Only seven of our Mystery Pot respondents identified the correct Native American Pottery Matriarch. There are so many of them! Since we only had a puddle of correct answers, not the usual pool, our winners will receive $40 Bailey gift certificates this time. Look for the winners' pictures here next week. Winners, look for an email with your gift certificates today!
We are here to answer all your questions and give you the support you need. We have eight expert potters here to help so call us at 1-800-431-6067, M-F 8:30-5:00!
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Helen Naha "Feather Woman", 1922-1993 |
The Bailey Collection of Contemporary Ceramics' new acquisition is a beautiful example of the work of Helen Naha, also know as "Feather Woman", because she always signed her work with a stylized painted feather. She was the mother of Burel, Rainy, and Sylvia, all three of whom became well-known potters. She not only left the legacy of her own pottery, but three more generations have carried on the name and craft, all signing their work with a variation of a feather.
Helen began making pottery when she was in her late teens and continued making pottery almost to the day she died. Her mother-in-law was Paqua Naha, "First Frog Woman" and her sister-in-law was Joy Navasie, "Second Frog Woman" . Helen said she was mainly a self-taught potter but she did glean a few tips from watching her in-laws make pottery.
At the beginning of her career, she was mostly using what she learned from Joy Navasie and copying Sikyátki Revival styles and designs. But she was never happy with that. She didn't come into her own until she began developing her own whiteware styles, decorating them with designs she developed based on pot shards she found in the ruins of Awatovi.
Over the period of her life, she almost singlehandedly revived designs such as the Awatovi star and batwing patterns. She also had a fondness for feather, water, spiral, Nachwach-clan handshake, Anasazi black on white, sun, rain, and connected scroll designs. Early in her career, Helen produced a lot of stark black-on-white Hopi pottery but later in life, she crafted significantly more polychrome pieces.
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The biography above was abbreviated and added to from one by Grey Wolf Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona. Visit their website for old and current Native American Art and information. Click the button below to read the Grey Wolf Biography in it's entirety. |
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The Many Ways to Win with Baileys! |
The quarterly Mystery Pot Contests have many fans who enjoy the research it sometimes takes to discover who made a pot. Next week you'll see MP 43's winners!
The lovely women above (Eunson Park, Casey Taylor, and Lori Dudas) are recent winners of one of our five seasonal drawings, winning either a $250 or $500 Bailey Gift Certificate. Every time you purchase from Bailey Pottery you are automagically entered into our drawings.
The biggest win of all, of course, is shopping with Bailey Pottery Equipment and Ceramic Supply! Our prices are all discounted every day. Our weekly sales shave even more off our discounted prices.
Bailey Pottery Equipment has a worldwide reputation for innovative, durable, energy-saving kilns, potters wheels, slab rollers, extruders, and everything a potter needs! Plus we have a staff of potters who aim to get you exactly what you need and answer your questions. WIN!!
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Bailey Bucks in Your Account! |
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$5.00 OFF or $10.00 OFF your next order!
Everyone likes a few extra bucks in their Bailey account for their next purchase!
Spend $50 by Thursday and you will have a $5 coupon attached to your account toward your next order. Spend $100 and you will get a $10 coupon! Amount spent is calculated after discounts are applied and before shipping charges are added. Offer good for new orders only.
Use code 2021$$ in the comment field online or mention it to our sales staff when ordering by phone.
The offer expires at midnight, Thursday, June 3, 2021.
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Every Day Is a Sale Day at Bailey!
20% OFF Amaco, Coyote, Georgies, and Laguna (liquid only) glazes
25% OFF Spectrum and Mayco glazes
No minimum purchase on these discounts.
10% OFF Dolan, & van Gilder tools
15% OFF Xiem, & MKM tools
16% OFF the Steve Tool
20% OFF Sponges
22% OFF Sherrill Mudtools
25% OFF Doo Woo, WiziWig & Bailey tools
25% OFF Brushes
30% OFF Kemper tools + FREE shipping (excluding the IKEG and raku tongs) on Kemper orders over $40!
Up to 40% OFF Catalyst tools
No minimum purchase on these discounts.
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Offers good on all new orders until midnight, Thursday, May 20, 2021. Coupon codes are not needed. *Free Freight/Shipping in the contiguous US only, applies to in-stock items only. Some restrictions apply.
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