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It started as a way to teach pottery during the pa

It started as a way to teach pottery during the pandemic, now over 5 years ago. Today the Ancient Potters Club has over 70 different pottery projects and over 250 individual class sessions online that students can browse through and watch at their leisure, a huge library of pottery knowledge. Every Wednesday night we get together online from all over to work on the latest project together and share our successes, failures and discuss pottery. It’s a lot of fun and I can honestly say that even I as the teacher have learned a lot and been pushed way beyond my comfort zone to make things I would never otherwise have made.

If you are curious there is an option for a free one week trail of the Ancient Potters Club. More info at AncientPottery.how

Saint Johns Black on Red and Saint Johns Polychrom

Saint Johns Black on Red and Saint Johns Polychrome was made in eastern Arizona and Western New Mexico from about 1150 to 1300 AD. It is one of the widest traded pottery types of the ancient Southwest and undoubtedly the most widely traded type of its time. It is the red ware equivalent of Tularosa black on white, made in the same villages and painted with the same designs. It is most commonly found in bowls but there is the occasional St Johns jar such as the last image in this collection. When white outlines appear among the black designs it is called Springerville Polychrome. St Johns evolved out of Wingate Black on Red and Polychrome and evolved into Pinedale Polychrome in the west and Heshotauthla Polychrome in the east.

What did the T-shaped doorways so popular in the a

What did the T-shaped doorways so popular in the ancient Pueblo world represent. They appear prominently starting around AD 1020 at Chaco Canyon (especially Pueblo Bonito), persist at later northern centers like Aztec and Mesa Verde, and later show up far south at Paquimé (Casas Grandes) in Chihuahua, Mexico, they even cut t-shaped holes into the handles of their mugs. But what was motivating this T-craziness?

Stephen Lekson said “They catch the eye because they were meant to be seen… Given the fact the T-doors were originally and later generally exterior doors-visible to the world- the message may well have been one of membership or inclusion… T-shaped holes cut in Mesa Verde mug handles and Paquimé’s altars demonstrate that the shape meant something.”

We had a lot of fun firing pottery, digging clay a

We had a lot of fun firing pottery, digging clay and talking pottery at the Southwest Kiln Conference last fall in Safford, Arizona. We will be doing it again this September in Bloomfield, New Mexico. For more info check out SWkiln.com (All of these photos are not mine, but I don't remember whose they are)

#joyrideday2026

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Pots are my life

Pots are my life

From my latest YouTube video where I make a glaze

From my latest YouTube video where I make a glaze paint just like the ancient Pueblo potters did.

The June project in the Ancient Potters Club is th

The June project in the Ancient Potters Club is this Salado owl effigy pot in the Mills Collection at Eastern Arizona College. We got a late start on the project this month because I was traveling last Wednesday, so last night was the first session of June and here's how far I got. Next week I will be slipping and the last Wednesday of June I will apply the black paint. I will post more pictures of the finished pot at the end of the month.

Canteens have a long history in the American South

Canteens have a long history in the American Southwest, my November workshop will take a deep look at the Southwestern earthenware canteen, exploring the different forms and native materials used. Ceramic canteens will be formed using the traditional coil and scrape method, and decorated using natural clays and paints. The climax of this workshop will be an outdoor, open pottery firing on the last day. Our canteens will emerge from the fire as beautiful and functional pieces of art, made from the very earth of southern Arizona. More info about this workshop can be found on my website AncientPottery.how

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