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Hands Around the World is dedicated to providing a marketplace for traditionally produced Native American pottery. Pottery making is one of the oldest American Indian arts, being present in largely unchanged form. The Indians had created a repertoire of pottery shapes and design elements specific, if not unique, to each tribal grouping. The variety and beauty of these creations are prized throughout the world. Pottery crafts are ideal for starting a Native American art collection.
Atzompa is a tiny village in Mexico known for it's pottery. The village's livelihood has long depended on the production of pots fired in wood-fired ovens. Atzompa pots are beautifully decorated and usually left unglazed highlighting the sculptural quality.
The Shipibo Indians reside at the southwestern edge of the vast Amazon Basin in Peru. They are River Indians living along the banks and tributaries of the Amazon River. They are well known for their distinctive pottery and textiles. In their culture the pottery designs they use are traditionally copied from the skin of the Giant Anaconda or the heavens, such as the Southern Cross. Many other designs were given to them by their culture hero Incan ancestors. The Shipibo are one of the few Amazon Native American tribes that have a tradition of making pottery. Their pottery, both pots and sculptures are known for their fine quality. They use the traditional motifs in colors from natural clays. The pottery is pit fired and glazed with the sap of a tree. Shipibo Indian pottery is very rare and collectible.
The Ashuar are one of the few Amazon tribes who produce pottery. They make tiny hand formed bowls that are light as a feather. The pottery bowls are pit fired, decorated with natural clays and glazed with the sap of tree. As with the Shipibo pottery above, Ashuar pottery is very rare and collectible.
Tanteri Ceramics and Trinadi Ceramics in Indonesia have grown from the talents of a single potter to two different family-run businesses. Using unique designs and glazes started by their father, a brother and sister started companies in the l990's. The son began Tanteri Ceramics and the daughter Trinadi Ceramics. Both carry on the artistic traditions of their father, using a beautiful soft green glaze and animal pottery motifs. Tanteri and Trinadi now employ a large portion of the village that the brother and sister grew up in. Each pottery piece is hand thrown or built with hand sculpted animal or plant details - delightfully different!
Hands Around the World also provides pottery from other artist in Mexico, South America, Indonesia, and other parts of the world.
Hands Around the World
111 E. Main, Jonesborough, Tennessee 37659
Phone: (423) 753-8177 Fax: (423) 913-2489
