Native American pottery from Jemez Pueblo | pottery turtle in cream slip with brown carapace delineated in black. Norma Toya is the artist.

We acquired this attractive piece directly from the artist in 1995.
3" x 6" #P357

This Brenda Tafoya Jemez Pueblo seed pot gives the collector two views of beautifully formed pottery.

On one side two owls perch in deep brown slip sgrafitto. On the reverse, calming, smooth beige is accented by diagonals of indented surface in cream color. This is an owl collector’s delight. 5" x 3"

Sqraffito is a form of decoration made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting color, typically done in slip on ceramics before firing. Brenda Tafoya, who is the daughter of Vangie Tafoya, is an expert at this technique, as evidenced in the beauty and finesse of this pot. Brenda also is a top-tier pottery maker using other techniques that form her vessels with particular grace.

Brenda’s talents descend naturally from her mother, Vangie, who inspired Brenda to pursue pottery making, using clays from the Jemez hills.

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Native American Jemez pottery artist Brenda Tafoya created this melon-bowl pot with her signature bear paw presented in sqraffito. Beautiful work. Signed “Brenda Tafoya Jemez.

Sqraffito is a made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting color, typically done in slip on ceramics before firing.

Brenda Tafoya, daughter of Vangie Tafoya, is an expert at this technique, as evidenced in the finesse of this bearpaw pot. Brenda also is a top-tier pottery maker using other techniques that form her vessels with particular grace.

"I will always be grateful to my mother, Vangie Tafoya, for teaching and encouraging me to create pottery. I hope that one day I will be just like her." (Brenda Tafoya, Potter)

As a child, Brenda Tafoya of Jemez Pueblo watched in awe as her mother, famed potter Vangie Tafoya, created delicate sgraffito vessels in the family home. At 10 years old, she began creating her own simple bowls and since then has become an expert potter herself.

She calls her distinctive style of work “melon cut” pottery and uses three different colors of slip to create brilliant patterns in her pieces. Her work comes to life with complex sgraffito designs that represent serpents, hummingbirds, butterflies and owls. Her trademark kiva steps can be found both in her pottery designs and in her signature.

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2 1/2" x 2 3/4" #PE57

Native American Jemez Pueblo Vase, by Brenda Tafoya, with two sgrafitto owls, with swirl pattern verso.

Sqraffito is made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting color, typically done in slip on ceramics before firing.

Brenda Tafoya, who is the daughter of Vangie Tafoya, is an expert at this technique, as evidenced in the finesse of this bearpaw pot. Brenda also is a top-tier pottery maker using other techniques that form her vessels with particular grace.

Brenda’s talents descend naturally from her mother, Vangie, who inspired Brenda to pursue pottery making, using clays from the Jemez hills.

Please Note: For a limited time, our normal fee for packing and shipping will be absorbed by Native-PotteryLink, resulting in FREE SHIPPING to any address in the 48 mainland United States. Shipping to other destinations may be arranged at Sanibelart@gmail.com.
4 1/2” h x 3 1/2” #PK67

Native American pottery Jemez Pueblo dough bowl,
with pueblo designs around the exterior and interior. By Verda J. Toledo who signed this pot as VJT Jemez.

Verda was born in 1941 into Jemez Pueblo. She credits Tom Tenorio as her teacher. We acquired this well-made bowl in 2004 at Palms in Albuquerque, NM.
8" dia x 3.5" high. #PL50

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Native American Jemez Pueblo seed pot, with pueblo designs around, topped by a red apple design. Signed by B. Yepa.

We speculate that this is an early signature for Bessie Yepa of Jemez Pueblo, based on research that suggests that Bessie Yepa would have been about 57 at the time we purchased this seed pot at Walatosa Shop on the Jemez Pueblo and would have been living on Jemez Pueblo at the time according to several record sources.

This speculation is reinforced by the appearance of a pot of similar style and painting offered by WorthPoint and attributed to Bessie Yepa.

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2 1/2"H x 4" #PL53