Tubaform

Tubaform
Christine Nofchissey McHorse
2005
Materials
Micaceous clay
Size
16 3/4 x 10 7/8 inches
Racine Art Museum, The Karen Johnson Boyd Collection
About the artwork.
Diné artist Christine Nofchissey McHorse worked in traditional styles of Indigeneous pottery until—after trying different forms and techniques of building—she came upon a direction that fueled her developing interests and established her as an innovator. McHorse used micaceous clay—which has a shimmering effect—to create unadorned sculptural forms such as Tubaform that allowed her to push the structural capabilities of the material.