This is a tall, traditionally shaped jar by Jared Tso.  He is one of the rising stars of Native pottery.  He is a grandson of potter Faye Tso and his pottery is exceptionally refined in technique and traditional in style.  Each piece is coil-built from traditional native Navajo clay and traditionally fired.  This jar has a rounded shoulder, and the surface is stone polished at an angle or “swirl”.  The neck of the jar has 21 indented sections with points at the end.  They are also stone-polished.  The jar was reduction fired to create the colorations on the surface.  They are a variety of black or gray with the smoke clouds showing through in the light. It is exciting to see an artist find inspiration in the historic work and, using the same clays, refine them in a modernistic manner.  The jar is signed, “Jared Tso”.

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Tso, Jared (b. 1994)

Jared Tso

Jared Tso is a fourth-generation Dine potter and a grandson of the famous Navajo potter Faye Tso. Each piece he builds is coil-built, burnished, and traditionally fired. Not only is he a potter, but he also has a degree in electrical engineering and his masters in fine art ceramics! Jared has made a life out of pottery and taught ceramics full-time at Diné College in Tsaile, Arizona. He has won the prestigious "Tony Da Innovation Award" (2022) at the Santa Fe Indian Market and "Best of Pottery" at the Heard Market (2023).

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