Pai Pai Pottery & Art

25/04/2018

The main purpose of this page is to provide Daria with a platform to showcase her art and be able to keep people updated as to where she may be, in order to potentially sell her handmade pieces of art. We hope this page is also informative to its audience as to the Paipai culture and customs for how pottery and jewelry are made.

25/04/2018

Beautiful necklaces made from:
 Acorns
 Honey suckle
 Yucca seeds
 Elderberry
 Pine needles
 Palm leaves
 Clay Arrowhead

25/04/2018

This album showcases the process of making traditional pottery including gathering the clay, crushing the clods, grinding and sifting, adding water and kneading, forming the vessel base, coiling and paddling the walls, dryin and firing. This is how pottery has been made among the Paipai for hundreds of years.

25/04/2018

Video of Teresa Castro, a Paipai, making beautiful traditional ollas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz5AY5EvWvc.
This video showcases the process of making traditional pottery including gathering the clay, crushing the clods, grinding and sifting, adding water and kneading, forming the vessel base, coiling and paddling the walls, drying, firing and decorating. This is how pottery has been made among the Paipai for hundreds of years.

More information can be found at:
https://www2.palomar.edu/users/ddozier/AIS/Bajenos/paipai_potters.htm
http://www.sandiegoarchaeology.org/Laylander/Ceramics/Wade2004.pdf
http://www.kumeyaay.info/california_indian_artists/daria_mariscal/
https://www2.palomar.edu/users/ddozier/AIS/Bajenos/paul_campbell%20on%20pottery.htm

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