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Sanchez, Russell – Small Water Jar with Raindrop Rim
3"w x 3"h
$ 2,500.00
This is a charming smaller water jar by Russell Sanchez. The jar is fully polished. The rim is carved with 32 “ribs” to create the raindrop rim. The rim is slipped with mica. The jar was fired to a glassy black. After the firing, it was inset with three rows of turquoise hei-shi beads. It is signed on the bottom in the clay, ‘Russell ’25”
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This is an exceptional, smaller water jar by Russell Sanchez. The jar is a deep red coloration, which is a slip that he has rediscovered around 2005, and it is the same deep coloration as the slip used at San Ildefonso in the 1920s-30s. The jar is fully polished and deeply carved with 16 ribs around the shoulder. The rim also has a fluted rim, which undulates up and down. There is difficulty in creating the fluted rim as it can easily crack when it is stone-polished. The neck has a black micaceous clay slip which is surrounded by two bands of very dark shell hei-shi beads. The deep red coloration is exceptional on the jar and glows with such a high polish. The use of the black mica is a historic reminder of the older “black on red” pottery made at San Ildefonso in the late 1800s. The bottom of the jar has the classic indentation of traditional San Ildefonso water jars. It’s exciting how 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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