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Judy
Lewis
of Acoma Pueblo creates the most
wonderful and charming storytellers - hand sculpted, hand
painted - incredible detail and facial expressions on mother
and children plus bluebirds, butterflies, cats, dogs, ladybugs,
different hairstyles and headbands. These are clearly and intentionally
created with individual characters by an artist who truly loves
her work. This is why her storytellers are so highly valued
and collected. The
storyteller at right has four children and is unique for having
one child holding a smaller child. It is 3 inches tall. Your
price $210 - Item #ST268
Judy
has won 1st and 2nd place awards over the last 12 years
at the Santa Fe Indian Market and the Eight Northern
Indian Pueblos Arts & Crafts Show. Her work is carried
at the Indian Craft Shop, Department of the Interior, Washington,
D.C. and other galleries throughout the West. Her work has
been published in Berger & Schiffer's "Pueblo & Navajo
Contemporary Pottery" and Gregory Schaaf's "Southern
Pueblo Pottery". Judy
Lewis storytellers are highly collected and not that easy to
come by. A great addition to your collection and a good value.
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Linda
Jo'Povi Askan (Cactus Flower) is of Santa
Clara and Navajo lineage and has worked since 1984 with black-on-black, carved
blackware and redware jars, bowls, wedding vases, storytellers,
nativities and animal figures. She is in her mid-50s and a resident
of Santa Clara Pueblo where her mother, the late Marie Askan,
was born. Linda graduated from the Institute of American Indian
Arts. She worked for several years as a Respiratory Therapy
Technician before undertaking her pottery work full-time. Her
work is included in "Southern Pueblo Pottery: 2000 Artist Biographies"
by Dr. Gregory
Schaaf. The blackware piece at left: Your
price $395 ~ Item #ST334.
These are very fine, uniquely creative pieces
with deep polish and an intriguing design. The pottery each
piece holds is not attached. Both pieces measure 4.25 inches
tall by 4 inches wide and 4.5 inches deep. At right is a beautiful
redware piece: Your price $395 ~ Item #ST335.
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Pamela
E. Quintana is from Cochiti Pueblo and has been an active potter
sine 1989 working with polychrome jars, bowls and storytellers.
She is the daughter of Margaret and Pablo Quintana. Her work
is regularly show at the Indian Gift Shop, U.S. Department of
the Interior, washington, D.C. and is included in Dr. Gregory
Schaaf's book "Southern Pueblo Potters: 2000 Artist Biographies"
and Berger and Schiffer's book : Pueblo and Navajo Contemporary
Pottery and Directory of Artists".
The storyteller at left, top, measures 3.75 inches tall. Your
price $145 ~ Item #ST331.
These storytellers both feature five very animated children
and are created from micaceous clay which is a natural type of
clay that contains mica and fires to a golden color. Some believe
that it was micaceous clay that brought the Spanish in search
of a city of gold. The painting is rich and the sculpting very
well executed. The pieces convey a deep feeling of happiness
and family as all good storytellers do.
The storyteller at right, bottom, measures 3.75 inches tall. Your price $145 ~ Item #ST332.
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Caroline
Fragua (Gachupin)
and her husband Joseph
Gachupin are from Jemez
Pueblo where they collaborate to create some of the most
collected Storytellers made today. They are considered among
the very best. At
left, are two of Caroline's corn storytellers - 4.5
inches tall by 2 inches wide. Your
price $70 each ~ #ST208 SOLD and #ST209 (red,
white).
If
you've ever read Douglas Condon-Martin's book "Storytellers
and Other Figurative Pottery" then you know that it is
Caroline and Joseph who are shown on the last 10 pages (dozens
of photos) creating their storytellers from the digging of
the clay through the final product after the fire has died
out from the outdoor firing using wood. Caroline
and Joseph take great pride in producing their work the traditional
way and Joseph was one of the first men to begin making storytellers
back in the 70s when it was considered "woman's work".
These are wonderful, generous people who take great pride in
their heritage and their work. They are always traveling and
giving demonstrations in other states on how they create their
work.
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Aggie
Henderson has been an active Acoma
Pueblo potter since
1985 working with polychrome storytellers. She was taught to
make storytellers by her mother-in-law, Marilyn Ray Henderson.
She has won numerous awards at the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial
in Gallup, New Mexico and the New Mexico State Fair in Albuquerque,
New Mexico.
Aggie's work has been published
in Berger
& Schiffer's "Pueblo & Navajo Contemporary Pottery" and
Gregory Schaaf's "Southern Pueblo Pottery". At top, left is a boy leaning
on an Acoma design pot with two birds. It measures 3.5 inches
tall by 3.5 inches wide. Great workmanship, shape, design and
graphic detail. Your
price $140 ~ Item #ST297.
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Mona
Teller (Pa-Shawn-Thupa-Wa) is from
Isleta Pueblo and has been an active potter since 1972 working
with storytellers, corn maidens, Nativities, various figures
and polychrome pottery. She was taught to make pottery in the
traditional way by her mother, Stella Teller. Mona has won
awards at the Santa Fe Indian Market, the New Mexico State
Fair, and the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial. Her
work is included in Gregory Schaaf's "Southern Pueblo
Pottery: 2000 Artist Biographies", Berger &
Schiffer's "Pueblo and Navajo Contemporary Pottery",
"Storytellers and Other Figurative Pottery" by
Douglas Congdon-Martin and "Southwestern Pottery: Anasazi
to Zuni" by Hayes and Blom
This
storyteller features 5 children and measures 4.25 inches tall.
Her work is particularly appreciated for its sense of animation.
Your price $195 ~ Item #ST333.
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