| 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 ~ Item #SC343.
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an enlargement..
At right is a very eloquent pot with fine
incising and measuring 4.5 inches tall by 5.25 inches wide. Your
price $545 ~ Item #SC361. Click
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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.
Item
#SC259
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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
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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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