Contemporary Works
Created by Marty Haythorn
Sculptures
"Fading Memories"
This piece was based on memories of an old friend. It was crafted out of a buff earthen-ware clay, sculpted, then fume fired.
"Hidden Heritage"
H: 15”
A tribute to my Native American ancestors. Sculpted, with incised Native American designs and motifs
When my mom was young she was often asked to portray a Native American in school plays. When she asked her grandparents, who raised her, if she had any Native American blood, her grandmother replied “Go ask your granddad, he has more than I do.” They told her stories of her ancestors, but always cautioned her not to tell anyone outside of the family. This was typical for those who chose to stay in the Southeast and assimilate into the white culture and hide their heritage. Native American heritage was not generally considered an honor back then.
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"Eagle on Tree" Height: 20”
Relief Sculptural work in-progress
"Falcon Rising" : Height: 16”
Wheel thrown, carved, sculpted, incised with
cut-outs, burnished, engraved and pit-fired.
"Male & Female Eagles"
H: 14” W: 8”
Sculpted male and female eagles wrapped around a wheel thrown vase,
with cut-outs, incised designs and some engraving.
"Venus" or "The Morning Star"
H: 20in
Sculpted, hand construction, colored clay,
burnished, kiln and pit fired
A tribute to the bringer of light and to new
beginnings
"Expanding Universe"
H: 17in on wood base
Hand built, altered, incised, punctated, burnished and pit-fired with
ceramic glaze coloring materials.
Spirals are patterns that exist in many forms, from galaxies and solar systems to hurricanes and tornados
to water draining from a sink
to electrons and protons revolving around a neutron.
It is a pattern that appears often in the designs created by Southeastern Native American artists.
Urns
Uga Urn
H: 9”
Wheel thrown, burnished, sculpted, pit-fired.
Made for one of my wife’s best friends who was
a University of Georgia football fans
Bird and Bear Urn
H: 12in
Wheel thrown, incised, sculpted, burnished and pit-fired.
Made for a couple who were friends. One was of the Bird Clan the other of the Wolf Clan
Carved
"Long Pond, Florida" 11” height
Wheel thrown, burnished, carved, smoke fired in kiln
Based on Marty’s visits to his parents property in Chiefland Florida, and on the Love of nature they passed on to him.
Interconnecting Spirals, Approx. 6” dia.
Wheel thrown, burnished, carved, kiln smoke
fired with Southeastern Native American swirl
designs.
Whales (work in progress)
Approx. 9” diameter
Wheel thrown, burnished, carved, kiln fired, underglaze
Engraved Works
"Calusa" Approx. 11” diameter
Wheel thrown, burnished, smothered & pit-fired, engraved with dolphin image (based on a wooden amulet found on Key Marco Island, Florida), an eye motif, curvilinear ocean wave design, and feather design around the rim.
"Prophesy Snake"
This piece was wheel thrown, burnished,
kiln and smoke fired, and then engraved.
Serpent deity design based on a pottery artifact from North Georgia region.
Crested Bird Rattle 3 & 1/2” dia.
Hand built, burnished, smoke fired in kiln, engraved with Moundville crested bird motif.
Eagle Rattle 3 & 1/2” dia.
Hand built, burnished, smoke fired in kiln, engraved with stylized eagle claw and four directions, encircled by feather design.
"Fire & Triscite Rattle
Hand built, incised, burnished, smoke-fired in pit.
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"Fire Keepers Bowl" W: 18”
Hand built, stamped, incised, with cut-outs, burnished rim, smothered in pit-fire.
Made for the Fire Keeper of a Muskogee Creek tribe in Southwest Georgia