This shoulder jar by Preston Duwyenie is made from micaceous clay and slipped with a red micaceous slip.  The red color is a clay from Santa Clara.  The red clay is mixed with mica to create the coloration.  The shape of the jar has a very Hopi feel with the wide shoulder.  There is a single inset piece of silver which Preston casts against cuttle-fish bone.  The wavy impression on the silver is meant to represent the shifting sands found in the areas around Hopi.  The bottom of the jar is signed on the back in the clay with Preston’s hallmark which is a woman carrying a child.   Preston is from Third Mesa at Hopi, and taught ceramics for years at Institute of American Indian Art (IAIA) in Santa Fe.  He is married to pottery Debra Duwyenie and now resides at Santa Clara Pueblo.  Preston has won numerous awards for pottery, including “Best of Show” at the Heard Indian Market.