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Clyde Harris
Hopi

Clyde Harris, “Lomatuhksi”, Eagle Down, was born into the Hopi Nation back in 1982, member of the Flute Deer clan. He was inspired to carve on wood by his Father, Gene Dawahoya. He would sit and watch his father carve his sculptures with great enthusiasm and admiration in hopes of achieving the same skills. It appears from what he has sculpted, he is well on his way to achieve his goal.

Clyde began carving on wood at the age of 12, in 1994. He takes strolls along the Rio Grande River in search of decent sizes of cotton wood tree roots to carve on. He carves his sculptures with a regular pocket knife. Clyde uses acrylic paints to color his kachinas.

The first piece he carved was a rattle kachina.

Clyde signs his sculptures as: Clyde Harris, Hopi, name of the Kachina, and followed by a set of hoof prints to denote his clan origin.

Clyde is related to the following artists: Gene Dawahoya (father), Nuvadi Dawahoya (uncle), Delwin Harvey (uncle), and Juanita Healing (grandmother), famous potter.

Awards:

-None to date

Publications:

Robert Harris, Jr.
Hopi

Robert Harris, Jr. was born into the Hopi Reservation on January 4, 1984 . He is a member of the Flute Deer clan. He was inspired to carve on wood by his Father, Robert Harris, Sr. He would sit and watch his father carve his sculptures with great enthusiasm and admiration in hopes of achieving the same skills. It appears from what he has sculpted, he is well on his way to achieve his goal.

Robert began carving on wood at the age of 11, in 1995. He takes strolls along the Rio Grande River in search of decent sizes of cotton wood tree roots to carve on. He carves his sculptures with a regular pocket knife. Robert hand paints his kachinas with acrylic paints. His favorite kachina to carve is the Whipper Kachina. Robert signs his sculptures as: Robert Harris, Jr., Hopi, and followed by a set of hoof prints to denote his clan origin.

Robert is related to the following artists: Robert Harris, Sr. (father), Clyde Harris (brother), Nuvadi Dawahoya (uncle), Delwin Harvey (uncle), and Juanita Healing (grandmother), famous potter.

Awards:

-None to date

Publications:

- None to date

Delwyn Harvey
Hopi

Delwyn Harvey, “Wea” (One of a kind), was born into the Hopi-Tewa Reservation in 1965. He is a member of the Kachina Crow Clan. Delwyn has been carving Hopi kachinas since 1978. He is a self taught artist. The lucrative aspect of the business is what has inspired Delwyn to continue his family tradition of carving dolls on wood.

Delwyn hand carves cottonwood root into magnificent full bodied kachina dolls with a simple tool like a pocket knife. His carvings are carved with extreme precision and detail. He applies acrylic paints to his dolls and paints them very carefully because it is essential for the Hopi People to represent the kachina as accuratly as possible. Many of his dolls are carved from one continuous piece of cottonwood. Some of his dolls are sought by collector’s all over the world. Delwyn signs his dolls as: D. Harvey.

There are over 300 known kachinas from the Hopi Reservation alone. Kachinas are believed to be the spiritual guardians of the Indian way of life. The good that comes from a careful study of kachina carvings is the express intent of being in harmony with nature and the fine art of offering spiritual graditude.

Delwyn is related to the following artists: Nuvadi Dawahoya (brother-in-law)

Goldie A. Hayah
Acoma

Goldie A. Hayah was given the Indian name of “Shro Te Ma”. She is a member of the Turkey Clan, and she is a full blooded Native American Indian. She was born in 1956 into the Acoma Pueblo. She was inspired to learn the art of working with clay, by observing her mother and other members of her Pueblo hand coil their pottery. She has been hand coiling pottery for over 35 years now.

Goldie specializes in handmade and ceramic pottery with hand painted animals and flower designs. She gathers her clay from within the hills of the Acoma Pueblo. She breaks the clumps of raw clay to a powder form. Then, she cleans and sifts the powder for impurities, hand mixes with other natural pigments, hand shapes, allows the pottery to dry, hand sands with sand paper, and hand paints her designs. Finally, she fires her pottery the traditional way, outdoors with wood chips. Among her favorite designs to paint, she enjoys hand painting parrots, bears, and antelopes. She signs her pottery as: Goldie Haya, Acoma , N.M. She is related to: Jackie Histia (cousin), Darren Pasquale (cousin), and Tina Garcia (aunt).

Awards:

-1998 New Mexico State Fair 1st Place

Christine, “Aggie”, Henderson-Poncho
Acoma

Christine, “Aggie”, Henderson-Poncho was born in 1973. She is a full blooded Native American Indian. Aggie was raised in the Acoma Pueblo, but is half Apache and half Pima. Aggie began experimenting with pottery in 1985 at the age of 15. She was inspired by her Mother-in-law, Marilyn Ray-Henderson, who is one of the finest clay sculpture artists hand making storytellers today .

Aggie specializes in hand making traditional storytellers with natural paints and clays. She also makes a wide variety of various clay sculptures and will on occasion paint on ceramic pottery. Marilyn Ray-Henderson taught Aggie all the fundamentals of pottery making, like: where to dig up the clay and how to clean, mix, shape, paint, and fire her pottery sculptures using ancient methods. Aggie has perfected her pottery making skills through the years. Aggie signs her pottery as: “Aggie”, Acoma NM, followed by the year the pottery was made.

Aggie is related to the following artists: Crystal Poncho, Tina Poncho (sisters), Chris S. Martinez (mother), and Yolanda Paytiamo (aunt).

