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Youngblood, Mela – Wide Bowl with Bird, Rain, and Cloud Designs (1970s)
7.25"w x 3.5"h
$ 1,100.00
Mela Youngblood began making pottery in the late 1960s and quickly achieved a distinctive style for her work. Each piece of her work is very highly polished, and when carved, the edges are distinctly rounded. This wide bowl is fully carved around the sides. There are stylized birds along with rain and cloud pattern. It is highly polished and fired to a glassy black. The bowl is signed on the bottom, “Mela Youngblood”. It is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.
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Mela Youngblood began making pottery in the late 1960s and quickly achieved a distinctive style for her work. Each piece of her work is very highly polished, and when carved, the edges are distinctly rounded. This wide bowl is fully carved around the sides. There are stylized birds along with rain and cloud pattern. It is highly polished and fired to a glassy black. The bowl is signed on the bottom, “Mela Youngblood”. It is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.
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Mela Youngblood began making pottery in the late 1960s and quickly achieved a distinctive style for her work. As an artist, Mela took the process of making her pottery very seriously. She decided that each piece she made had to be perfect, a trait which she passed on to her children, Nathan Youngblood and Nancy Youngblood. Mela was a daughter of Margaret Tafoya and the mother of Nathan Youngblood and Nancy Youngblood. Of all of Margaret's daughters, she was the first to create a storage jar that survived the firing process. Mela made pottery for such a short time, so it is always exciting to see her distinctive pieces of influential pottery!
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Youngblood, Mela (1931-1990)
Mela Youngblood began making pottery in the late 1960s and quickly achieved a distinctive style for her work. As an artist, Mela took the process of making her pottery very seriously. She decided that each piece she made had to be perfect, a trait which she passed on to her children, Nathan Youngblood and Nancy Youngblood. Mela was a daughter of Margaret Tafoya and the mother of Nathan Youngblood and Nancy Youngblood. Of all of Margaret's daughters, she was the first to create a storage jar that survived the firing process. Mela made pottery for such a short time, so it is always exciting to see her distinctive pieces of influential pottery!