Lucas, Steve – Bowl with Three Bird Wings

7.75"w x 4"h

$ 1,500.00

This bowl by Steve Lucas has a design inspired by Nampeyo of Hano.  There are three bird wings painted encircling the piece.  Each is painted with bee-weed (black) and a polished red clay slip.  The wings are then designed with additional feather patterns.  Separating them, Steve has used white and red clay slips to give the background polished area more of a painterly appearance.  The bottom of the bowl is fully polished red. Note that the red clay has mica.  It is this highly polished micaceous red clay which Steve introduced to Hopi-Tewa pottery.  The bowl was traditionally fired and has slight color variations from the firing.  It is signed on the bottom with his name and an ear of corn (Corn Clan) and a Mudhead Katsina.