Harrison Begay Jr. #020407

$1,100.00

This new vase is hand coiled and traditionally fired outdoors, We have never had this imagery before, and I think this carving is fantastic. On the front of the vase Harrison has cleanly and deeply carved a timber wolf with a heartline. Harrison told me that he thinks they are “Amazing animals. There is a mystique about them, and I think they are beautiful and powerful.”

I have always heard that the timber wolf was considered to be a medicine animal. They were considered this because of their ability to track their prey, as well as being able to go for a long time without food. They were considered to be a powerful creature, as the wolf leader lived for the purpose of making the rest of his pack strong. You can see those qualities in this new piece.

As you turn the vase around, he has completely carved and polished many geometric designs. Harrison feels so strongly about the “polishing skill” and has been working diligently and his pieces reflect that workmanship. This is a marvelous piece of art.

5 3/4” high by 5 ¾” wide

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Harrison Begay Jr.

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Harrison Begay Jr. was born in 1961. He was raised in the small Navajo community of Jeddito, near Keams Canyon, Arizona. While he was in college, he studied to be a painter. After college he turned to pottery, as an art form, and began to enter his pieces in numerous shows, winning major awards from the ’80s until the present. He is viewed as an innovator of Native American traditionally made pottery. Many years ago, he married a Santa Clara woman and learned the New Mexico pueblo style of pottery from his mother-in-law. Years later, his pottery shows deep clean carving and includes black, red and brown-fired pots. He now focusses on petroglyph patterns, geometric designs, and Navajo imagery. His son Daniel has become an acclaimed potter as well.

Harrison is one of those potters that never rests on his laurels. He continues to try new forms, shapes and designs. His firings are magnificent, often with various areas of gun metal showing. It is always a pleasure watching artists grow and evolve, and Harrison is one of those.

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