NAMPEYO - Hopi Potter

NAMPEYO - Hopi Potter Nampeyo, the best potter at her time, helped to reactivate the original shape of Hopi pottery, Sikyatki. She developed a style from traditional bowls, cans, bottles and water carriers of the Tribe and Walpi tribes, the parents' tribe. Hopi pottery passed through for generations, but began to disappear in the youth of Nampo. South peyo is admired by re-giving the dying shape of Sikyatki pottery. She helped to rekindle the interests of Hopi pottery consumers and their contemporaries' lives.

Traditional Hopi 's anonymity has changed in the 20th century as many people began to be recognized at their work. Nanping (1859-1942), born in the first Mesa, Hano, helped restore Hopi's art by reintroducing her ancient shapes and designs discovered in archaeological ruins into her pottery It was. Her work has become unique in art. Nampeyo was used in Santa Fe Railroad etc to advertise photos and her flowerpot was added to the National Museum Collection in Washington DC The daughter of Nampeyo and her granddaughter Hooee Daisy Nampeyo (b.1910) The art of inheriting. Her granddaughter Hooee also grew up in Hano and studied pottery from her grandmother. She also advertised the art of Hopi and Zuni in the Southwest, and handled pottery and silverware.

However, in 1860, a woman named Nanping restored pottery making. She is believed to be responsible for the restoration of Hopi pottery. Nanping restored the technique of pottery manufacturing using multicolor technology. In addition, by the end of the 1800's, when the railroad was introduced to Arizona, it brought many businessmen who tried to meet the needs to expand the travel market. Therefore, Nanping pottery is very precious, and other inspired Hopis began using similar techniques to make their own work.

The Hopi tribe in the northern part of Arizona and several other Pueblo people, including Taos, Alkma and Zwe (both in the southwestern United States of America) are known for painting various kinds of pottery. Nanping and his close relatives made ceramics well known in the early 20 th century. The Pueblo tribe of New Mexico has various Pueblo (village) styles. There are Santa Clara Pueblo, Taos Pueblo, Hopi Pueblo, San Ildefonso Pueblo, Akumapuebro, Zunipe Ebro etc. Nampeyo, Elva Nampeyo, Dextra Quotskuyva from Hopi, Leonidas Tapia from San Juan Pueblo, Maria Martinez from San Ildefonso Pueblo, Julian Martinez and others are famous. In the early 20th century, Martinez and her husband Julian rediscovered the way to make traditional St. Ile-des-Pueblo black pottery.