Twill sifter baskets (tutsaya), by Hopi weaver Eugene Fredericks. The baskets are constructed of narrow-leaf yucca (mootsoki in Hopi, Yucca angustissima), but the traditional form has been re-imagined using vivid aniline dyes to color the yucca leaves. 

You can view video of

tutsaya basket construction here. 

Twill sifter baskets (tutsaya), by Hopi weaver Eugene Fredericks. The baskets are constructed of narrow-leaf yucca (mootsoki in Hopi, Yucca angustissima), but the traditional form has been re-imagined using vivid aniline dyes to color the yucca leaves. 

You can view video of

tutsaya basket construction here. 

Limestone and iron- and manganese-bearing rocks used to make slips and glazes for traditional Pueblo pottery. These raw materials were gathered by Zia potter Diana Lucero. The shiny brown rock at left is her grandmother’s  burnishing stone, used to polish finished pots to a very high sheen, and still used by Diana today. Her grandmother also passed along morteros and mano stones that have been used

by many generations of family potters

to grind and prepare the pigments. On the white limestone block is a yucca fiber brush used to paint her intricate designs. 

Limestone and iron- and manganese-bearing rocks used to make slips and glazes for traditional Pueblo pottery. These raw materials were gathered by Zia potter Diana Lucero. The shiny brown rock at left is her grandmother’s  burnishing stone, used to polish finished pots to a very high sheen, and still used by Diana today. Her grandmother also passed along morteros and mano stones that have been used

by many generations of family potters

to grind and prepare the pigments. On the white limestone block is a yucca fiber brush used to paint her intricate designs.