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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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Reva Polacca Nampeyo Ami is of Pima/Tewa heritage and is a granddaughter of Fannie Nampeyo, and daughter of Harold Polacca Nampeyo, Sr. Her mother, Alice Ami, is Pima. Reva has been making pottery since 1980 and was taught by her father. Most of her pottery is decorated with traditional Nampeyo family fine line designs - migration patterns or eagle tails. Reva's work is hand coiled, hand painted and traditionally fired using sheep dung. Her brother, Clinton Polacca, and sister Vernida, are also highly acclaimed potters. Her work is included in “Hopi-Tewa Pottery” by Dr. Gregory Schaaf and Rick Dillingham's “Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery”.
This wedding vase features a migration pattern with good shape, lines and an apricot color. The vase measures 2.75 inches tall by 3.5 inches wide. Your price $460 ~ Item #WV426

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Randy Trujillo of Acoma Pueblo is from a family steeped in the pueblo pottery tradition. Unfortunately we haven't received his biography material as of yet so we can't offer the usual information that we provide on all of our potters. However we can tell you that his wedding vases are authentic and made in the traditional way.

The vase at left measures 10 inches tall by 5.5 inches wide. Your price $175 ~ Item #WV671.

The shape and graphics of his vases are very good.

They are above average quality vases that show the real potential of the potter and they are priced accordingly.

The vase at right measures 10 inches tall by 5.5 inches wide. Your price $175 ~ Item #WV672.

 

 

 

 

The vase at left measures 10 inches tall by 5.5 inches wide. Your price $175 ~ Item #WV673

 

 

 

 

The vase at right measures 10 inches tall by 5.5 inches wide. Your price $175 ~ Item #WV674.

 

 

 

 

The vase at left measures 10 inches tall by 5.5 inches wide. Your price $175 ~ Item #WV675

 

 

 

 

The vase at right measures 9 inches tall by 4.5 inches wide. Your price $140 ~ Item #WV676.

 

 

 

 

The vase at left measures 9 inches tall by 4.5 inches wide. Your price $140 ~ Item #WV677.

 

 

 

 

The vase at right measures 9 inches tall by 4.5 inches wide. Your price $140 ~ Item #WV678.

 

 


 

The wedding vase at left also measures 11 inches tall by 6 inches wide. Your price $195 ~ Item #WV481.

 

 

 

The wedding vase at right measures 8.75 inches tall by 4.75 inches wide. Your price $140 ~ Item #WV578

 

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Pauline Tafoya Armijo is a full blooded Jemez Pueblo potter. She has been making traditional hand coiled, natural painted pottery for more than 30 years. She is in her early 50s and is known for the size and fine quality of her pieces at incredibly reasonable prices.

This is a magnificent 17 inches tall by 8.5 inches wide with fine shape, great detail and solid colors. It would make a very impressive gift. Your price $345 ~ Item #WV660


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Mary Small (Kal-La-Tee, "New Indian Basket") is from Jemez Pueblo and has been an active potter since the 1950s working with matt polychrome jars, bowls, wedding vases, storytellers and miniatures. She was taught traditional pottery making by her mother Perfectita Toya. She collaborates with her husband Simon in making their distinctive and highly recognizable pottery. The wedding vase at right measures 12 inches tall by 4.75 inches wide. Your price $495 ~ Item #WV594.

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Mary creates beautiful wedding vases with clean, crisp graphics, solid colors and wonderful shape. The top vase is a really fine Mary Small masterpiece - tall, slender, graceful. An eloquent twisted clay handle and two fine turquoise nuggets give this vase a uniquely, authentic flare. What an incredible gift this hand coiled wedding vase would make.

The wedding vase at left measures 11 inches tall by 5.5 inches wide. Your price $420 ~ Item #WV665.

Pottery making is a continuous prayer in her life. Each step in her process is an occasion of ceremonial attunement. Mary states, “I ask a blessing for each stage. Before beginning to make the pottery, I ask Mother Earth to give me good clay because my belief is strong. I respect the potteries. They give me bread and butter for my family. I talk to the clay. I put my mind to making good pots. I treat them like human beings so they won’t be broken. If an accident happens, I bury the piece and give it back to

Mother Earth. In return I’ll get a nice pot. I was taught that by my mother.” She adds, “When my potteries are finished, they are blessed. They have power. Whoever buys the pottery should have a nice home, a happy life, and a sacred object because there are a lot of prayers in my potteries.”

The wedding vase at right measures 11.5 inches tall by 6 inches wide. Your price $450 ~ Item #WV666.

Mary and Simon Small’s pottery has won numerous awards including 1st place at the Santa Fe Indian Market, the Heard Museum Show, the New Mexico State Fair, the Inter-tribal ceremonial, and the Indian Arts & Crafts Association Show (IACA). She was the IACA’s 2002 Artist of the Year,winning with a beautiful olla that she is pictured with here. Mary’s work is included in “Southwestern Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni” by Hayes and Blom; Gregory Schaaf's “Southern Pueblo Pottery Biographies”; and Berger and Schiffer's “Pueblo and Navajo Contemporary Pottery”.

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