Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 831871, member: 45&quot;]It appears to be Santa Clara.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Both San Ildefonso and Santa Clara potters make this type of pottery, which has to be fired traditionally in an outdoor bonfire to achieve the distinctive black color.&nbsp; It&#039;s a special type of oxygen-reduction where at a certain point, oxygen is not allowed to reach the pot, and a chemical reaction occurs that turns what would otherwise turn out to be red clay, to black.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is more difficult, however, to make thin pots with Santa Clara clay, due to its composition.&nbsp; Santa Clara potters, therefore, often carve out designs, rather than using a slip to paint the designs on.&nbsp; Carving the designs reduces the weight of the pot, and also reduces the firing cracks sometimes encountered with thicker pots.&nbsp; (Information that came directly from a well-known Santa Clara potter.</p><p><br /></p><p>The red, unglazed, pot also looks like it&#039;s Santa Clara.&nbsp; This is the color the black pot would have been, if fired differently.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in