| Annie Tafoya Baca | |
 2" high by 2 3/4" wide $150 Sale! New reduced price is 30% off: $105 plus shipping & insurance |
Annie Tafoya Baca is the daughter of the well respected
Santa Clara potter Crescencia Tafoya, an award winning potter in the Tafoya family. Annie has attended and won
First, Second or Third Place ribbons every year since 1981 at the Santa Fe Indian Market. Annie is renown for her
highly polished and finely painted black and red pottery. Annie forms her pottery in the traditional Tewa way...that is that the pot is formed from the clay found on tribal lands. The pot must then be hand shaped by coiling and the pottery must be fired in an open-air outdoor kiln using only wood or manure as fuel. It is the manure that is applied at the end of the firing which smothers the fire and causes the pots to turn black. Like all good Santa Clara pottery, the high gloss on this pot was achieved by polishing the surface with a smooth stone...a very tedious process. Three and sometimes as many as five layers of slip are applied to the smooth dried work, allowing a little time between coats to dry, and then followed by a lubricating coat of animal fat. Polishing stones are highly treasured and they will someday be passed on to her descendants. Annie does a few of the traditional carved pots, but mostly makes painted black on black and red on red. She is one of only a few potters in Santa Clara to make the black on black pottery. This pot features a matte black slip painted on the polished surface of the pot, giving it a black on black appearance. The pot has excellent symmetry and a very beautiful shape. Annie is featured in Lillian Peaster's "Pueblo Pottery Families" on page 140-141 and in Gregory Schaff's new book, "Pueblo Indian Pottery" on page 8. The pot is signed on the bottom: "Annie, Santa Clara Pueblo." |
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