Blue Corn (1921-1999) - San Ildefonso Redware Jar, c. 1980

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Blue Corn (1921-1999) - San Ildefonso Redware Jar, c. 1980:
$1450.00

Blue Corn (1921-1999) - San Ildefonso Redware Jarcirca 1980, 3\" x 4\", signed on bottom
Blue Corn (Crucita Gonzales Calabaza) was born at San Ildefonso Pueblo.
Her work resides in the collections of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe, The Heard Museum in Phoenix, and the Smithsonian in Washington DC.

Please reference item P91937-047-001.

Located 23miles north of Santa Fe, New Mexico, San Ildefonso pueblo has long beenconsidered the epicenter for the pueblo pottery movement. This is the birthplace of Maria Martinez andthe newer form of San Ildefonso pottery.The famous black-on-black pottery, once a token tourist piece, nowgraces the highest mantles and shelves of museums worldwide. Part of the uniqueness ofSan Ildefonso pottery is the clay that is used, which comes from theirreservation. Dried clay and volcanic ash are collected yearly from selectedlocations throughout the reservation, and later combined with water in smallbatches. The clay from each pueblo has its own mineral composition, allowingfor rich differences in texture and color. The watery clay slip that is used onthe black wares, for example, has a rich iron content that turns black whenfired in a particular way. After abatch of clay is mixed and has set for a few days, a \"pancake\" ofclay is formed and pressed into a puki, beginning the process of building apot. The puki is a bowl-shaped form that supports the bottom of the pot as itis being built. Most commonly, pots are formed with a coil technique, in whichlong snake-shaped coils are circled around the base of the pot and blendedtogether to create the walls of the vessel. The making of San Ildefonso pottery is alaborious task requiring great skill. From the gathering of the clay, formingof the vessel, painting, and finally, the firing, the potter may have vested15-50 hours per vessel.

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