Samuel Manymules, Navajo jar
Samuel Manymules
1963-
Diné (Navajo)
Classification
Ceramic
Dimensions
4 3/4 x 7 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (12.1 x 19.7 x 19.7 cm)
Accession Number
2016.35.30.48
Credit
Gift of John W. Brinley
Memo / Artist Statement
Samuel tells us he builds his pots in his mind before he ever puts his hands in the clay. "I spend most of my days envisioning the shapes, planning how to make a vision a reality, and imagining how the completed pot will look," he says. In keeping with Navajo tradition Samuel neither paints nor carves his pieces. He knows his clay so well he pushes and presses it into the forms he wants, creating the architectural angles of a master and decorating without actually decorating: he leaves the making of color variations to the firing process where he says the Hand of the Creator makes its mark.
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http://andreafisherpottery.com
https://kinggalleries.com/brand/manymules-samuel/
Biography
Samuel Manymules was born into the Bitterwater Clan of the Red Horse Nakai Diné Clan in August, 1963. For many years Samuel did what he needed to get along. Jobs that still stick out in his mind were jewelry making, driving a tow truck and working at an auto dealership trying to make ends meet. Then he started finding pot shards on the ground in the area around where he lived. They intrigued him enough that he taught himself how to make pottery the traditional way. He says he got his inspiration in the early days by looking at the pottery of Christine McHorse and Joseph Lonewolf. After ten years of dabbling with clay, he perfected a thin wall version of Navajo pottery and with his typical high fire practice, he's since elevated Navajo pottery to a whole new level.
Samuel has a long list of accomplishments and awards in the pottery world, the basics of the list cover most of a printed page as he has won many prominent awards from some of the most distinguished juried competitions in the southwestern United States.
http://andreafisherpottery.com
https://kinggalleries.com/brand/manymules-samuel/
Samuel has a long list of accomplishments and awards in the pottery world, the basics of the list cover most of a printed page as he has won many prominent awards from some of the most distinguished juried competitions in the southwestern United States.
http://andreafisherpottery.com
https://kinggalleries.com/brand/manymules-samuel/
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Sm, Navajo made
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