Youngblood, Christopher – Small Bowl with Avanyu (2019)
$ 1,200.00
Christopher Youngblood creates intricately carved vessels that reflect a perfect balance of matte and polished surfaces with intricately carved designs. This bowl has an avanyu encircling the piece. The avanyu is intricately carved with swirls and angular lines. Note the depth of the carving when looking at the bottom of the bowl. The piece was fired a glassy black coloration. It is signed on the bottom, ‘Chris Youngblood”. Chris has won “Best of Pottery” at Santa Fe Indian Market and “Best of Pottery” at Gallup Ceremonials. He was featured in the book, Spoken Through Clay, and continues to be one of the leading young potters working today. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.
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Christopher Youngblood creates intricately carved vessels that reflect a perfect balance of matte and polished surfaces with intricately carved designs. This bowl has an avanyu encircling the piece. The avanyu is intricately carved with swirls and angular lines. Note the depth of the carving when looking at the bottom of the bowl. The piece was fired a glassy black coloration. It is signed on the bottom, ‘Chris Youngblood”. Chris has won “Best of Pottery” at Santa Fe Indian Market and “Best of Pottery” at Gallup Ceremonials. He was featured in the book, Spoken Through Clay, and continues to be one of the leading young potters working today. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.
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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.