$485
Artist: Denise Chavarria
Style: Vase
Pueblo: Santa Clara, NM
Period: Contemporary
Dimensions: 4” D x 5.5” H
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Born in 1959, Denise Chavarria began learning the traditional art of pottery-making at the age of 16, studying under her mother, Stella Chavarria, and her grandmother, Teresita Naranjo. Denise is part of a distinguished family of potters, with her great-grandmother Christina Naranjo and great-great-grandmother Serafina Tafoya also renowned for their pottery skills.
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The Santa Clara Pueblo is a member of the Eight Northern Pueblos, and the people are from the Tewa ethnic group of Native Americans who speak the Tewa language. The Pueblo is on the Rio Grande, between Ohkay Owingeh (formerly San Juan Pueblo) to the north and San Ildefonso Pueblo to the south. Santa Clara Pottery and its Pueblo are famous for producing hand-crafted pottery, specifically blackware and redware with deep engravings.
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