Horse Hair Pottery Hand Made Vase Created Signed by Tom Vail

Navajo Pottery Horse Hair Pottery Vase Created & Signed by Tom Vail Beautifully Crafted Using Real Horse Hair to Create the DesignSigned T Vail on the bottomMeasures 3" tall x 4" wideNo Cracks, or RepairsIncludes info sheet
The Vail family is well known for their contemporary style of pottery known as “horse hair". Tom Vail married into the Navajo Nation. Tom, along with his children William “Skeeter" Vail, Loveitha Vail-Sanchez and their spouses Geraldine Vail and Ray Sanchez, create horsehair pottery.
To make the pottery, they pour a ceramic white slip substance into a mold. Next, they pour out the excess slip and let it sit to dry. The ceramic ware is then cleaned and polished. The ceramic pot is then heated in a kiln. Mane hair or tail hair is then thrown randomly on the heated pot. The resulting carbon being drawn into the surface of the pot creates the wonderful designs and patterns. Finally, they clean the finished pottery with a dry material and the finished product is a uniqu