as in ceramics
articles made of baked clay
we picked up some ceramic vases in a pottery store
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Designers in this year’s Native fashion show focused on water, whether by using upcycled materials to highlight sustainability, centering clay pottery and water vessels or using woodland imagery to call to mind the need to care for lakes and forests.
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Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 6 Apr. 2025
In museums, art by Indigenous people has been seen as artifact, not intervention or complex storytelling — reduced to dream catchers, headdresses and pottery, repackaged for nostalgia and sale.
—Petala Ironcloud, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered ancient Mayan pottery in a cave system a little more than 10 miles away from downtown Playa de Carmen.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2025
Colorful textured rugs in purple, blue, orange, pink and red blend with handmade pottery, art and chic glass-top coffee tables.
—Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
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Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 6 Apr. 2025
In museums, art by Indigenous people has been seen as artifact, not intervention or complex storytelling — reduced to dream catchers, headdresses and pottery, repackaged for nostalgia and sale.
—Petala Ironcloud, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered ancient Mayan pottery in a cave system a little more than 10 miles away from downtown Playa de Carmen.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2025
Colorful textured rugs in purple, blue, orange, pink and red blend with handmade pottery, art and chic glass-top coffee tables.
—Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Pottery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pottery. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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