Native American Wedding Vases
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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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Juanita Fragua , of the Jemez Pueblo, is of the Corn Clan and has been an active potter since the 1950s. She was taught by her mother, Rita Magdalena, and has taught several prominent potters including Clifford Fragua, Glendora Fragua, Barbara Jean Chavez Fragua, and Dennis Daubs. She is respected as a leader in the Jemez pottery revival and the promotion of the arts. She began winning awards at the Santa Fe Indian Market in 1980 and continues to do so today.

The wedding vase at left has wonderful form, finish and a flower motif . This is classic Juanita measuring 8.5 inches tall by 4.25 inches wide. Your price $250 ~ Item #WV702. SOLD

Juanita is probably the only person remaining today at Jemez that creates swirl melon pots of this style by using her fingers to push and form the clay from the inside of the pot outward into these elegant and perfect swirls. Juanita's clays and colors are always natural and her black paint is a secret that creates a unique tone of black that no one has been able to reproduce.

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Wilfred Garcia, Jr., was born into the Acoma Pueblo in 1954 and was inspired to learn the art of working with clay from his mother-in-law, the late Stella Shutiva. She taught him all the fundamentals of working with clay and using the ancient traditional methods that have been passed down from generation to generation.

We believe these white ware wedding vases by Wilfred Garcia are true works of art and the most perfect wedding or anniversary gift. The images speak for themselves - perfect shape, carving and white ware polish - the very best!

The wedding vase above measures 12.5 inches tall by 7.5 inches wide and is on sale reduced from $990. Your price $850 ~ Item #WV664. Click here to see an enlargement.

Wilfred has established himself as a fine contemporary potter. He creates many shapes of pottery vessels such as seed pots, vases, and Mesa Verde motif vases. He is known for the time and attention put into each pot so that each piece is "special". His sister-in-law is Jackie Histia-Shutiva. He has won several awards (including Best in Show) at the Santa Fe Market and is included in several publications including Schaaf's"Southern Pueblo Pottery Artist Biographies", and "Southwestern Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni" by Hayes and Blom.

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Westly Begaye was born in 1965 and is of the Navajo Nation in Arizona. His work is a merging of both the Navajo and Acoma Pueblo cultures. He learned pottery creation in the Acoma tradition of gathering and processing the clay, hand coiling; hand painting with natural paints, and open wood firing. His teacher was the late Marie Francis Vallo who was his companion for many years. Marie was the mother of Acoma potters Leland Robert Vallo, Kim Vallo, and Thomas Vallo. Robert’s and Kim’s work can be seen in our Acoma Pueblo section.

Westly's vases are stunning, vibrant and joyful. The vase at top features a parrot (fertility, matriarchal) and measures 12.5 inches tall by 8 inches wide. Your price $545 ~ Item #WV581. Click here to see an enlargement of the other side.

The wedding vase at right features a parrot and sun motif measuring 9 inches tall by 5.5 inches wide with twisted coil handle. Your price $210 ~ Item #WV586. SOLD

Westly has evolved his own style of contemporary pottery. He still uses traditional ways to create the work but the designs have a decidedly contemporary flare that continues to increase in popularity. His colors and graphics (includes Mimbres, Kokopelli, kiva steps, fine line) are distinctive which often make his work recognizable even at a distance. It is uplifting work and often seems whimsical.

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Christine Tosa has been an active Jemez Pueblo potter since 1962 working in traditional black on red ware, plain red ware, and black on white ware wedding vases, jars, melon pots and bowls. She was taught to create traditional pottery by her mother-in-law Persingular Tosa.

At left is a beautiful redware wedding vase with twisted coil handle and crisp black graphics. It measures 9 inches tall by 4 inches wide. Your price $165 ~ Item #WV687. SOLD

Christine's work is included in "Southern Pueblo Pottery: 2000 Artist Biographies" by Dr. Gregory Schaaf.

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Leland Robert Vallo "Pinion Mesa", was born in 1969 at Acoma Pueblo. He began making pottery in the 1990s and was inspired by many famous artists, such as Dorothy Torivio, to create pottery in the traditional way. He specializes in hand coiled and painted Tularosa Revival Swirl pottery with extremely detailed designs and Mimbres. His creative energy is boundless and he constantly experiments with new compositions of ancient designs. When you meet Robert his enthusiasm for the work shines bright on his face and eyes - it's obvious that he is a truly inspired creative artist. The vase at top is of large proportions for a wedding vase by Robert and was clearly labor intensive.Deer and turtle are portrayed. The vase has superb detail and wonderful presence measuring 9 inches tall by 8 inches wide. Your price $650 ~ Item #WV473 Click here to see an enlargement. SAVE $200 ~ Your SALE PRICE $450

Robert has won numerous first and second awards over several years at the annual New Mexico State Fair and is profiled in "Southwestern Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni" by Hayes and Blom as well as Gregory Schaaf's "Southwest Pueblo Pottery: 2000 Artist Biographies". His work is still surprisingly affordable.

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Pauline Romero has been an active potter since 1981 and works in polished red ware and tan ware swirl melon jars, vases and wedding vases. She gathers her own clay in the hills of Jemez Pueblo and stone polishes each piece.She was taught pottery by her mother and grandmother - Persingular R. Tosa and Lupe Romero.

The top wedding vase measures an impressive 13.5 inches tall by 6 inches wide with a flat surface handle and highly polished body. Beautiful off white spouts with a carved red ware melon bottom. An eloquent, graceful form with fine carving and polish - a very impressive piece.Your price $495 - Item #WV395

Pauline (Anita) has won 1st and 2nd place awards at the Santa Fe Indian Market, the New Mexico State Fair, and the Inter-tribal Indian Ceremonial.

The vase at left measures 12 inches tall by 6 inches wide and has a matte finish on the handle and at the top of the spouts with a diagonal melon cut - excellent shape and polish. Your price $335 ~ Item #WV339

Pauline's work is included in Gregory Schaaf's "Southern Pueblo Pottery: 2000 Artist Biographies", "Southwestern Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni" by Hayes and Blom; Berger & Schiffer's "Pueblo & Navajo Contemporary Pottery" and other publications.

At right is a smaller version of the top vase. It measures 9.25 inches tall by 4.5 inches wide. Your price $295 ~ Item #WV569

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