Friendship Seed Pot by Gloria Mahle Hopi Potter
This beautiful piece of Hopi pottery was created by Gloria Mahle one of Hopi Pottery's premier practitioners. Gloria has been an active Hopi potter since 1980. She attributes much of her development and success to Rainy Naha and Fawn Navasie who have acted as her teachers and mentors.
Her painting is very fine and her polishing extremely smooth. Her finished pots are exceptional in quality and design. She is known for her bird, rain and cloud designs.
Gloria has appeared in several magazines and publications dealing primarily with Native American art and Hopi Pottery, in particularly. These include Hopi-Tewa Potters by Gregory Schaaf, p. 73; and Art of the Hopi, Contemporary Journeys on Ancient Pathways by Jerry and Lois Essary Jacka, p. 100.
She has also won numerous awards, including ribbons at the Museum of Northern Arizona Hopi Marketplace, and is best known for her symmetry and her detail in application and innovation.
The pot measures 4 inches tall by 5 3/4 inches wide.
Item No.: A0980
Artist: Gloria Mahle
Size: 4 in H x 5 3/4 in D
Price: 599
