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Mana Pottery

Since 1948, Mana Pottery has been producing unique and stunning American Southwestern art. Multi-colored, hand painted renditions of desert life on handcrafted earthenware that provide an inspiring visual feast in the context of everyday functionality. Mana Pottery is sold from our physical store in Aravaipa and also from our online store.  

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Mana Pottery 6-inch Tile Featuring the Quail

Each step in the production process requires attention to detail to ensure that there are no flaws in the finished piece, which is twice-fired to temperatures exceeding 1900 degrees fahrenheit. The soul of Mana Pottery is these three artists: Immanuel (Mana) Trujillo, the originator of Mana Pottery, and Anne Zapf and Matthew Kent, who have been making Mana Pottery for 30 years.

Immanuel “Mana” Trujillo was a World War II veteran who suffered a bomb blast that caused traumatic brain injury and PTSD, Trujillo was transferred in 1948 to a hospital in Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Here he discovered an empty crafts room and began developing a career that would span the next 60 years. »Read more about Immanuel Trujillo

Matthew, Annie and Immanuel

Mana Pottery was legally incorporated in 1984, seven years after the 1977 arrival of apprentices Matthew Kent and Anne Zapf. In 1978, the three incorporated the “Peyote Way Church of God, Inc,” and two years later accomplished 501(c)(3) status for the Church. Until 1984, all work produced was offered for donation or sold wholesale to Goldwater’s Department Stores, Red Feather Lodge in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, and other small gift shops across Arizona and New Mexico. Mana Pottery ceremonial earthenware was also sold at Ortega’s in Scottsdale, Arizona, for ten years.

Mana Pottery studios has trained many artists in the creation of earthenware art, including Adam and Claire Dorn of Maw Paw Pottery and Barbara Clark of Cascabel Clayworks.

Mana Pottery is the financial arm and secular vehicle of the Peyote Way Church, a Peyotist Church that is open to all. The Church promotes the sacramental use of Peyote and its conservation, a holistic lifestyle based on the Word of Wisdom, compassion, selfless service, the recognition of the female as the giver of life, and family-oriented cottage industry. Mana designs are inspired by our Sacrament, our work environment, and our Word of Wisdom lifestyle.

The “Peyote Way” line is featured in the Smithsonian’s Museum of the American Indian Collection. Barry Goldwater was a collector and carried Mana ceremonial earthenware in Goldwater’s Department Store from 1959 for over twenty years. The pottery is coveted by private collectors like Whoopi Goldberg, Lucy Lawless (Xena, Warrior Princess) and Bill Walton of Oregon Trail Blazer fame. Mana Pottery is also currently used in prayer meetings by other Peyote communities.

Mana Pottery Peyote-Firebird Teapot

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