Object Details
- Luce Center Label
- Louise Goodman makes rope pots by twisting coils of clay into a cylinder. She smoothes the inside of the clay, but leaves the outside rough to show the separate coils. This is a difficult technique, because each coil needs to be evenly rolled and carefully joined to create a uniform finish. She then fires the clay in a pit, allowing the smoke to create patches of color known as "fire clouds."
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Artist
- Louise Goodman, born Cow Springs, Navajo Nation, AZ 1937
- Date
- ca. 1986
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase made possible by Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock
- Medium
- fired clay with piñon pitch
- Dimensions
- 14 7/8 x 11 1/8 in. (37.8 x 28.3 cm) diam.
- Type
- Decorative Arts-Ceramic
- Folk Art
