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Tafoya, Jennifer – Mountain Lion and Avanyu Bowl

6"w x 3"h

$ 4,000.00

This is an intricately designed wide-shoulder bowl by Jennifer Tafoya.  She is known for her clay vessels and also her amazing animal figures.  This bowl is fully polished and has three realistic mountain lions etched into the clay on the top.  There is an additional single medallion with a mountain lion.  Each mountain lion is different and highly detailed in their fur!  All the designs are etched into the clay and then highlighted with additional clay colors.  The bottom of the bowl has an avanyu encircling the piece.  Jennifer continues to not just be creative in design but in technique.  All the various colors are derived from natural clay slips.  The piece is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Jennifer Tafoya”.

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Tafoya, Jennifer (b. 1977)

Jennifer Tafoya

Jennifer Tafoya (Moquino) 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 and the Heard Indian Market.  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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