Stella Chavarria – Santa Clara Pueblo Indian Potter
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...
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...
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....
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...
Sherry is one of the many potting daughters of well-known potter, Mida Tafoya. Her grandmother was the revered Santa Clara potter Christina Naranjo. Her sisters who pot include Ethel Vigil,...
Vickie was taught to pot by her grandmother, Flora Naranjo and her mother, Barbara Martinez. In the late 1980s she dated Stella Chavarria’s son and both Stella and Teresita Naranjo...
This Santa Clara couple, while lacking famous parents or relatives, create fine quality and reasonably priced carved pottery. Their carving and polishing are superior to many more well known (and...
This couple creates the finest “carved and outlined” style of Santa Clara pottery. The practice of outlining of carved designs was invented by Effie’s mother, Victoria Gutierrez, but Effie and...
Denise is the daughter of well known potter Stella Chavarria and the granddaughter of famed potter Teresita Naranjo. Her work was reminiscent of Stella’s and Teresita’s for some years but...
Madeline is a fine young potter who combines an excellent polish with unusual carved designs. She is named for her grandmother (Madeline Naranjo) who is still a well respected potter....