Miniatures
It is not sophisticated technique or exact skill
but childlike enthusiasm,
timeless concentration
and pure devotion that feeds this clay to life for me.
Nora Naranjo Morse, Kha'p'o Owingeh (Santa Clara Pueblo), “Childlike Enthusiasm,” Mud Woman: Poems from the Clay, 1992
Indigenous potters of the U.S. Southwest and northern Mexico have made pottery in miniature for more than 2,000 years.
Photo: Ancient and contemporary pottery from the ASM collection. Unless otherwise noted, all photographs in the Miniatures section are by Grey Garduno, photographer, 2025.
