Mark Tahbo #31305

$1,500.00

It is always heartwarming when a piece of Mark’s that I bought from him comes back to me at the gallery. Mark made this beauty in March of 2004. At the time he had been experimenting with a beautiful, light mauve colored slip. He used it perfectly on this jar. Accenting the wings on his parrots, complimenting the black painted areas, it is quiet, and elegant. Hand coiled, fired outdoors, there is a soft orangish blush cast over much of the jar. Such a marvelous example of Mark’s classic, traditional work. Mark was so important in all our lives; he is still missed so dearly.
It is signed on the bottom, (Mark Tahbo along with a pipe for the Tobacco Clan. “04”)

5” high by 6 ½” wide

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Mark Tahbo

Hopi-Tewa
Deceased (1958-2017)

The process of making pottery is a time-honored tradition among the Hopi-Tewa potters of First Mesa, Arizona. The clay is dug from the earth and the impurities are filtered out. Then the bowl is formed in the traditional method of layering coil upon coil. Mark Tahbo does not use any additional clay slip to polish his bowls, but re-wets the body of the piece and then uses a stone to burnish it. This is the process that creates the high shine on his work. Their bowls are fired in a traditional outdoor firing, using sheep manure and old pottery shards as part of the process. Markfs work is deeply influenced by his Hopi-Tewa ancestry. However, he is an individualist artist at heart. Mark has so much creativity and innovative spirit reflected in his art work. He is the great-grandson of noted potter Grace Chapella. Today, they Mark is among the leaders of the Hopi-Tewa potters.

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