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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 wedding vase at left also measures 11 inches tall by 6 inches wide. Your price $200 ~ Item #WV481.

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 wedding vase at right measures 11 inches tall by 6 inches wide and has a motif featuring wings and feathers. Your price $200 ~ Item #WV483.

The wedding vase at left measures 8.75 inches tall by 4.75 inches wide. Your price $145 ~ Item #WV578

At right, bottom is a smaller vase measuring 7.5 inches tall by 4.25 inches wide with strong, rich graphics. Your price $145 ~ Item #577.

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Myrtle Cata creates very fine micaceous pottery. She is a full-blooded Native American; a member of the Turquoise Clan; and part of the San Felipe and San Juan Pueblos. She has been an active potter since 1979 and is principally self-taught.

Myrtle specializes in contemporary hand coiled San Juan style pottery although a Santa Clara Pueblo influence can be seen in some pieces undoubtedly the result of her good friendship with Tina Garcia of Santa Clara. They often shared their special techniques and learned each other's methods of working with clay. Her pottery style is simple in appearance, graceful, and undecorated. She gathers her clay within the San Juan Pueblo, hand coils her pots and fires them outdoors in the traditional way.

Myrtle has been given awards for her work at the Santa Fe Indian Market, the New Mexico State Fair, and the Gallup Inter-Tribal Ceremonials at which she consecutively placed first for two years. This melon wedding vase measures 8.5 inches tall by 5.75 inches wide. Your price $245 ~ Item #WV576.

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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. At top is a grand wedding vase with very fine turquoise stones on two sides. Large, labor intensive and difficult to make because of its height, this vase measures 14 inches tall by 6 inches wide and is perfect in every way. Your price $690 - Item #WV309 Click here to see an enlargement of this fantastic vase.

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 (top) would make.

The wedding vase at right has a larger stone than usual. It measures 10.5 inches tall by 4.25 inches wide. Your price $295 ~ Item #WV554.

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.”

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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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.

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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