Franklin Peters #11814

$650.00

I really enjoy working with Franklin. He is so skilled at making classic Acoma bowls, jars, and vases. He can scale them down to miniature size and coil them to a larger size as well. This new jar is lovely. The black and white designs are painted so well. He explains, “The pot symbolizes the North Star and other fine line in the circle symbolizes the snow. For us, the North Star play a lot in winter, and the other pattern with the checkerboard like design is the clouds. “There is a beautiful balance between the very bold diamond shaped checkerboard, and the more subtle and soft star fine line work. Notice just a tiny hit of orange on the bottom border.

6″ high by 7″ wide

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Franklin Peters

Acoma

Franklin Peters was born into the Sky Clan on Acoma Pueblo. He learned the art of pottery making as he grew up surrounded by some of Acoma’s most well known potters: Ella Peters (his mother), Florence Aragon, Rachel Aragon, Phyllis Juanico, Dorothy Torivio, Wilfred Garcia, Frederica Antonio, and Barbara and Joseph Cerno.

In 2011 Franklin was honored with the 2011 Rollin and Mary Ella King Native Artist Fellowship at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe. He studied the methods and designs of his Acoma ancestors and how to incorporate those methods and designs into his contemporary work. Today, Franklin’s pottery is characterized by bold slips and colors. He likes sharp lines in his striking mixes of traditional and contemporary Acoma and Laguna designs.

Being from the Sky Clan, Franklin says he is always praying for rain. On his pots, the thin fine lines symbolize rain and those constant prayers.

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