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Sanchez, Russell – Micro Mini Box with Bears and Melon Ribs
.75"w x .5"w x 1"h (w/ lid)
$ 900.00
This is an amazing “micro mini” by Russell Sanchez. This mini box is polished on two sides and etched with a bear. The opposite sides have melon ribs slipped with mica. The piece has a fully polished lid. The micro mini box was fired black, and there are inset pieces of turquoise in each. It is amazingly detailed for the size. It is amazing to see a piece so complex at this size! It is certainly always the challenge to an artist like Russel to restrain themselves and let the clay, form, polish and firing speak for itself. The box is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Russell”.
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This is an amazing “micro mini” by Russell Sanchez. This mini box is polished on two sides and etched with a bear. The opposite sides have melon ribs slipped with mica. The piece has a fully polished lid. The micro mini box was fired black, and there are inset pieces of turquoise in each. It is amazingly detailed for the size. It is amazing to see a piece so complex at this size! It is certainly always the challenge to an artist like Russel to restrain themselves and let the clay, form, polish and firing speak for itself. The box is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Russell”. Russell uses these historic elements to keep them alive on his contemporary pottery. It is signed on the bottom in the clay, ‘Russell”.
Click here to read: Russell Sanchez: Contemporizing the Pueblo Pottery Past
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Russell Sanchez
Russell Sanchez (b. 1963) continues to be one of the master innovators in Pueblo pottery. He creates each piece perfectly hand-coiled, stone polished, then etched, inlaid, designed, and fired with traditional Native American pottery methods. Russell learned to make pottery from his great-aunt, noted potter and pottery matriarch Rose Gonzales (1900-1989.) He started making pottery at the early age of 12 years old on the San Ildefonso Pueblo.
Russell has received numerous awards and recognition for his pottery throughout his career, including such distinctions as 'Best of Division' at both the Santa Fe Indian Market and the Heard Indian Market. In 2007, Native Peoples Magazine presented Russell's art in the feature article of the Fall issue. In 2011, Russell was awarded the exclusive 'Tony Da Award' for Pottery in Santa Fe. Russell recently received the 'New Mexico Governor's Award for Excellence in Art 2017. In 2019, he won "Best of Pottery" at Santa Fe Indian Market. At the same time, he was involved in a major exhibition of historic San Ildefonso pottery at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe, NM. In 2022, he won Best of Pottery and Best of Show at the Santa Fe Indian Market. His work remains on a continued path of excellence and creativity.
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