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One of the features that distinguish traditional Pueblo |
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pottery from other types of clay art is the absence of machinery |
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from all parts of the creative process. The clay is gathered, |
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processed, and finally shaped by hand. Instead of using a |
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potter’s wheel to create vases and other round objects, the |
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Pueblo pottery artist rolls clay into long pieces and then |
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painstakingly coils them into layers of circles. Paints are |
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produced from plants and minerals found near the Pueblo village |
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and applied with a handmade brush fashioned from a yucca cactus. |
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This adherence to tradition is one of the things that make |
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Pueblo pottery so attractive to the art collector. Since the |
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Pueblo potter shuns techniques of mass production, the collector |
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can be sure that every piece of Pueblo clay art is uniquely |
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shaped. This quality also makes examples of Pueblo pottery |
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excellent gifts. |
