Lugo, Sergio – “Tewa Limbo” Polychrome Carved Bowl
$ 4,400.00
Sergio Lugo is the middle son of noted potter Nancy Youngblood and a brother to Joseph Lugo and Christopher Youngblood. He learned to make pottery from his mother. Each piece is coil-built, carved or painted, stone-polished, and traditionally fired. This is one of his exceptional geometric carved pieces. The jar it entitled, “Tewa Limbo”. It is carved to appear to have a vessel floating inside another vessel! The piece is carved to have three different layers. They are slipped with various colors of micaceous clay. The jar is precision-perfect in its carving! The piece was traditionally fired with a rich coloration. It is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Sergio Lugo”.
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Sergio Lugo is the middle son of noted potter Nancy Youngblood and a brother to Joseph Lugo and Christopher Youngblood. He learned to make pottery from his mother. Each piece is coil-built, carved or painted, stone-polished, and traditionally fired. This piece combines nearly every technique, including carving, etching, painting, and polishing. The jar has an elongated neck. The base of thej
square shape with carved clouds at the rim and carved leaves at the base. They are stone polished to a high shine. The center of the jar is painted with clay slips to create the aspen trees. However, look closer, and the knots of the aspen trees are actually eyes! The piece was traditionally fired with a rich coloration. It is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Sergio Lugo”.
Sergio Lugo is the middle son of noted potter Nancy Youngblood and a brother to Joseph Lugo and Christopher Youngblood. He learned to make pottery from his mother. Each piece is coil-built, carved or painted, stone polished, and traditionally fired. This piece combines nearly every technique, including carving, etching, painting, and polishing. The jar has a square shape with carved clouds at the rim and carved leaves at the base. They are stone polished to a high shine. The center of the jar is painted with clay slips to create the aspen trees. However, look closer, and the knots of the aspen trees are actually eyes! The piece was traditionally fired with a rich coloration. It is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Sergio Lugo”.
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Youngblood-Lugo, Sergio (b. 1994)
