Josephine Foard and the Glazed Pottery of Laguna Pueblo

by Dwight P. Lanmon, Dominique Coulet du Gard, Lorraine Welling Lanmon

In 1899 at the age of fifty-six, Josephine Jefferson Foard moved from the East Coast to Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, where she built her own house and a kiln for firing pottery. Her intent was to show Pueblo potters how to strengthen their pottery by using better firing methods and by glazing it on the interior to make it waterproof. She also aimed to assist potters by marketing their products in the East, not just as decorative items but as functional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826343074
• ISBN13: 9780826343079
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.3" x 10.3"