| 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, Earlene Youngbird Tafoya,
Anna Archuleta, Ethel Vigil, Chris Martinez, Sherry Tafoya and
Kevin Naranjo.
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Gwen
Tofoya works with graffito blackware bowls and jars and
her work is absolutely stunning. She is the granddaughter of Severa
Tafoya and Cleto Tafoya; daughter of Mary Agnes & Mosiminio
Tafoya. Gwen is best know for her extensive floral sgraffito designs
and sculptured rims. She has won several awards for her work including
Best Of Show, First and Second Place at the Inter-tribal
Ceremonial in Gallup, New Mexico; the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos
Arts & Crafts Show; and the New Mexico State Fair.
The
pot (top, left) is a fine incised redware pot in Gwen's favorite
motif of hummingbirds and butterflies among roses. It measures
3.5 inches
tall by 4.5inches wide. Gwen Tafoya has caught up with and surpassed
many of today's best sgraffito pottery artists. Your
price $230 ~ Item #SC332.
The
pot at right is the same motif as the pot at top. Turquoise stones
have been used as the hummingbird eyes and mother of pearl for
the butterflies. These pieces are very labor intensive and require
a great deal of experience and expertise to create. This pot measures
3.25 inches tall by 4.75 inches wide. Your
price $240 ~ Item #SC333
The
pot at bottom, left, has the unique carved mouth that Gwen does
so well making this pot all the more unique. It measures 4.5 inches
tall by 5 inches wide. Your price $425 ~
Item #SC363. Click
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Gwen's
work continues to become increasingly refined with greater detail
and design flow making her sgraffito work among the best. Her
work is highly valued and widely collected and is included in
Dr. Gregory Schaaf's book "Southern Pueblo Pottery: 2,000
Artist Biographies" and in "Contemporary Pueblo and
Navajo Pottery" by Berger and Schiffer.
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