Laguna Pueblo Pottery

Laguna Pueblo
Pueblo Pottery Maine presents both traditional and contemporary pottery by Laguna artists Gladys "Sratyu'we" Paquin, Andrew Padilla, Jr., Sherrel Pedro, Robert Kasero, Pat Valentia, Michael Kanteena, and Marquis Dann-Lente.

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Marquis Dann-Lente died May 22, 2009 ~ a great loss to the pueblo pottery community. It was an honor to sell his work which was always exciting to encounter and increasingly fine in quality. His work will continue to grow in value because of his superb creativity and advanced technique. It will be rare to see any of his work for sale in the years to come.

Marquis Dann-Lente creates outstanding pots. Although he is not yet widely known he is becoming one of the outstanding names in pueblo pottery. At the age of 37 he is in a league of potters with twice his years of experience. Those who have purchased his work over the last two years that we have carried it can see that the value of his pots is increasing rapidly.

Here is a pot with great shape and wonderful graphics featuring a parrot and fertility design done in the Acoma tradition. Thin walls, perfect graphics and shape, it measures 9.5 inches tall by 11 inches wide with very thin walls and solid colors. Your price $1,250 ~ Item #L184 Click here for a larger image

Finest Quality

At right is one of the most beautiful pieces ever created by Marquis. It has thin walls, perfect shape and graphics - the true Museum Quality pot and it speaks for itself. The white on the pot is solid. Any red tint is just a reflection of the pot's red graphics under the studio lights. This pot measures 9.5 inches tall by 12 inches wide. Your price $1,950 ~ Item #L218. Click here to see enlargements.

A full blooded Laguna-Hopi Native American, Marquis is a member of the Water and the Kachina Clans. He was inspired and taught to work in clay by Preston Duwywnie from the Hopi Pueblo and by May Chavez from Acoma Pueblo. They taught him all the fundamentals of working with clay using the ancient traditional methods handed down through the generations. Marquis specializes in hand coiled and hand painted traditional pottery gathering his own clay and colors within the Acoma Pueblo. He fashions his brushes from yucca stems and boils raw plants for the natural colors he uses to paint his vessels with birds, fine lines, rainbow bands, and geometric designs. He fires his pottery the traditional way, outdoors with cedar chips. He signs his pottery: Lente, Laguna.

Out last Lente pot is filled with deep colors and classic graphics in perfect detail. Great shape, solid colors, great design. This pot measures 8 inches tall by 7.5 inches wide.Your price $950 ~ Item #L218. Click here to see an enlargement.

Marquis' work has perfect lines, color and shape - far beyond his years of experience but outstanding nonetheless and beyond what many seasoned potters produce. His pots are thin walled and very light in the Acoma tradition. They chime beautifully. His work is presented in Gregory Schaaf's "Southern Pueblo Pottery: 2000 Artist Biographies".

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Gladys "Sratyu'we" Paquin is a full blooded Native American from Laguna Pueblo and of Zuni/Laguna heritage. Her father was from the Zuni Pueblo and her mother from Laguna Pueblo. She is self taught and has been an accomplished potter for over 20 years. Gladys gathers her own clay and natural pigments - hand coils and hand paints all her work. "My clay is gray which I dig out from the hills here in Laguna Pueblo. My paints are all natural clays except the black paint which is from the Rocky Mountain Bee plant mixed with a mineral rock." Gladys has won innumerable Best of Show, Best of Division, and First Place Awards at the Santa Fe Indian Market, Santa Monica Indian Art Show (CA), Twin Cities Indian Art Show (MN), Okmulgee Indian Art Show (OK), and the Eiteljorg Indian Art Market in Indiana.

Finest Quality ~ Rain bird

Gladys Paquin is without a doubt one of the best of the pueblo potters and arguably the most collectible of the Laguna potters because of her many years as a potter and the rarity of her pots these days. If there is one design motif that might be called her hallmark it is the one on this pot. An example of this pot design exists from the early 1800s featuring a "rainbird-scroll design with unbordered elements" as described and pictured on page 30 of Rick Dillingham's "Acoma and Laguna Pottery". Gladys has mastered this design but creates it rarely and each pot is perfect. This pot measures 10.5 inches tall by 11.25 inches wide. Your price $2,050 ~ Item #L191. Click here to see enlargements. SOLD

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Robert Kasero is of Hopi and Laguna heritage. He began his creative career making Hopi katsinas - his favorite being Kwaakatsina, the Eagle katsina. His work is included in Dr. Gregory Schaaf's book "Hopi Katsinas: 1600 Artist Biographies".

This monochrome seedpot measures 4 inches tall by 4.75 inches wide. Your price $420 ~ Item #L234. Please click here to see an enlargement. SOLD

Now in his early 40s, Robert has turned to pottery under the instruction of highly acclaimed potter Paula Estevan. Like Paula, Robert has demonstrated an outstanding ability to create extremely fine progressive designs on pots with perfect shape and fine, thin walls. His reputation for top tier pottery is growing quickly and his potential as a master potter is emerging rapidly.

The pot at right has very thin walls, distinct and finely executed graphics, measuring 4 inches tall by 5 inches wide. Your price $425 ~ Item #L242. Click here to see an enlargement.

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