american indian art

The Things I Have to Do to Maintain Myself, Roxanne Swentzell

Roxanne Swentzell describes her sculpture as making the mundane significant. Her figures emanate a dignified, gentle, and fragile humanity. Here, a Tewa clown is repairing his broken horn. He crosses his eyes and toes as he focuses his attention on threading the needle.

Combining a traditional process with modern convenience, Swentzell forms her figures by coiling ropes of clay in a manner similar to that used by Santa Clara potters for generations, but she uses commercial clay and an electric kiln.

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