Santa Clara Pottery / San Ildefonso Pottery

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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Dusty Naranjo is the granddaughter of Rose Naranjo, the sister of Forrest Naranjo. She was taught by her mother, Bernice Naranjo, and works brownware sgraffito vases. Although a contemporary potter in style, she creates her work in the traditional way gathering her own clay, stone polishing and wood firing.

Some of the most beautiful pots made are brownware but it is not common to see it. The hummingbird pot at top is a great example of Dusty's work offering a number of different brown shades, textures and surfaces. A very clean piece beautifully executed and measuring 5 inches tall by 3.75 inches wide. Your price $450 - Item #SC394 Click here to see an enlargement   SOLD

At left is a wild mustang brownware pot with horses, mesas and dragonflies - finally done sgraffito. This seedpot measures 3.75 inches tall by 4.5 inches wide. Your price $525 ~ Item #SC344. Click hereto see an enlargement.

Dusty's work is included in Hayes & Blom’s "Southwest Pueblo Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni"and "Pueblo Pottery: 750 Artist Biographies" by Gregory Schaaf. She has an MA in Art Therapy. She was most influenced by her aunt, Jody Folwell, and constantly seeks to improve on her use of tan clays, incising and sgraffito techniques.

The pot at bottom features a complex pattern of dragonflies.Some are simply incised on the brownware surface while other present three different shades in varying geometric designs - very graceful, simple yet complex in content. This pot measures 4.5 inches tall by 4 inches wide. Your price $450 ~ Item #SC395. Click here to see an enlargement.

“Dusty stated that she enjoys creating artwork because ‘it is a dynamic process. Through the creation of a piece, one gains perspective and a focus that is often lost in contemporary society.’” Schaaf (page 61). The shape of her pots and placement of graphics on the pottery are exactly as she wants them. Dusty is an artist who creates art through pottery thus her pieces are unique and contemporary in relation to traditional pueblo pottery.

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Stella Chavarria - These pots were created by one of Santa Clara's most respected artists. Hand coiled and sharply incised these pots reflect Stella Chavarria's years of dedication and experience which began in 1955. The large blackware pot at top measures 6.5 inches tall by 4.25 inches wide with sharp carving and wonderful polish. Your price $410 ~ Item #SC410

Stella's work is in every major book published; has been in dozens of exhibitions going back to the 70s and is featured in all the major collections in including the Heard Museum.

Of course she has also won numerous awards for her work. Stella has exhibited her pottery and won awards at the Santa Fe Indian Market, Seven Families in Pueblo Pottery at the Maxwell Museum, Trail of Tears Gallery in Atlanta, McGee's' Indian Den in Scottsdale, and The Graphic Image in Milburn, New Jersey. Her work exhibits with Maria & Popovi, Blue Corn, Joseph Lonewolf and others. These pots are absolutely beautiful and we're proud to offer them.

Stella's work is included in Gregory Schaaf's Pueblo Indian Pottery: 750 Artist Biographies; Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery by Dillingham; and Lillian Peaster's Pueblo Pottery Families just to name a few.

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Sammy Naranjo has been an active potter since 1987. He, and his wife Adrianna Naranjo, were taught by his mother, Flora Naranjo. Sammy and Adrianna work as a team creating carved and sgraffito two tone pottery, blackware and redware jars and bowls. Their pottery has placed first, second and third at the New Mexico State Fair and the Eight Northern Pueblos Arts & Crafts Show.

The pot at left, above, has bear paw prints around the bottom half. This pot measures 5.5 tall by 5.5 wide. It's a great design combining Heaven and Earth and a very special piece for any collector. Your price $575 ~ Item #SC409 Click here to see an enlargement.

Sammy creates outstanding pieces of Pueblo Pottery - hand coiled and hand painted with the traditional water serpent. The incising is superb. His work is very highly polished pots which makes it difficult to photograph them due to reflections. Really beautiful.

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Denise Chavarria is the granddaughter of Teresita Naranjo. She learned to make pottery from her grandmother and her mother, Stella Tafoya Chavarria, and incorporates many of their designs into her work. She is a full time potter and is teaching her three children to pot. She just gets better and better every year. Definitely worth collecting and still very reasonably priced.

Work by Denise Chavarria is a great value offering very well executed pieces by a potter with decades of experience who still offers her work at low market prices. At right is a very nicely done carved, redware pot by Denise. It measures 4 inches tall by 4 inches wide. Your price $160 ~ Item #SC299

Denise has exhibited and won awards since the early 1990s at the Santa Fe Indian Market,Eight Northern Pueblos Arts & Crafts Show, and the New Mexico State Fair. Her work is included in Dillingham's "Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery", Schaaf's "Pueblo Indian Pottery 750 Artist Biographies", and "Southwestern Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni" by Hayes and Blom.

At left is the hallmark style pot for Denise and her mother/teacher, Stella Chavarria, which has carved feathers on the neck and avanyu motif around the base. It measures 5 inches tall by 3.5 inches wide. Your price $210 ~ Item #SC372.

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