Artist

Sue Williams

Also known as
  • Sue Ann Williams
Active in
  • Cow Springs, Arizona, United States
Biography
Sue Williams and her siblings learned to mold clay from their mother, Rose Williams, one of the most influential contemporary Navajo potters. Williams literally makes her pieces from the ground up. She digs and prepares the clay herself, constructs each individual pot or vase entirely by hand, and fires them in a traditional Navajo outdoor pit. To finish her vessels, Williams applies a thin veneer of melted pine pitch, which adds strength and enhances the color variations that result from the firing.

Works by this artist (7 items)

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John Von Wicht, Black and White, stencil, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Woodward Foundation, 1977.48.35
Black and White
Artist
stencil
Not on view
John Von Wicht, Baroque, 1961, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., 1969.47.46
Baroque
Artist
Date1961
oil on canvas
Not on view
John Von Wicht, Violet Red Black, 1966, stencil cut on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1967.25.2
Violet Red Black
Artist
Date1966
stencil cut on paper
Not on view
John Von Wicht, Yellow-Blue, 1966, stencil cut, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1967.35
Yellow-Blue
Artist
Date1966
stencil cut
Not on view