John & Judy Durall
J&J Ceramics
Page, Arizona 86040
928-645-9077
Email:
John:
tex_lakepowell@yahoo.com
Judy:
sweetdine_lady@yahoo.com
John & Judy Durall
J&J Ceramics
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MEANING OF SYMBOLS
PAINTINGS ON A CERAMIC POTTERY HAS DIFFERENT MEANINGS:
END OF THE TRAIL: AN END OF LIFE, FREEDOM TO HUNT AND FISH, MIGRATION WITH THE SEASON.
MAN: LIFE, BEGINNING, TO FURNISH AND DEFENSE.
HORSE: JOURNEY, MOBILITY, POWER, FREEDOM, DEVOTION, LOYALTY, WILDNESS.
MOUNTAIN: GREAT ABUNDANCE AND PLENTY.
WATER: CONSTANT LIFE.
TREES: REPRESENTS WARRIOR BECAUSE THEY ARE ROOTED AND CONTAINED. ALSO IT REPRESENTS TRANSFORMATION.
TEEPEE: COMES FROM LAKOTA LANGUAGE. MEANS TO DWELL.
KOKOPELLI: SEED BRINGER AND WATER SPRINKLER. HE IS A FERTILITY GOD SYMBOL. HE TRAVELS AT NIGHT AND COLLECTS CARCASSES OF DEAD ANIMALS WITH HIS FLUTE AND BLOWS IT OUT TO REPLENISHES THE EARTH.
FEATHERS: MEANS PRAYERS, MARKS OF HONOR OR SOURCE OF IDEAS. EAGLE FEATHER IS A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CREATOR AND MAN.
SHAWL DANCER: IS A GRACEFUL FEMALE DANCER AT POW WOWS, HER DRESS HAS MANY BEADS AND LONG RIBBONS OR FABRIC FRINGES THAT HAVE TRIBAL AND PERSONAL SIGNIFICANCE.
DREAMCATCHERS: DREAMS ARE FILTERED THROUGH THE WEB AND SCATTERED INTO THE UNIVERSE; YOUR GOOD DREAMS REMAIN CAUGHT IN THE WEB.
TURTLES: LOVE, STRENGTH, FERTILITY, LONG LIFE, PERSEVERANCE, ABLE TO DEFY DEATH, AND ANNOYANCE TO THE COYOTE.
HOGAN: A PERMANENT HOME.
GOAT: QUALITY, A FAST COACH, CREATIVITY, ABUNDANCE.
SHEEP: PROUD, DOMINEERING AND GUARD.
RAVEN: MYSTERIOUS, EXPLORATION OF THE UNKNOWN.
LIZARD: MEANS LETTING GO, ILLUSIVENESS, AND PROMOTES DREAMS.
Artist Biography
JOHN IS FROM THE CHEROKEE NATION TRIBE WHICH ARE LOCATED IN TEHLEQUAH OKLAHOMA, HE WENT TO SCHOOL IN THAILAND AND HE HAS BEEN ALL OVER UNITED STATES. JOHN IS PART OF THE SEVEN CHEROKEE CLANS, THE DEER CLAN (ANI-AWI), WHOM ARE KEEPERS OF THE DEER, HUNTERS, TRADERS, TANNERS, AND SEAMERS, AS WELL AS KEEPERS OF THE DEER MEDICINES. KNOWN TO BE FAST RUNNERS AND FOOT MESSENGERS. THEIR COLOR IS BROWN AND THEIR TREE IS OAK. HIS GRANDFATHER FIVE GENERATION BACK WAS PATHKILLER (AHAKULLAKULLA WHICH MEANS LEANING WOOD) WAS A GREAT AND A SMART CHEROKEE WAR CHIEF. PATHKILLER LIVED FROM 1750 TO 1827. HE WAS THE PRINCIPAL CHIEFS OF CHIEFS AND WAS ALSO CALLED WHITE OWL AND PART OF THE REDPAINT CLAN. HE FOUGHT IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR FOR THE BRITIANS. CHIEF PATHKILLER IS A MENTOR OF JOHN ROSS.
JUDY IS FROM THE NAVAJO NATION TRIBE AND IS BORN AND RAISED IN BLUFF UTAH. SHE IS REDHOUSE CLAN (KIN LI CHINII) AND BORN OF THE YUCCA PEOPLE. SHE COMES FROM THE BLACKHORSE FAMILY WHOM ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR CERAMIC POTTERY. BLACKHORSE WAS A NAME OF A NAVAJO CHIEF IN THE EARLY 1900’S, HE IS TACHII NII WHICH MEANS (RED RUNNING INTO WATER). HE COUNSELED HIS PEOPLE IN LIVESTOCK AND FARMING. JUDY’S REDHOUSE CLAN CAME FROM NEW MEXICO BY A ZIA INDIAN GIRL. THE NAVAJOS WERE TRAVELLING WHEN THEY CAME UPON THE ZIA TRIBE, THE ZIA TRIBE ASKED THE NAVAJOS TO ADOPT TWO YOUNG FEMALES, BECAUSE THEY WERE HUNGRY AND DID NOT KNOW IF THEIR GROUP WOULD SURVIVE AND THEY WANTED TO PASS ON THEIR CULTURE. WHEN THE GIRLS GOT OLDER ONE GIRL GOT MARRIED AND ASKED THAT HER HOUSE WAS TO MADE BY RED MUD AND THAT IS HOW THE REDHOUSE CLAN STARTED.
JOHN AND JUDY RESIDES IN PAGE ARIZONA. THEY BOTH WORK TOGETHER AS A HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM TO CREATE BEAUTIFUL AND COLORFUL CERAMIC POTTERIES. JOHN CASTS THE POTS INTO MOLDS, CLEANS AND GLAZES THE POTS, LOADS IT INTO THE KILN WHICH FIRES THEM 2015 DEGREES FOR 4 HOURS AND LETS IT COOL DOWN FOR 6 TO 8 HOURS AND UNLOADS IT AND TAKES IT INTO JUDY’S ART STUDIO TO BE PAINTED, SOME HAVE DREAMCATCHERS, THAT IS TO BE WOVEN AND DECORATED, THEN AFTER IT IS PAINTED IT IS MOG POGGED WHICH IS A CLEAR COATING OF GLUE THAT SEALS THE PAINT AND MAKES THE COLOR BRIGHTER. NOW IT IS READY TO BE PACKED AND READY TO BE DELIVERED OR SHIPPED TO THEIR CUSTOMERS.