Native American Fine Art and Jewelry

Jemez Contemporary Vase by Carol Vigil

$1,250

Artist: Carol Vigil
Style: Vase
Pueblo: Jemez, NM
Period: Contemporary
Dimensions: 8″ H x 8.5″ W

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About The Artist

Carol Vigil was born into Jemez Pueblo in March 1960. From an early age she watched her mother, her aunt and her grandmother make pottery. She says she herself wasn’t into it until the day Maria Martinez died. Shortly after that she put her hands into clay and has worked with clay ever since. She says she feels encouragement and strength flowing into her from the clay. She also took the time and studied the traditional methods more thoroughly with her aunt, Persingula Gachupin, and her grandmother, Julia Baca.

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Pueblo

The art of Jemez Pottery making was revived in the 1800s after being lost during the Spanish conquest of the American Southwest. After being developed in the traditional style, the pottery has been enhanced over the generations to include several wonderful clay colors and traditional shapes. Jemez Pueblo Pottery has also been influenced by later generations by polishing and incising the pottery, fine line painting, inlaid stonework and storyteller figures.

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