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Re: black on black pottery

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From: Woody Duncan (wduncan_at_TeacherArtExchange)
Date: Fri Nov 01 2002 - 14:21:42 PST

Jennifer,
        It was most likely a Navajo potter. They use sap as a finish
on their pottery. I missed the Haskell Indian Market this year.
That saved me some money. We have a Navajo pot by Betty Manygoats.
You could do a search for Manygoats and see what you find.

http://www.penfieldgallery.com/pots/BettyMG.html

        I'll not miss Haskell next year, Woody in KC

jtowle wrote:
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> one of my shift keys is boken, so pardon the lack of caps....;)
>
> I attended the annual native american arts show and exhibition at haskell
> indian nations university in lawrence, ks a few weeks ago.
> one however sticks out in my mind...one potter used TREE SAP on the
> outside of the raw pot and then, i think, fired electrically. The pots
> looked like beautiful dark wood. has anyone heard of this technique? I'd
> love to try it. how do you harvest tree sap?
>
> jennifer in ks 

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