Anita Louise Suazo, Santa Clara Pueblo carved jar
Anita Louise Suazo
1937-
Santa Clara Pueblo
Date
1976
Classification
Ceramic
Dimensions
2 1/4 x 3 x 3 in. (5.7 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm.)
Accession Number
2021.35.30.79
Credit
Gift of Robert Fowler Dunn
Memo / Artist Statement
She works with her husband Joseph who helps her dig clay from the soil near Santa Clara. Her pots are made using the traditional, free hand coiling technique, polishing stones and native clays.
Anita makes carved redware and blackware, polychrome redware, black melon pots and carved two-tone black on black pottery. She carves or decorates her pots with water serpents, rain clouds, kiva steps, feathers and other prehistoric stylized designs.
Anita makes carved redware and blackware, polychrome redware, black melon pots and carved two-tone black on black pottery. She carves or decorates her pots with water serpents, rain clouds, kiva steps, feathers and other prehistoric stylized designs.
Biography
She is the daughter of Ernesto Tapia and noted potter Belen Tafoya Tapia (1914–1999). Anita’s mother Belen was one of the innovators of finely crafted polychrome redwares. She was a first cousin to Margaret Tafoya. Growing up in a family of traditional potters, Anita began learning Santa Clara pottery techniques as a child from her mother.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Louise_Suazo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Louise_Suazo
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Anita L Suazo, Santa Clara, 84- (pencil)
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