by Carla Claw Nampeyo

Clara Claw Nampeyo was born in 1961. She is the daughter of the well-known Hopi/Tewa potter Thomas Polacca, Granddaughter of Fannie Polacca and Great-Granddaughter of Nampeyo. Carla learned their traditional way of making pottery and today most commonly emulates the deep incision work first developed by her father, carving detailed Kachina and animal designs. She also does pottery with traditional polychrome designs. Carla has won numerous awards for her pottery and signs her work as Carla Nampeyo.

by Lawrence Namoki

by Delmar Polacca

Delmar Polacca was born in 1959 and is the son of Tom Polacca, a renowned Hopi potter from the village of Polacca, on Hopi first mesa. The Nampeyo-Polacca Family is now in it's fifth generation of potters and is listed in the book "Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery." Delmar works in the same style that his father Tom created, that of deeply carved scenes of Hopi culture. His carvings are very precise and refined. Delmar learned his techniques by watching his grandmother Fannie, his father Tom, his aunts, uncles and cousins. He invented (with the help of his young daughter) the marbling of Red and Light clay, which is a very difficult technique. Delmar has only been making pottery since 1993 but has already won many awards at the Hopi Show, the Museum of Northern Arizona and the Mesa Verde Show and most recently the Zuni Art Show.

Although a full time potter, Delmar still returns to First Mesa in the Hopi reservation over fifty miles away to gather rock deposits. He paints with Wild Spanish juice. He constructs his pots with handmade coils and fires them 2 to 4 hours using horse manure. In the painting of the pots he expresses the history of the Hopi people.

Size: 1 3/8" Tall, 3 1/4" at Widest point

Size: 4 3/4" Tall, 4" at Widest point

by Carla Claw Nampeyo

Clara Claw Nampeyo was born in 1961. She is the daughter of the well-known Hopi/Tewa potter Thomas Polacca, Granddaughter of Fannie Polacca and Great-Granddaughter of Nampeyo. Carla learned their traditional way of making pottery and today most commonly emulates the deep incision work first developed by her father, carving detailed Kachina and animal designs. She also does pottery with traditional polychrome designs. Carla has won numerous awards for her pottery and signs her work as Carla Nampeyo.

by Carla Claw Nampeyo

Clara Claw Nampeyo was born in 1961. She is the daughter of the well-known Hopi/Tewa potter Thomas Polacca, Granddaughter of Fannie Polacca and Great-Granddaughter of Nampeyo. Carla learned their traditional way of making pottery and today most commonly emulates the deep incision work first developed by her father, carving detailed Kachina and animal designs. She also does pottery with traditional polychrome designs. Carla has won numerous awards for her pottery and signs her work as Carla Nampeyo.

by Carla Claw Nampeyo

Clara Claw Nampeyo was born in 1961. She is the daughter of the well-known Hopi/Tewa potter Thomas Polacca, Granddaughter of Fannie Polacca and Great-Granddaughter of Nampeyo. Carla learned their traditional way of making pottery and today most commonly emulates the deep incision work first developed by her father, carving detailed Kachina and animal designs. She also does pottery with traditional polychrome designs. Carla has won numerous awards for her pottery and signs her work as Carla Nampeyo.

by Carla Claw Nampeyo

Clara Claw Nampeyo was born in 1961. She is the daughter of the well-known Hopi/Tewa potter Thomas Polacca, Granddaughter of Fannie Polacca and Great-Granddaughter of Nampeyo. Carla learned their traditional way of making pottery and today most commonly emulates the deep incision work first developed by her father, carving detailed Kachina and animal designs. She also does pottery with traditional polychrome designs. Carla has won numerous awards for her pottery and signs her work as Carla Nampeyo.

by Carla Claw Nampeyo

Clara Claw Nampeyo was born in 1961. She is the daughter of the well-known Hopi/Tewa potter Thomas Polacca, Granddaughter of Fannie Polacca and Great-Granddaughter of Nampeyo. Carla learned their traditional way of making pottery and today most commonly emulates the deep incision work first developed by her father, carving detailed Kachina and animal designs. She also does pottery with traditional polychrome designs. Carla has won numerous awards for her pottery and signs her work as Carla Nampeyo.

by Carla Claw Nampeyo

Clara Claw Nampeyo was born in 1961. She is the daughter of the well-known Hopi/Tewa potter Thomas Polacca, Granddaughter of Fannie Polacca and Great-Granddaughter of Nampeyo. Carla learned their traditional way of making pottery and today most commonly emulates the deep incision work first developed by her father, carving detailed Kachina and animal designs. She also does pottery with traditional polychrome designs. Carla has won numerous awards for her pottery and signs her work as Carla Nampeyo.