| 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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  Bernice
Naranjo
is the wife of Tito Naranjo and the mother of two very well known
potters, Dusty Naranjo and
Forrest Naranjo. She has won many awards over the years including
at the Santa Fe Indian Market and the Northern Indian Pueblos
arts and Crafts Show.
The brownware pot at left has
an intricate collection of dragonflies in flight among the tall
grass of a marsh. It is very well done and measures 5.5 inches
tall by 3 inches wide. Your price $395
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 Jennifer
Tse-Pe (Jennifer Gonzales) of San
Ildefonso carved redware and sometimes used micaceous
slips on her bowls and jars. She was the granddaughter of Rose
Gonzales and daughter of Dora Tse-Pe She exhibited and won awards
at the Santa Fe Indian Market. Her work has been included in
American
Indian Art Magazine, Lillian Peaster's "Seven Families
in Pueblo Pottery", Dr. Gregory Schaaf’s
"Southern Pueblo Pottery 2,000 Artist Biographies";
and Rick Dillingham's "Fourteen
Families in Pueblo Pottery".
She was born in 1966 and passed away in 1983.
This is a very intricately incised redware bowl featuring an avanyu
with unique crown and lightening. It measures 2.75 inches tall
by 5 inches wide, incredibly precise and a wonderful vintage piece.
Your price $525 ~ Item #SC358. Click here to see an enlargement.
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  Ethel
Vigil (Ethel
Tafoya, Ethelene Willow Tafoya) has been working with carved
redware and blackware sine 1975. She is the daughter of Mida
Tafoya, niece of Mary Cain and mother of Ginger Willow and
Robert Maurice Tafoya. Her work is in the Heard Museum and
the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture in Santa Fe. Ethel
has been included in Dr. Gregory Schaaf's book "Pueblo
Indian Pottery: 750 Artist Biographies"and Lillian Peaster's "Pueblo
Pottery Families".
Ethel's
work is very clean with sharp, precise carving and high polish
- some very fine Santa Clara work. Her work is not easy to come
by but definitely collectible. This pot's  dimensions are 5 inches
tall by 4.5 inches wide. Your price $595.
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We really are BIG on Ethel's work and couldn't
resist this 8.5 inches tall by 6 inches wide redware pot by her.
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see a detail enlargement. Her work is so
crisp and the polishing just excellent. Your
price $1,275 ~ Item #SC327
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 Anna
& Fidel Archuleta ~ Anna has been active
working with clay since the mid-70s. She collaborates
with her husband, Fidel, making carved
redware and blackware, polychrome redware bowls, jars
and redware melon pots.
This
right, top redware pot has a perfectly carved avanyu.
It measures 6.5 inches tall by 6.5 inches wide and is flawless,
precise, clean with perfect shape. Your
price $925 ~ Item #SC336. Click here to see an
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Anna
is the daughter of Jose Ernest Tapia and Belen Tapia. It was
Belen who taught her to gather the
clay, refine
it, hand coil the pottery, to initially carve and polish. However,
the work that Anna and Fidel produce today is is the work of
masters. It reflects years of dedication and  refinement.
At left is a beautiful pot with bear claws
and a feather motif - look at how precise the carving is in the
claws. This pot measures 6 inches tall by 5.5 inches wide.
Your price $525 ~ Item #SC337
Anna
and Fidel's work reflects her deep dedication with its crisp
carving and deep polish. We have great appreciation for their
work and hope you will too.
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  Tina
Garcia passed away on November 12th of 2005.
She was of Santa Clara and San Juan lineage. Tina worked
with both redware and blackware jars and bowls. She was
the grand daughter of Severa and Cleto Tafoya; daughter
of Lydia Tafoya and Santiago Garcia. Tina won many awards
at the Santa Fe Indian Market going back to 1974 but consistently
since 1983 - First, Second, Best of Division. Her work is
in the Heard Museum permanent collection and she has been
published in Gregory Schaaf's "Pueblo Indian Pottery:
750 Artist Biographies";
"Fourteen Families in Pueblo Potter" by Dillingham;
and Lillian Peaster's "Pueblo Pottery Families" plus
many magazines and related publications. She was extremely
well known and widely collected. Her loss is a significant
one to the pueblo pottery community. Tina achieved a very
high level of development in her work and could have gone
on to greatness.
This
is a spectacular, highly polished piece measuring 9 inches
tall by 8.5 inches wide. It truly represents Tina's quality
and her high achievement in creating very fine Santa Claran
pueblo pottery. Your
Price $1,650 ~ Item
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