Tafoya, Jennifer – Butterfly and Catepillers Jar
$ 3,000.00
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Jennifer Tafoya is known for her clay vessels and amazing animal figures! This seedpot is fully polished. One side has a shark etched into the clay. The opposite side has a Lion Fish. The area behind the shark is incised with swirling water bands and highlighted with mica. The Lion Fish is highly detailed for the size! Separating them are water designs. It is a very complex and creative piece with A LOT of detail. It was traditionally fired and after Jennifer has etched the designs into the clay, she then adds additional clay slips for the various colors. All the various colors are derived from natural clays that Jennifer seeks out herself. It is signed on the bottom, “Jennifer Tafoya”.
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Jennifer Tafoya is the daughter of Ray and Emily Tafoya. The use of realism in their imagery has revitalized the style of sgraffito pottery originated by Joseph Lonewolf in the 1970s. Jennifer has won numerous awards for her pottery and is featured in books such as "Talking with the Clay," "Crafted to Perfection," and "Breaking the Mold." Jennifer has also been featured in recent magazine articles in "Native Peoples Magazine" and "Southwest Art Magazine" and won "Best of Pottery" for a collaborative jar at the 2013 Heard Indian Market Guild. She has continued to be an award-winning potter at Santa Fe Indian Market's 'Best of Show 2023.' Jennifer uses the Native American traditional hand-coiled pottery methods, then shapes, polishes, and is traditionally fired before applying scraffito. She then paints natural ore colors and slips them into her designs. She collects and processes all of her pottery materials from natural sources.
Jennifer Tafoya