This is a collaborative piece which has been in the works for a few months. James Freeman has graciously allowed me to use his studio to play around with pottery decoration. I used a scraffitto technique for this swallow design. After researching New Mexican pottery and speaking with New Mexican potters it occurred to me that their motifs basically come from things reflecting local landscape, animals or religion. Since I dont know their landscape, animals or religion as well as they do, I decided to add my own personal Michigan motif for this particular pot. The birds are Swallows/Golondrinas. The band design comes from the wing of a nymphal Mayfly.
The Heron 