Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2010 School for Advanced Research.
Plate
Date: 2009
Artist or Maker: Ulysses Reid (b. 1964)
Dimensions:
Dimensions: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
Weight: 0.4 kg (0.85 lb.)
Medium: clay | paints
Credit Line: Anonymous gift, 2010.
Object Number: SAR.2010-1-1
Not on view
Tribal Collection Review RemarksAccording to the participants in the Zia collection review visit September 10, 2024 (Events Record “Collection Review: Pojoaque Collection Review 1"): The artist/maker, Ulysses Reid, believes this plate form came from is the result of another pottery form that did not work out. It was possibly a bowl form that may have cracked, and he made it into a plate. He is not sure why he used the Kokopelli image, but this was a test piece to see if the slip would work. The feather design that Ulysses uses in his signature is based off his brother, Ramos Reid’s logo. He still uses it today in his work.
When Ulysses created this plate during his fellowship here at the Indian Arts Research Center, he had only been working with pottery for a couple of years. Ruby Panana was the primary person who taught Ulysses how to make pottery. UIysses received a New Mexico Arts Program fellowship with Ruby Panana.
In Collection(s)
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