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Ojuha: Indigenous Connection to Color
June 14 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
In this hands-on workshop, artist Steve Tamayo guides participants through the tradition of rawhide vessels and the natural pigments used to paint them. Those pigments were derived from berries, rocks, and plants, then mixed with hide glue. Finished containers were coated with a preserving solution made from plant starches, gelatin, and gum fiber—techniques refined over generations. Their designs (representational, geometric, and abstract) were distinct to specific regions, Tribal Nations, Indigenous families, women’s guilds, and men’s societies. These vessels held everything essential to daily and ceremonial life: spiritual items, feathers, food, clothing, medicines, tools, and weapons.
