Youvella, Wallace - Red Bowl with Eagle and Mesas (1976)

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Youvella, Wallace – Red Bowl with Eagle and Mesas (1976)

Name: Youvella, Wallace - Red Bowl with Eagle and Mesas (1976)
Brand: Youvella, Wallace (1947-2021)
Availability: InStock

3"w x 3"h

$ 600.00

This is an intricately etched red bowl by Wallace Youvella. He was the husband of noted Hopi-Tewa potter Iris Nampeyo It is fully polished red and the design is both carved and etched into the surface. There is a large eagle in flight, etched into the clay. It is flying over a mesa landscape. The red area is highly polished. The piece was made in 1976. Wallace was one of the first three men at Hopi in the mid-1970’s to begin making pottery (the others were Mark Tahbo and Thomas Polacca). Interestingly, Thomas and Wallace (who were brothers-in-law) both started with traditional Hopi-Tewa designs but met resistance from the women potters, so began making pieces that were either fully polished and etched or carved. This piece is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Wallace Youvella”. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.

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Categories: Hopi - Tewa, Hopi Pottery, Signed Historic Pottery Tag: Wallace Youvella

Brand:Youvella, Wallace (1947-2021)

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This is an intricately etched red bowl by Wallace Youvella. He was the husband of noted Hopi-Tewa potter Iris Nampeyo It is fully polished red and the design is both carved and etched into the surface. There is a medallion on one side with a realistic deer and deer track. The opposite side has two figures, one on a bird wing, and on below with waves and water. The red area is highly polished. The piece was made between 1976-9. Wallace was one of the first three men at Hopi in the mid-1970’s to begin making pottery (the others were Mark Tahbo and Thomas Polacca). Interestingly, Thomas and Wallace (who were brothers-in-law) both started with traditional Hopi-Tewa designs but met resistance from the women potters, so began making pieces that were either fully polished and etched or carved. This piece is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Wallace Youvella”. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.

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Wallace Youvella

Wallace Youvella was a son of noted Hopi potter Susie Maha Youvella. He was the husband of potter Iris Nampeyo and the father of Wallace, Jr, Charlene, Nolan and Doren Youvella. He learned to make pottery by watching Iris and her mother Fannie Nampeyo create pottery, as well as from his mother while growing up. He was one of the first men, along with Thomas Polacca, to begin making pottery at Hopi in the late 1970's. Wallace is known for wonderful Hopi patterns and shapes carved into various natural clays he harvest from around the Pueblo. His carving is three dimensional with wonderful hatch marks to make the figures appear to stand free from the pottery surface. Wallace uses the traditional process of digging and preparing the clay, hand coiling each piece, then polishing, carving and painting with natural pigments and ores. His colors often reflect the colors of the earth and stone around the Hopi Mesas.