#pottery decorations

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“Old woman with rabbit skin blanket around shoulders, painting design on piece of pottery with yucca stem brush, Arizona.” c.1907

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“Siddig El’Nigoumi incising one of his earthenware bowls which has been burnished prior firing.” From:” Studio ceramics” by Peter Lane, 1983.

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“The best decorative artists receive three dollars a day (Mexican)

The unskilled wielders of the brush can earn as little as fifteen cents a day, however, the men are paid not by the hour but according to the quality of their work and the number of pieces finished.” , c.1920

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“Makonde water jars are the stage for a potter’s most creative work and are highly prized for their elaborately incised and impressed embellishment. Using a flat iron blade, The potter first draws the broad outline or pattern and then fills it in with fine hatchmarks or impressed triangles. While holding an infant in her lap, this woman uses a fragment of pottery to press a band of small triangles into the neck of a jar.” Dankali, Mozambique, 1958.

From: “for hearth and altar: African ceramics from the Keith Achepohl collection.” By Kathleen Bickford Berzock, 2005. Photo by Margot Dias.

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“ from tribal groups, potters have learned to use the color obtained from tabatinga, a soft and oily sand which, when finely ground, passed through a fine sieve, and baked, produces the color used in the decoration of everyday earthenware.” Moita Redonda, Ceará, Brazil. 1981.

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“Cut paper shapes are used as a mask or stencil by being moistened and pressed firmly onto the pot. This method of resist will give a clearly defined, sharp edge to the blocked out forms.” , 1987

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Decorative pots, Dominican Republic.

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“finished pottery jar with design of gazelle on it.” 1934.