GARY GUTIERREZ
SANTA CLARA PUEBLO
Gary is the son of Dorothy and Paul Gutierrez who are well known for their mudheads, animals and nativity sets. Gary also makes figuritive pottery but in a larger scale. He does very fine human figures that are well formed and beautifully polished. His figures always have difficult and complex surfaces to polish so Gary uses pencil-shaped stalagtites as polishing stones. The finish he achieves using these stones is truly remarkable. Gary used to pot part-time only (at one time playing in a Los Angeles rock band and returning to Santa Clara to fire) but due to the increased demand for his work he moved to Santa Fe and now pots full-time. He also makes wonderful nativity sets.