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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Copyright Paul J. LuiseBernice 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 ~ Item #SC343. Click here to see an enlargement..

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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 RickJennifer Tse-Pe 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 Vigilby Chuck HallEthel 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. Item #SC259

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. Please click here to 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 enlargement.

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 #SC228  Click here to see a larger image.

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