Artist Media Series
Living Artists
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$ 1,800.00
This is a classic fully carved bowl by Margaret Tafoya. It is from the 1960s. The bowl is coil-built, carved, and then stone polished to a high shine. It is not often that Margaret made smaller pieces, as she was famous for her large vessels. The bowl has a mountain and cloud pattern that encircles the shoulder of the piece. It is deeply carved into the clay. The area below the shoulder is also fully polished. The bowl was fired to a dark black coloration. The bowl is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Margaret”. It is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.
“I have dressed my children with clay. The pottery has brought my children clothes and shoes and put them through good schools. It has enabled us to survive.” Margaret Tafoya, 1985, Spoken Through Clay
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This is a classic fully carved bowl by Margaret Tafoya. It is from the 1960s. The bowl is coil-built, carved, and then stone polished to a high shine. The bowl has a mountain and cloud pattern that encircles the shoulder of the piece. It is deeply carved into the clay. The area below the shoulder is also fully polished. The bowl was fired to a dark black coloration. The bowl is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Margaret”. It is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.
“I have dressed my children with clay. The pottery has brought my children clothes and shoes and put them through good schools. It has enabled us to survive.” Margaret Tafoya, 1985, Spoken Through Clay
Artist Media Series
Living Artists
The book, "Born of Fire," follows her life and art over many decades. It is also the only book to identify her pottery by the decade produced using the variations in her signature. This book is the first complete biography of Margaret Tafoya's life. It is divided into decades, giving the reader a deeper understanding of her life and pottery over nearly 100 years. There are new biographies on Virginia Ebelacker, Richard Ebelacker, Lee Tafoya, Linda Tafoya, Jennie Trammel, Mela Youngblood, Nathan Youngblood, Nancy Youngblood, Toni Roller, Jeff Roller, LuAnn Tafoya, Daryl Whitegeese, Mary Ester Archuleta, and Shirley Tafoya. The photography of the pottery in this book is exceptional. Throughout the book, personal narratives by family members and family photographs create a wonderful sense of her humanity and artistic accomplishments.