{"title":"Kyle Kootswatewa","description":"Kyle Kootswatewa is an enduring practitioner of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and a rising traditional weaver and potter utilizing natural materials. He is of Hopi descent, coming from the Kachina clan in Mungapi, Arizona. While Kootswatewa emerged as a traditional artist, he has also merged his knowledge into higher academics. Earning a BA at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), Kootswatewa studied within the Indigenous Liberal Arts Department and its strong interdisciplinary curriculum. He utilized his academic training and traditional ecological knowledge towards fortifying earth stewardship and to help preserve Hopi basketry and pottery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKootswatewa works include plaiting, coil, and wicker basket weaving. His polychrome basketry work can be achieved from both natural and commercial dyes. Pottery style is inspired by pre-contact Hopi vessels and creates using those prehistoric methods. Kootswatewa fires pottery using both traditional manure and ancestral coal firing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLearning to work with the earth has been attributed to Kootswatewa’s maternal clan grandparents, mothers, uncles, and friends. The processes of foraging, creating, cooking and building has allowed Kootswatewa to become well versed in the traditional sciences of agriculture, botany, nutrition, permaculture, geology and the chemistry that brings all these natural sources into act within his community.","products":[{"product_id":"prehistoric-parrot-pot-1","title":"Hopi Parrot Pot","description":"Hand Coiled and Traditionally Fired Hopi Pot with a Hand Painted Polychrome Prehistoric Parrot Design using Natural Paints.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e8.5” Width, 3.25” Height","brand":"Kyle Kootswatewa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40841546924115,"sku":"POT00311","price":600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0610\/6305\/files\/prehistoric-parrot-pot-by-kyle-kootswatewa-at-garland-s-15959.jpg?v=1747963672"},{"product_id":"hopi-eagle-tail-bowl","title":"Hopi Eagle Tail Bowl","description":"\u003cp\u003eHopi Eagle Tail Bowl by Kyle Kootswatewa, hand-coiled and traditionally outdoor fired. The warm clay body is hand painted with bold black eagle tail feather designs around the exterior, accented by fine linear details and a simple interior. The natural firing variation and slight surface darkening along the rim reflect the traditional firing process. Eagle feathers are highly significant in Hopi culture and are often associated with prayer, strength, and a connection to the spiritual world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5” Diameter, 3” Height\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kyle Kootswatewa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44606130683987,"sku":"POT00578","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0610\/6305\/files\/POT00578-1.jpg?v=1778609788"},{"product_id":"hopi-parrot-bowl","title":"Hopi Parrot Bowl","description":"\u003cp\u003eHopi Parrot Bowl by Kyle Kootswatewa, hand-coiled and traditionally outdoor fired. The interior is hand painted with a parrot surrounded by dragonflies and stars, while the exterior features a continuous band of geometric Hopi designs representing the sun, rain, rain clouds, and stars. The warm clay body, fine painted linework, and natural firing variation give the bowl a strong traditional character. 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