![Clay pots encircle a small bonfire. They are surrounded by sand. This is the first step in a traditional Muscogee Creek pottery single-fire.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/d0560d46-4f62-4867-9334-41dcc759cc55/0/0/0/0,0,2974,2974,1600,2974/0-0-0/16012ab1-02f9-4c3f-9785-ccc4f6f9243f/1/1/011_Cheshewalla_TraditionalMuscogeeSingleFiring_JPG.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040459874~hmac=ba0b9917856f13593b9bc5b89f14016fc215a5a16ca4b46d16caac062edd0bf7)
![Pictured against a white backdrop is a rounded clay pot that is slightly wider on top than it is at the base. The top of the pot is flat as has a medium size hole off center. It has been smoke-fired so it is cloudy shades of white, gray, and black.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/d0560d46-4f62-4867-9334-41dcc759cc55/0/0/0/0,0,3646,2427,3646,1200/0-0-0/aa5e45ac-24ed-400e-bd31-13d8fdfbdc83/1/1/Photo_Mar_02_3_52_21_PM.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040459874~hmac=af35f2535be0b41ccb9d654222f4eaa135e824f059d88238869292198df503e9)
![Pictured against a white backdrop is an oblong, squatty pot that resembles a good skipping stone. It has a slightly rounded top with a medium size hole. It has been smoke-fired so it is cloudy shades of white, gray, and black.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/d0560d46-4f62-4867-9334-41dcc759cc55/0/0/0/0,0,3646,2427,3646,1200/0-0-0/63b36e17-0fc2-4786-b82c-337a5ac2b7b6/1/1/Photo_Mar_02_3_52_29_PM.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040459874~hmac=af35f2535be0b41ccb9d654222f4eaa135e824f059d88238869292198df503e9)
![Pictured against a white backdrop is an egg shaped pot. It has a small opening at the top. It has been smoke-fired so it is cloudy shades of white, gray, and black.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/d0560d46-4f62-4867-9334-41dcc759cc55/0/0/0/0,0,3646,2427,3646,1200/0-0-0/92554fd1-3d83-41f8-9c45-e035af21c416/1/1/Photo_Mar_02_3_52_34_PM.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040459874~hmac=af35f2535be0b41ccb9d654222f4eaa135e824f059d88238869292198df503e9)
![Pictured against a white backdrop is a high walled ceramic bowl. It has been pit-fired so the inside is a rich black with fuzzy white lines radiating upwards. The outside is a soft gray with smoky impressions of corn husks and flashes of copper carbonate.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/d0560d46-4f62-4867-9334-41dcc759cc55/0/0/0/0,0,3957,2236,3957,1200/0-0-0/af2951a2-5bee-4474-baba-bbf0f3f1f996/1/1/Photo_Mar_02_3_52_41_PM.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040459874~hmac=ac53ed93fe76a7c04513338ff56825023e08a2bf8b2389948d784e1e9f70dbcd)
![A small egg-shaped pinch pot that is mostly white with a chainlink pattern scorched onto it.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/d0560d46-4f62-4867-9334-41dcc759cc55/0/0/0/0,0,2749,2748,2749,1200/0-0-0/69687aa9-bca8-43ee-b480-4121d27397e9/1/1/IMG_7143_jyanan.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040459874~hmac=d6ff6f85d5afed177c1d9aad09c33eb41eda3652de673dbc36caebb8187d3a83)
![Two small pinchpots that are both random bursts of black, white, and red color on a white backdrop. A result of smoke-firing.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/d0560d46-4f62-4867-9334-41dcc759cc55/0/0/0/0,0,2924,2924,1600,2924/0-0-0/5cda7f81-7b55-49a7-8e74-07a74f1ca14e/1/1/IMG_7147_b8cpap.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040459874~hmac=065a5c5b79f7c121a1196921f59fbfdec53e995f7a592a07588d163df68ed896)
![An above shot of three small pinchpot bowls that have been smoke-fired and then gilded with gold leaf.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/d0560d46-4f62-4867-9334-41dcc759cc55/0/0/0/0,0,2740,2740,1600,2740/0-0-0/39b7cbb7-30b6-4a04-aaea-db884dd4b29d/1/1/IMG_7131_ukdmia.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040459874~hmac=41711b2e2e2c0e85fdad317ebb89630959c8e6e0e2b7f83ec46f8257e3b94466)
![Ritual Cups Part 1: Three unfired clay cups sit on a pedestal and have been filled with water. They are beginning to crack and leak their water into the containers they sit in.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/d0560d46-4f62-4867-9334-41dcc759cc55/0/0/0/0,0,1334,1000,1334,1200/0-0-0/d2261d63-049e-4e0c-b706-4d7366c9f667/1/1/IMG_8097_bkviat.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040459874~hmac=d6e9f9ff66e7671a659a82b5319459810c7296ccc249d8a2d95f37c46ac1f652)
![Ritual Cups Part 2: Two of the cups have split in threes and fallen down into the container below them. The third cup is still standing but severely cracked.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/d0560d46-4f62-4867-9334-41dcc759cc55/0/0/0/0,0,960,540,960,1200/0-0-0/6398ca79-8cb3-446c-926d-970bd006378a/1/1/IMG_8099_ufh9lo.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040459874~hmac=5935d13d70794d9c0a677fa5b46fef5d0fa95658bbe4b06020b875b93ff84084)
![Ritual Cups Part 3. All three cups have cracked and fallen.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/d0560d46-4f62-4867-9334-41dcc759cc55/0/0/0/0,0,960,540,960,1200/0-0-0/812e0544-4d28-43ff-928a-6e541996d7b9/1/1/IMG_8098_cvhz51.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040459874~hmac=5935d13d70794d9c0a677fa5b46fef5d0fa95658bbe4b06020b875b93ff84084)
Working primarily in alternative firing methods: pit firing & smoke firing in a barrel.
Learning: Traditional Muscogee Creek single/open firing methods & natural clay processing.
Conceptual Ritual: Filling unfired clay cups with water to transform belief systems, enact transformation, and provide release.