Debbie Clashin
Ceramicist
(1969 - )
© Debbie Clashin
Hopituh Shinumu (Hopi) and Tewa | Hopi Pueblo, Arizona
(Per AGG 2017) Debbie Clashin learned to make pottery in the traditional way from noted Hopi artists Dianna Tahbo and Mark Tahbo. Her pots are hand coiled, rock-polished, hand painted with a yucca brush, and open fired with sheep dung. Her work has been noted for skill of form and control of design. She has been awarded the Helen Naha Memorial Award, SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market 2016; First Place for Utilitarian Pottery, SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market 2015; First Place, Annual Hopi Show, Museum of Northern Arizona (all are juried competitions). Clashin is in the collections of major American art museums, including the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Denver Art Museum, the Newark Museum, the Crocker Art Museum, and the Autry National Center of the American West. --END
Some information from Getty's Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN)