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Stylized Feather Design on Blackware Bowl
Blue Corn
- About Blue Corn
- (1921-1999, San Ildefonso pueblo) Born Crucita Gonzales, Crucita married Santiago Calabazas."The name Blue Corn was given to her by one of Maria Martinez' sisters during her San Ildefonso naming ceremony. After the birth of her son, Joseph, Blue Corn began to make pottery.Blue Corn was especially known for her polychrome designs on cream-colored jars and plates. She and Santiago spent several years experimenting with different techniques, forms, clays and colors.
Blue Corn produced a significant number of redware and blackware vessels through the years. By the late 1960s she was emerging as a leader in the revival of polychrome pottery. She was known for highly polished white, cream and buff slips, which she said she produced by polishing very slowly. She also selected subtle colors of clay with which to paint her designs.
Santiago passed away in 1972 and their son Joseph took his place in helping Blue Corn make her pottery. He made a few pieces of his own, too, signing them Tho Ma Thay.Blue Corn was known for making jars, plates, wedding vases, oval blackware lidded boxes and black-on-black owl figures. Her favorite designs included feathers, rain clouds, turtles and the avanyu (the Tewa water serpent)." taken from Andrea Fisher Fine Pottery
Savvy Price $285.00
Gallery Price $400.00
Item Location: Phoenix, AZ
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| About the Artist | (1921-1999, San Ildefonso pueblo) Born Crucita Gonzales, Crucita married Santiago Calabazas. "The name Blue Corn was given to her by one of Maria Martinez' sisters during her San Ildefonso naming ceremony. After the birth of her son, Joseph, Blue Corn began to make pottery. Blue Corn was especially known for her polychrome designs on cream-colored jars and plates. She and Santiago spent several years experimenting with different techniques, forms, clays and colors. Blue Corn produced a significant number of redware and blackware vessels through the years. By the late 1960s she was emerging as a leader in the revival of polychrome pottery. She was known for highly polished white, cream and buff slips, which she said she produced by polishing very slowly. She also selected subtle colors of clay with which to paint her designs. Santiago passed away in 1972 and their son Joseph took his place in helping Blue Corn make her pottery. He made a few pieces of his own, too, signing them Tho Ma Thay. Blue Corn was known for making jars, plates, wedding vases, oval blackware lidded boxes and black-on-black owl figures. Her favorite designs included feathers, rain clouds, turtles and the avanyu (the Tewa water serpent)." taken from Andrea Fisher Fine Pottery |
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| Culture | American Indian, Women Artists |
| Medium | Polished and painted hand-coiled blackware pottery |
| Size | 3" height X 5" maximum diameter |
| Signed | "Blue Corn San Ildefonso Pueblo" inscribed underneath |
| Condition | Excellent to good, due to two tiny white specks on bowl's surface. |
| Provenance | P Lar |
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