Santo Domingo Pueblo Pottery

Santo Domingo Pueblo
Pueblo Pottery Maine presents traditional and contemporary pottery by Santo Domingo artists Robert Tenorio, Hilda Coriz, Paulita Pacheco, Iona Coriz, Thomas Tenorio, Warren Coriz and Robert Aguilar.

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Robert Tenorio - Winner of two First Place Awards at the 2004 Santa Fe Indian Market and more since then. Robert is one the greatest Santo Domingo potters and has been an active potter since the 1960s. He has continually won awards beginning in 1967 at the Santa Fe Indian Market, Heard Museum Show, Eight Northern Pueblos and many other venues. In 2003, he again placed first at the Eight Northern Pueblo Arts & Crafts Show. In 2004, two First Place Awards at the Santa Fe Indian Market and so it continues every year. (Photo taken on porch at home of Ione and Warren Coriz, 2007 )

The pot at top utilizes the traditional designs and strong graphics that are the hallmark of Santo Domingo pottery and Robert's work. The four-flower pattern on the side is reproduced on the inside. This pot is a great value measuring 8 inches tall by 9 inches wide. Your price $2,150 (The retail price for this pot is $2,700 at Southwest galleries.) Item #SD246 Click here to see two enlargements.

The pot at left measures 7.5 inches tall by 7.5 inches wide and is, as you can see, based on a more square shape than the usual bulb shape. The square-ish shaped storage jars is a first-class Santo Domingo polychrome piece with some unusual coloring that reflects Robert's continuous experimentation with his work. Your price $1,050 ~ Item #SD270.  Click here to see an enlargement of this wonderful jar.

Robert's work is featured in Dr. Gregory Schaaf's "Southern Pueblo Pottery Artist Biographies", Berger & Schiffer's "Pueblo & Navajo Contemporary Pottery" and Rick Dillingham's "Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery" just to name a few of the many publications that have profiled Robert and his work. His work is in permanent collects at the Heard Museum, Harvard's Peabody Collection,the Nagoya Museum (Japan), and the Royal Family Collection of Great Britain.

At right is a rare plate by Robert Tenorio measuring 11.5 inches in diameter. It is said that Robert only produces plates as gifts and are not made for purchase. This piece was bought at auction several years ago and is in excellent condition. Your price $1,800 ~ Item #SD295. Click here to see an enlargement.

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Ione Coriz is the daughter of the late Hilda (2006) and Arthur Coriz, the granddaughter of Juanita Tenorio and niece of famed potter Robert Tenorio.

At left, top, is a stunning tall neck pot by Ione with great graphics and form measuring an impressive 11 inches tall by 9.5 inches wide. A very impressive piece for any collection. This is the same pot that Ione is holding in her hands. Your price $950 ~ Item #SD257. Click here for an enlargement.

Ione has presented and won many awards at the Santa Fe Indian Market over the years beginning when she was only a teenager. She was taught to make Santo Domingo potter by her mother, Hilda and her uncle Robert. Over the years she has progressed significantly surpassing her mother in both form and graphic techniques. Today she is an outstanding member of the Tenorio potting family.

Her work has been published in Lillian Peaster's book "Pueblo Pottery Families"; Rick Dillingham's "Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery"; "Southwestern Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni" by Hayes and Blom; the Wheel Wright Museum's Spring edition of The Messenger; and in Dr. Gregory Schaaf's "Southern Pueblo Pottery: 2000 Artist Biographies". Today she works out of her home at Santo Domingo. Her husband, Warren Coriz, died in August of 2011.

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Some feedback......

"Your package arrived on Monday and I was reminded of your concern for both
the client and the product while unwrapping the piece of pottery I had
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art and renders it oblivious to the abuse going on around itself...on the
road to Texas! I thank you again for being you and having such an outstanding
offering of Native American art!"
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