Michael Kanteena – Laguna Pueblo Indian Potter
Michael Kanteena’s present work began to develop around 1990. Wishing to learn about his ancient roots, which he knew went back ot New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon (Anasazi Culture), he began...
Michael Kanteena’s present work began to develop around 1990. Wishing to learn about his ancient roots, which he knew went back ot New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon (Anasazi Culture), he began...
Stella is the daughter of famed Santa Clara potter Teresita Naranjo who passed away in early 2000. Stella’s pottery is very much influenced by that of her mother with the...
Laura is undoubtedly one of the finest potters to emerge from Jemez Pueblo in the past 25 years. Laura’s mother, Marie G. Romero, was one of the people responsible for...
Lupe is a member of a well known Jemez storyteller making family. She and her sisters, Mary Toya, Alma Concho and Fanny Wall are all fine Jemez potters. Perhaps her...
Rachael is the talented of well known Jemez potter Geraldine Sandia. She works in a style similar to her mother’s but Rachael has her own distinctive designs. Recently she has...
Stephanie is best known for her creative yet traditional Cochiti storytellers, figures and nativity sets. She continues the Cochiti heritage of figurative pottery which dates back to the late 19th...
Annie Baca has a fine reputation for her highly polished and finely painted pottery. She is the daughter of a well respected potter, Cresensia Tafoya, who passed away in 2000....
This young potter is the daughter of Juanita Fragua, one of the potters responsible for the renaissance of Jemez pottery. B J works in a style somewhat reminiscent of her...
Juanita Fragua is one of the foremost potters responsible for the renaissance pottery. She has been making traditional pottery for over 25 years, beginning at a time when sun-dried poster-painted...
The following is a statement from Candelaria herself: I am a full blooded Indian from the pueblos of Santa Clara and San Juan. I was inspired to begin making pottery...
Ruby is one of the finest of a small number of contemperary Zia potters. She was taught to pot by her mother, Seferina Bell, who was one of the best...
Pottery making had almost died at Laguna Pueblo in the 1950s and 1960. Gladys Paquin was born at Laguna Pueblo to a father who was Zuni and a mother who...