Alice Cling

Artist Profile

Alice is arguably one of the best known Navajo pitch potters. Her mother taught her the art of pine pitch pottery making, an art shared by her two sisters, Susie Crank and Sue Williams. Clingﾒs Navajo pots are hand coiled and covered with pine sap creating a rough surface. Cling then takes a smooth stone and burnishes the pot to smooth out the texture. The darkened areas of her pottery are made when the pottery is fired.