In-the world of modern American-indian art, Elizabeth Manygoats is unquestionably a musician to watch. From a rural region of the Navajo reservation, Elizabeth Manygoats can be a folk potter who makes the most whimsical pieces of art. Elizabeth may be the daughter of well-known potter Betty Manygoats, but Elizabeth has rapidly gained her own praise and won awards in her own right.Elizabeth’s pottery beautifully shows the standard Navajo culture which it’s developed. Often-times, Elizabeth Manygoats creates graphic displays of Navajo life by depicting herders on horseback and foot with livestock against a background of desert mesas, log houses, and Hogan. Female figures are often created by Manygoats most, as she is among NINE sisters. Her figures are either appliqued by elizabeth onto her dishes and jars, or she enables them to become free-standing pieces.Her ability to take a bit of clay and because clay colorfully capture the Navajo living around her is, perhaps, unmatched. It is fired by Elizabeth Manygoats in sheep dung or timber at a low heat, after she’s given life to-the clay. She then coats her parts with all the frequency (or sap) of pinon trees to give them a glossy finish. This method of coating pieces with pinon pitch is common in Navajo art and was originally to aid waterproof vessels site.The work of Elizabeth Manygoats can be purchased through select American Indian art sellers, or directly from Elizabeth in the several American Indian art demonstrates Elizabeth participates in-like Santa Fe Indian Market. Her items range in cost from under $100 to over $1000.
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