| Santa
Clara /
San Ildefonso Pueblo
Pueblo
Pottery Maine presents both traditional and contemporary pottery
by Santa Clara and San Ildefonso artists including Mary Cain,
Mida Tafoya, Tina Diaz, Sammy Naranjo, Stella Chavarria, Victor
and Naomi Eckleberry, Bernice Naranjo, Barbara Martinez, Martin
Moquino, Corn Moquino, Denise Chavarria, Forrest Naranjo, Ron
Suazo, Dusty Naranjo, Eric Sunbird Fender, Lois Gutierrez, Alice
Martinez, Sharon Naranjo Garcia, Martha Appleleaf, Madeline &
Adrian Naranjo, Linda Cain, Marilyn Martinez, Glenda Naranjo,
Eugene Gutierrez, Gwen Tafoya, Goldenrod, Anna Archuleta, Ethel
Vigil, Chris Martinez, Sherry Tafoya and Kevin Naranjo.
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  Lois
Gutierrez del la Cruz
is of Pojoaque and Santa Clara heritage and works with polychrome
plates, jars and bowls.
The
pot at top is a nicely shaped polychrome pot with fine colors
and solid graphics. A beautiful little pot of "love birds"
measuring 4.25 inches tall by 4 inches wide. Your
price $350 - Item #SC398
At
right is a beautifully shaped lizard pot with spiraling
tail on  two
sides. Very well done and measuring 5 inches tall by 4 inches
wide. Your price $350 ~ Item #SC377.
Lois
is the wife of Derek de la Cruz (who helps her with the outdoor
firing and gathering the natural paints) and the daughter of Petra
(Montoya) Gutierrez (Pojoaque) and Juan Isidro Gutierrez(Santa
Clara). She is also the sibling of potters Godenrod (Gloria Garcia),
Thelma Talachy and Minnie Vigil. She has won over 20 awards at
the Santa Fe Indian Market since 1975in a number of divisions
and categories,including Best of Show and the  Katherine
& Miguel Otero Award for Creative Excellence.
At left is a perfect seedpot by Lois with superb
detail and solid colors. A classic example of her work at its
best. This seedpot measures 4.5 inches tall by 5 inches wide.
Your price $340 ~ Item #SC330. Click
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Lois
has been published in many publications including Arizona
Highways, American Indian Art Magazine, SWAIA Quarterly,
New Mexico Magazine, Gregory Schaaf's "Pueblo Indian
Pottery: 750 Artist Biographies"; "Fourteen Families
in Pueblo Pottery" by Dillingham; Lillian Peaster’s
"Pueblo Pottery Families"; and Stephen Trimble’s
"Talking With The Clay".
Lois
Gutierrez's work is widely collected for its very refined artwork
and form utilizing beautiful graphics and rich, solid colors to
create her fine pieces. A distinctive quality of her work is portraying
various aspects of traditional Pueblo life including Pueblo dancers,
everyday life scenes, human and animal interactions, and the occasional
graphic statement pertaining to a Native American political perspectives.
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  Madeline
Naranjo collaborates
with Adrian Garcia to produce these
beautiful pots. She is the granddaughter of Madeline Naranjo,
one of Santa Clara's most well-known potters who began her career
in 1935. Madeline is the daughter Anita and Joseph Naranjo.
The pot at right, top, is an unpolished buffalo
deep carved with highly deep black surface - a detailed carving
with polished eye that reflects Madeline's carving expertise.
This pot measures 3 inches tall by 3.5 inches wide - a very striking
and unique piece. Your  price
$395 ~ Item #SC402. Click
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Madeline's work is included in Lillian Peaster's "Pueblo
Pottery Families",Gregory Schaaf's
"Pueblo Indian Pottery 750 Artist Biographies" and an
increasing number of periodicals and other publications.
At left is a very nice pot with carved Avanyu.
This piece was bought from a private collection, is several years
old and in excellent condition. It measures 3 inches tall by 4
inches wide. Your price $330 ~ Item #SC233
The pot at bottom is a difficult carved wave
motif using both polished and unpolished surfaces. The depth of
the black polishing is pure Madeline. The pot measures 2.5 inches
tall by 3.24 inches wide. Your price $350
~ Item #SC403. Please
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