Awards:

-Gallup Inter-Tribal Ceremonial 2nd place
-New Mexico State Fair

Edwin Herrera
Cochiti

Edwin Herrera “Ie-yoo-ris” is a full blooded Native American Indian. He is a member of the Oak Clan. Edwin was born in 1966 into the Cochiti Pueblo. He was inspired to learn the art of working with clay from his mother, Mary Frances Herrera. She taught him all the fundamentals of working with clay, using the ancient traditional methods passed on to her from their ancestors during the process. He began experimenting with clay in the early 1980’s while attending High School. This was his means of making money so that he could attend school dances, games, and other school functions. He is currently one of the few pottery artists that currently continue the long lived family tradition of working with clay pottery. He admired the artistic style of other artisans and motivated himself to create his own unique style of art.

Edwin gathers his clay and sand from within the hills of the Cochiti Pueblo. He hand mixes, hand coils, shapes, hand paints, and fires his pottery the traditional way, outdoors, using cedar wood chips. Edwin specializes in hand sculpted wildlife and southwestern nativity’s, bear sculptures, and hand coiled traditional pottery bowls. He boils his own natural minerals and vegetables to produce his colors used on his art. The designs which are painted on his pottery are from ancient Cochiti Pueblo designs. He signs his art as: Edwin Herrera, Cochiti, N.M. He is related to Dorothy Herrera and Mary R. Herrera (sisters).

Awards:

-None to date

Publications:

-Southern Pueblo Pottery 2,000 Artist Biographies
-Storytellers and Other Figurative Pottery
-Southwestern Pottery Anasazi to Zuni

Irene Herrera

Zia/ Jemez

Irene Herrera, “Apple Flower” was born in 1942. She is half Zia and half Jemez. Irene was inspired to hand coil pottery using ancient traditional methods passed down to her by her mother, Andrea Tsosie. Irene was 8 years old when she sparked an interest in pottery making. She would sit and observe Andrea hand coil and paint her pottery, and at the age of 12 she started to paint on pottery. The lucrative aspect of the business was also inspiration for her to learn the art of pottery making. However, it is more of a hobby for Irene to contribute to the art world.

Irene specializes in the traditional Zia Pueblo hand coiled and hand painted pottery. She gathers her clay within the Zia Pueblo. Then, she grinds, hand cleans the clay, mixes, hand coils, shapes, paints and fires her pottery the traditional way, outdoors. Irene hand coils a wide variety of shapes and sizes. The colors she uses on her pottery are also natural pigments. She said “I enjoy making pottery because it comes from within my heart and it’s a gift to make my pottery.” Irene signs her pottery as: Irene Herrera, Zia.

Irene is also related to the following artists: Leonard Tsosie, Rebecca Tsosie-Gachupin, and Joanne Tsosie-Toribio.

Awards:

-Eighth Northern Art Show Best of Show
-Eighth Northern Art Show 2nd place

Publications:

-Southern Pueblo Pottery 2,000 Artist Biographies

Jackie Histia-Shutiva
Acoma

Jackie Histia-Shutiva is a full blooded Native American Indian. She was born in 1961 into the Acoma Pueblo. She is a member of the Sun Clan and the Yellow Corn Child Clan. Jackie was taught the traditional methods used by her ancestors from her mother, Stella Shutiva at the age of 19. Stella shared all the fundamentals of working with clay and using ancient hand coiling methods.

Jackie specializes in hand coiled, traditional, contemporary, corrugated pottery. She gathers her clumps of raw clay from within the Acoma Pueblo. Then she breaks down the clumps into a fine powder form and mixes with sand to temper the clay. Once the clay has been properly cleaned and mixed Jackie begins the hand coiling process by rolling the clay into snake like coils and building a vessel to a desired shape and size. Then, she hand pinches her thumbnails into the clay to give it that corrugated look. Finally, she fires her pottery the traditional way, outdoors. On occasion Jackie also hand crafts clay corn symbols in her clay to denote her Clan origin. Jackie hand coils a wide variety of shapes and sizes of pottery. She signs her pottery as: Histia Shutiva, Acoma, NM. She is related to: Ernest D. Shutiva (father), Stella Shutiva (mother), B. Gregory Histia (spouse), Shelly Shutiva, Alicia Shutiva, and Lindsey Shutiva (daughters).

Awards:

-New Mexico State Fair
-Eight Northern Arts and Crafts Show
-Southwest Indian Arts Show

Publications:

-Southern Pueblo Pottery 2,000 Artist Biographies
-Talking With The Clay
-Southwestern Pottery Anasazi to Zuni

Marcus Homer
Zuni 

Marcus specializes in a unique style of hand coiled cornmeal bowls and fetish bowls. Corn meal vessels are used for religious ceremonies, whereas fetish bowls are used for healing powers and good fortune from the four directions of Mother Earth. He also makes a wide variety of shapes and sizes of other contemporary and traditional styled pottery, even though he is most known for his unique contemporary fetish bowls accented with lizards, frogs, serpents, and tadpoles. He enjoys making them the most because he can express himself in so many different ways. All of Homer’s pottery is made from Mother Earth, the traditional way. Homer signs his pottery as: M. Homer, year pottery was made, followed by a bear paw, and Zuni.

Awards:

- New Mexico State Fair
-Northern Arizona Museum Art Show
- Gallup Intertribal Ceremonial Art Show
-Heard Museum of Phoenix

Publications:

-Southern Pueblo Pottery 2,000 Artist Biographies
-Treasures of the Zuni