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Ami, Ramona - Canteen with Frog and Tadpoles 
Blue Corn - Black Jar with 24 Feathers (1970s) 
Blue Corn – Polychrome Bowl with Mesa Designs (1970s)
4"w x 2"h
$ 400.00
Blue Corn (born Crucita Gonzales Calabaza, 1921-1999)was one of the great innovative San Ildefonso potters of the late 1900s. Blue Corn was introduced to pottery making by her grandmother at the age of three. About the same time, Maria Martinez sister gave her the name “Blue Corn” during the annual San Ildefonso Naming Ceremony. This is a classic small jar that is fully polished with a gray-white clay. It is painted with one color of clay and traditional beeweed. The designs are a series of mesa and plant designs. It is a striking and colorful jar! It was traditionally fired to a rich, glassy coloration. It is signed on the bottom, “Blue Corn – San Ildefonso Pueblo”. It is from the 1970s. Blue Corn is especially noted for her finely polished slips and her experiments with clays and colors, creating exceptional polychrome pottery. In 1981 she won the “Governor’s Award,” which is New Mexico’s highest artistic honor. Blue Corn’s pottery was so exacting and innovative in its designs that over a decade after her passing, her pottery continues to be influential and highly sought after. In both a testament to her skill as a potter and a reflection of her creativity, she was posthumously awarded the 2008 “Lifetime Achievement Award” by SWAIA.
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Blue Corn (born Crucita Gonzales Calabaza, 1921-1999)was one of the great innovative San Ildefonso potters of the late 1900s. Blue Corn was introduced to pottery making by her grandmother at the age of three. About the same time, Maria Martinez sister gave her the name “Blue Corn” during the annual San Ildefonso Naming Ceremony. This is a classic small jar that is fully polished with a gray-white clay. It is painted with one color of clay and traditional beeweed. The designs are a series of mesa and plant designs. It is a striking and colorful jar! It was traditionally fired to a rich, glassy coloration. It is signed on the bottom, “Blue Corn – San Ildefonso Pueblo”. It is from the 1970s. Blue Corn is especially noted for her finely polished slips and her experiments with clays and colors, creating exceptional polychrome pottery. In 1981 she won the “Governor’s Award,” which is New Mexico’s highest artistic honor. Blue Corn’s pottery was so exacting and innovative in its designs that over a decade after her passing, her pottery continues to be influential and highly sought after. In both a testament to her skill as a potter and a reflection of her creativity, she was posthumously awarded the 2008 “Lifetime Achievement Award” by SWAIA.
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Blue Corn (1921 - 1999)
