SWAIA ARTIST Profile

Therese Tohtsoni

Name
Therese Tohtsoni
Tribe
Picuris
Juried Classification(s)
Pottery

SWAIA Booth History

SFIM25
CP 21
WIM24
SFIM24
PAL S 226

2024 Award History

N/A
Portfolio Example & Artist Statement
Therese Tohtsoni

Micaceous pottery, harvested clay, hand processed using traditional eight month fermentation method. No tempers or other foreign materials are added. Clay is kept in its natural organic state. Mica slip is extracted from the clay. The clay is kneaded and compressed. The pottery is formedwith coil & scrape method. Burnish withriver rock, buffed with wool & pit fired with pine bark. Reduced oxidation can create polychrome black or smoke clouds in the firing process. The micaceous pottery can be seasoned like cast iron cookware. The micaceous pottery is certified as all organic.

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