ami
Dorothy Ami is a Hopi-Twea potter who creates beautiful shapes and designs using traditional clay, pigments, and brushes made from yucca. Dorothy is a cousin of noted Hopi-Tewa potter Mark Tahbo and Debbie Clashin. She learned to make pottery from Mark Tahbo. She is well known for her thin walled pottery and firing her wares to achieve beautiful areas of blush.