Wedding Vases

Pueblo Pottery Maine presents traditional and contemporary wedding vases by Santa Clara, Jemez, Hopi, Zia, Laguna, Zuni, Taos and Acoma artists.

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Mary Louise E.Teeyan, of the Jemez Pueblo, has been an active potter for 25 years and specializes in olla, jars, lidded bowls, wedding vases and seed jars. She has won first place awards at the New Mexico State Fair, the Eight Northern Indian Pueblo Arts & Crafts Show, and the Inter-tribal Indian Ceremonial. Her work is shown by the Indian Craft Shop, U.S. Department of Interior, Washington, D.C., and many other prominent galleries.

At top, left, is a wedding vase by Mary Louise E. Teeyan that is of very fine quality - perfect shape and design. Any purchase of this artist's work is a purchase of flawless work whether a small vase or large - a very special gift. This smaller wedding vase measures 9 inches tall by 4.5 inches wide. Your price $285 ~ Item #WV448

Mary's work is featured in Schaaf's "Southern Pueblo Pottery: 2000 Artist Biographies",and "Southwestern Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni" by Allan Hayes & John Blom.

This wedding vase at bottom, left, is one of her finest - wonderful form, detail, color, a real prize as well as a magnificent gift. It is the finest piece we have by her and measures an impressive 10.5 inches tall by 4.5 inches wide. Your price $690 ~ Item #WV459. Click here to see a detail enlargement. SOLD

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Geraldine F. Sandia of Jemez Pueblo created this beautiful wedding vase of outstanding detail and beauty. She is of Jemez/Acoma descent. She began winning awards for her work over 20 years ago. She gathers her own clay at Jemez Pueblo, hand coils, hand paints, stone polishes and pit fires her pots outdoors. Her mother, Cecilia Loretto, taught her all the fundamentals and shared with her all the special techniques of a master potter. Caroline and Mary Loretto are her sisters. Well known Acoma potters Florence and Rachel Aragon are her aunts. The pot at top, left measures 8 inches wide by 4 inches wide. Your price $195 ~ Item #WV541

Geraldine has won awards for her wedding vases continuously at the Santa Fe Indian Market since 1980, as well as awards from the Heard Museum and at the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Arts & Crafts Show - over 20 in all. Her work is in the Heard Museum's permanent collection.

The vase at right measures 7 inches tall by 3.75 inches wide. Your price $165 ~ Item #WV504 SOLD

Geraldine's work is included in "Southwestern Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni" by Hayes and Blom; Gregory Schaaf's "Southern Pueblo Pottery Biographies"; Berger and Schiffer's "Pueblo and Navajo Contemporary Pottery"; plus Indian Market Magazine and the SWAIA Quarterly.

The vase at left with black spouts also measures 7 inches tall by 3.5 inches wide. Your price $160 ~ Item #WV518 SOLD

The vase at right, measures 11 inches tall by 4.75 inches wide with black spouts. Your price $330 ~ Item #WV537 SOLD

The vase at left with cream spouts measures 9.5 inches tall by 4.5 inches wide. Your price $275 ~ Item #WV538.

The vase at right with cream spouts measures 9.5 inches tall by 4.5 inches wide. Your price $230 ~ Item #WV539.

The vase at left with black and cream spouts measures 8.25 inches tall by 4 inches wide. Your price $210 ~ Item #WV540. SOLD

The vase at right has two cream spouts measures 7.5 inches tall by 3.75 inches wide. Your price $175 ~ Item #WV542.

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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.

Here we have a unique piece which is a wedding vase surrounded with Judy's creations. A more joyous wedding vase you couldn't find - all hand sculpted and hand painted. This vase measures 6.5 inches tall by 5 inches wide. Your price $310 ~ Item #WV531 SOLD

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".

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Vangie Tafoya, is of Jemez Pueblo and San Ildefonso Pueblo lineage. She has been an active potter since 1983 working with polished red ware, black-on-white sgraffito jars, seed pots, melon bowls and wedding vases. She is the mother of Brenda Tafoya, Tyrone Tafoya, and the very talented Helen Tafoya Henderson. She has won many awards (including Best of Show and 1st) at the Santa Fe Indian Market, New Mexico State Fair, Inter-tribal Indian Ceremonial, the Heard Museum and the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos arts & Crafts Show.

The vase at right, top, celebrates life with butterflies on one side and hummingbirds on the other hovering over flowers with a feather pattern on the side. Vangie used some micaceous slips that places light flakes of mica in the dark brown swirls. This vase measures 7.5 inches high by 5 inches wide. Your price $295 ~ Item #WV412.

Vangie's vases generally have a polychrome surface of burnished and plain clay of buff, brown and red ware. Incredibly labor intensive and a dedicated spirit of creation make this a real treasure. Very well executed with crisp sgraffito, solid colors and fine polish. Vangie is doing some of the most creative work of any potter on any pueblo. Vangie's work has been published in Berger & Schiffer's "Pueblo and Navajo Contemporary Pottery"; "Southwestern Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni" by Hayes & Blom; and in Dr. Gregory Schaaf's "Southern Pueblo Pottery: 2000 Artist Biographies".

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