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Begay, Daniel – “A Walk into the Canyon” 11″ Tall Brown Fired Jar withe Deer
8"w x 11.5"h
$ 4,500.00
This is a tall water jar by Daniel Begay. The piece is coil-built, carved, stone-polished, and traditionally fired. This piece is entitled, “A Walk into the Canyon”. It has a large deer on one side. As the jar is turned there are lighting, water (melon style ribs) and cloud designs. They extend from the rim to the base. The jar has a LOT of carved and polished surface. Interestingly, the deer is slipped with mica. The piece was fired a brown-ish coloration, and it is stunning! The designs also contrast with matte and polished areas. The design, size, and color of the pieces are stunning in person! The jar is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Daniel Begay”. It is exciting to see Daniel challenge the boundaries of his creative clay art in size and complexity!
“Smoke Screen” is an original and creative idea by Daniel Begay. It started as a personal challenge to create large vessels and focus on firing them red. It is usually enough of a challenge to create a series of pieces over ten inches all. But there is an added complexity to fire them red. Red pieces are always more difficult to create in Santa Clara pottery as they are more difficult to polish, and the timing for firing is more exact to get just the right coloration and not overfire. Over the six months he has been making these pieces, he began to evolve his firings as a means to create additional colorations. The dark red, browns, and dark brown coloration are all created from the firing. Together, there is a striking visual gradation of colors and an excitement from the size of the pieces.”
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This is a tall water jar by Daniel Begay. The piece is coil-built, carved, stone-polished, and traditionally fired. This piece is entitled, “A Walk into the Canyon”. It has a large deer on one side. As the jar is turned, there are lighting, water (melon-style ribs), and cloud designs. They extend from the rim to the base. The jar has a LOT of carved and polished surface. Interestingly, the deer is slipped with mica. The piece was fired a brown-ish coloration, and it is stunning! The designs also contrast with matte and polished areas. The design, size, and color of the pieces are stunning in person! The jar is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Daniel Begay”. It is exciting to see Daniel challenge the boundaries of his creative clay art in size and complexity!
“Smoke Screen” is an original and creative idea by Daniel Begay. It started as a personal challenge to create large vessels and focus on firing them red. It is usually enough of a challenge to create a series of pieces over ten inches all. But there is an added complexity to fire them red. Red pieces are always more difficult to create in Santa Clara pottery as they are more difficult to polish, and the timing for firing is more exact to get just the right coloration and not overfire. Over the six months he has been making these pieces, he began to evolve his firings as a means to create additional colorations. The dark red, browns, and dark brown coloration are all created from the firing. Together, there is a striking visual gradation of colors and an excitement from the size of the pieces.”
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Begay, Daniel T. (b. 1987)