SWAIA ARTIST Profile

Dee Setalla

Name
Dee Setalla
Tribe
Pueblo of Hopi
Classification(s)
Pueblo Wooden Carvings
Website

SWAIA Booth History

SFIM25
PLZ 53
SFIM24
PLZ 53
WIM25

2025 Best of Show Awards

First Place
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Second Place
Iib. Category 601 - Painted Polychrome, Any Form, In The Style Of Hopi in Pottery
Honorable Mentions
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2024 Best of Show Awards

First Place
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Second Place
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Honorable Mentions
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Portfolio Example & Materials Statement
Dee Setalla

I am a traditional Hopi potter. Natural earth clay, gourd shards, sand stones, smooth riverbed rocks, yucca plant (brush), black bee weed plant, Santo Domingo red clay, yellow iron rock (marron), dried sheep dung for fuel. Techniques: Hand built with coils, shaped with gourd shards, sanded with sandstone rocks, burnished with smooth riverbed rocks, designs painted on with yucca stem fiber using the different natural colors, fired outdoors with sheep dung at a temperature of 1900 degrees