Fields, Anita – “Being Human – Our Past is our Voice” Clay Figure
$ 1,200.00
This is a clay figure by Anita Fields. The figure is coil built and slipped with various clays. The figures are meant to stand or to be hung on a wall. Each figure is painted with different designs. This figure has the a band of paper around her center with an “x”. There is her secret writing on the body, as well as topographic lines. The back has falling leaves. Anita said of her figures piece:
“My clay female figures are a culmination of all my clay work. The tell different parts of the Osage story. I often use textiles as well as clays for the bodies. The “clothing” convey my attitudes toward the strength of women and how native peoples show remarkable resourcefulness and adaptability toward their environment. The clothing Indian women created shows great pride, dignity, and hope in a culture facing insurmountable odds.
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This is a clay figure by Anita Fields. The figure is coil built and slipped with various clays. The figures are meant to stand or to be hung on a wall. Each figure is painted with different designs. This figure has the navel as the center with lines and “stars” extending outward. The back is meant to represent the earth, looking up into the cosmos. Anita said of her figures piece:
“My clay female figures are a culmination of all my clay work. The tell different parts of the Osage story. I often use textiles as well as clays for the bodies. The “clothing” convey my attitudes toward the strength of women and how native peoples show remarkable resourcefulness and adaptability toward their environment. The clothing Indian women created shows great pride, dignity, and hope in a culture facing insurmountable odds.
This figure has amazing detail in the dragonflies. It is signed on the back, “Anita Fields”
“I have a choice…There is a time for each of us to step up and be apart of the culture.” Anita recognizes there is a powerful connection that is made for her through cultural teachings. [Her] hand formed ceramic works led to references found in the Osage genesis narratives.” Anita Fields, Fluent Generations
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Fields, Anita (b. 1951)
Anita Fields
Anita Fields is a fascinating potter who works with non-traditional clay to create abstracted images of traditional clothing and artifacts along with imagery intended to honor all women, particularly those of Indian descent. Anita was influenced by traditional Osage ribbon work, clothing, and blankets. She also studied the objects and ceremonial dress of other tribes. The personal and emotional elements in these textile designs led Anita to use them symbolically in clay, translating the personality of these vestments into her work. About one of her recent series, Native American Dresses, which are coil-and slab-built installations, Anita says: "The dresses convey my attitudes toward the strength of women and how native peoples show remarkable resourcefulness and adaptability toward their environment. The clothing Indian women created shows great pride, dignity, and hope in a culture facing insurmountable odds." Over the years Anita has spent a good part of her life traveling and collecting seemingly insignificant items. From these items, these memories, she creates original stamps. Anita has won numerous awards for her pottery and her work can be found in the permanent collection of museums such as The Heard Museum, the Denver Art Museum and others. She was featured in the book, “Pottery by American Indian Women”. Most recently she won “Best of Pottery” at the 2012 Heard Indian Market.Click Here to See New Works by Anita Fields!