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.
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.
Jennifer
Sisneros (formerly Jennifer Tse-Pe) of Santa
Clara Pueblo carved
this beautiful redware pot with San Ildefonso style Avanyu.
She is the daughter of Dominguita Sisneros Naranjo of Santa Clara.
Jennifer was formerly married to Tse-Pe, the son of Rose Gonzalas,
and although she assumed the name of Jennifer Tse-Pe during her
marriage, she returned to her maiden name after their
divorce. She is not to be confused with Jennifer Tse-Pe of San
Ildefonso, the daughter Dora Tse-Pe. Jennifer has exhibited at
the Santa Fe Indian Market. Her work has been included in Dr.
Gregory Schaaf’s
"Southern Pueblo Pottery 2,000 Artist Biographies";
Rick
Dillingham's "Fourteen
Families in Pueblo Pottery" and "Southwestern Pottery:
Anasazi to Zuni" by Hayes and Blom..
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.
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
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
SOLD
At
right, bottom is a more classic shape with an Avanyu more commonly
seen on carved Santa Clara Pueblo pottery. Anything that looks
like a blemish is just light reflection - it's perfect. This
highly polished, redware pot measures 6 inches tall by 5.5 inches
wide. Your
price $540 ~ Item #SC371.
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
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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Bernice
Naranjo
is the wife of Tito Naranjo and the mother of two very well known
potters, 
Dillingham's "Fourteen
Families in Pueblo Pottery" and "Southwestern Pottery:
Anasazi to Zuni" by Hayes and Blom..
