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 Juan places the dried cow chips around the covered pots. |
 Mom standing at the firing pit. The pots are on top of a grate covered with tin, then cow chips, and then twigs. |
 Juan and Mom watching the fire. |
 Juan and Mom watching the fire. It gets a bit smokey in the shed, but it surprisingly does not smell bad. |
 Juan warming himself by the fire while talking to Mom. |
 A closeup of the burning cow pies in the pit during the firing of the pottery. Through the opening in the corner you can see the grate and the tin covering. |
 A closeup of the burning cow pies in the pit during the firing of the pottery. Through the opening in the corner you can see the grate and the tin covering. |
 Juan is now covering the smoldering pit with very odiferous horse manure, which is instrumental in producing the black-on-black color of the pottery. NOW there is a very distinctive odor in the shed! |
 Juan is now covering the smoldering pit with very odiferous horse manure, which is instrumental in producing the black-on-black color of the pottery. NOW there is a very distinctive odor in the shed! |
 Juan pokes a few holes in the horse pile to allow air in, so the burning can continue. |
 Juan pokes a few holes in the horse pile to allow air in, so the burning can continue. |
 Juan relaxing and talking with us in his studio while we wait for the pots to finish firing. |
 Juan relaxing and talking with us in his studio while we wait for the pots to finish firing. |
 Juan relaxing and talking with us in his studio while we wait for the pots to finish firing. |
 Juan relaxing and talking with us in his studio while we wait for the pots to finish firing. |
 A detail of the door to Juan Tafoya's adobe studio on the San Ildefonso Pueblo in North Central New Mexico. |
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