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Namingha, Les - "Quilted Clay" Wide Shoulder Jar (1998)
1 × $ 3,300.00
Namingha, Les - "Quilted Clay" Wide Shoulder Jar (1998) 
Tafoya, Jennifer & Chris Youngblood – “Whale of a Shark Tail” Water Jar with Whale Sharks and Sharks
8.5"w x 9"h
$ 16,000.00
This is an elegant collaborative piece by Christopher Youngblood and Jennifer Tafoya. The piece is a water jar, with a high, round shoulder and a turned-out neck. The neck and base are both slipped with mica. What you can’t see is what you can feel, the jar is thin-walled for the size and depth of carving! There are 21 Whale Sharks and sharks carved into the piece. Each is fully polished and etched with designs. There is a beautiful flow of the sharks across the jar. I didn’t realize until I saw the piece in person is the amount of subtle coloration Jennifer added to the etched designs. The large whale sharks have blues and white in their complicated scales that are stunning! The jar was fully polished and then it was fired a deep, glassy black. After the firing, the jar was etched with a design and painted with clay slips by Jennifer. The details etched by Jennifer is exceptional! She creates such beauty in her realism. It is a creative vessel, but striking in design and amazing in the complexity of its levels of carving. It is signed by both Chris and Jennifer.
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This is a spectacular large collaborative piece by Christopher Youngblood and Jennifer Tafoya. It is a large shape that creates a lot of volume for design space. The jar is entitled “Front Range,” and each side has a different mountain scene. Chris made the jar, and Jennifer drew out the designs, which he then carved. The animals are all fully polished and then it was fired a deep, glassy black. After the firing, the jar was etched with a design and painted with clay slips by Jennifer. Each side has a different scene, including a deer, elk, antelope, and Big Horn sheep. Note the various layers of carving and how the clouds and mountains created an additional scene in the background. The jar is highly detailed, dramatic, and bold in concept! The area around the edges of the jar are slipped with mica. The detail on each of the figures by Jennifer is exceptional! She creates such beauty in her realism. It is a creative vessel but striking in design and amazing in the complexity of levels of carving. It is signed by both Chris and Jennifer.
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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.
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Tafoya, Jennifer (b. 1977)
Jennifer Tafoya
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.
Youngblood, Christopher (b. 1989)
Chris Youngblood
Chris Youngblood is Margaret Tafoya's great-grandson and Nancy Youngblood's son. His mother, Nancy, taught him to make pottery. He won the "Best of Class - Youth Award" at Santa Fe Indian Market and the prestigious "Best of Pottery" in 2014. In the 2010 Native People's Magazine, he was featured as one of the "Generation Next Emerging Potters" and recently featured in Native Art Magazine in 2016 as one of the "Three Potters Under 30" to watch. In addition, his "Best of Pottery" jar was featured in the book "Spoken Through Clay."
Chris Youngblood says that he focuses on each piece, taking the time to work on the shape and stone polish the surface to a high shine, often polishing it several times to get it right. Chris comes to the clay focused on expanding his illustrious family's technical and artistic boundaries. His manipulation of the clay surface through his technically inspired imagery expands the art in new directions.