Tuesday, March 2, 2010

A Puebloan Day


We heard a lecture this morning by Mireya Cirici on the Art and Architecture of Northern New Mexico. She covered very thoroughly the history of Pueblo structures and pottery. Her lecture included slides of the more well known potters and Puebloan sites. This afternoon we visited the Santa Clara Pueblo and watched Paul Speckled Rock demonstrate building a coil pot and listened to him explain the polishing and firing process to achieve the black on black pottery. From Santa Clara we drove up to Chimayo and saw the Sancuario de Chimayo, known as the Lourdes of northern New Mexico (Wayne's still an athiest), and a weaving center. We had dinner at the Rancho de Chimayo before returning to the hotel.