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Leslie Pablo
Navajo

Leslie Pablo was born in 1964 into the Navajo Nation. He learned the art of carving sculptures on stone from his friend, Tim Washburn. Tim taught Leslie the basic fundamentals of sculpting. Leslie soon became aware of the lucrative aspect of sculpting and was inspired spiritually. He has been carving on sculptures since 1989.

Leslie specializes in sculptures hand carved from alabaster, marble, and accents his art with a oak wood base. He finds the raw materials and can turn a clump of stone into fabulous masterpieces of animals, warriors, and anything his creative mind can imagine. His favorite sculptures to carve are the symbolic Indians and warriors going on a march.

Leslie signs his sculptures as: Year, followed by PABLO...,.

Leslie is related to the following artists: Randall Beyal and Roland Beyal who are his cousins that also sculpt on stone.

Awards:

-1999 New Mexico State Fair 3rd Place
- Santa Fe Indian Market
- Farmington Totah Festival
- Flagstaff Festival of the Dines

Publications:

-Next Generation of Indian Artists

Permanent Collections:

Sedona Hugh Perry Gallery

Paulita & Gilbert Pacheco
Santo Domingo

Paulita & Gilbert Pacheco are full blooded Native American Indians. Paulita is a member of the Fire Clan, born in 1943, and Gilbert is a member of the Corn Clan. Continuing traditional ways of life is very important to these fine artisans. Paulita was inspired to learn the art of working with clay from the late Juanita C. Tenorio (mother) and the late Andrea Ortiz (grandmother). As a child at the age of 12, Paulita assisted her elders with gathering natural pigments from the grounds within the Santo Domingo Pueblo. Eventually, she was taught how to hand coil and paint on pottery. She was also inspired by her brother, Robert Tenorio. Gilbert also learned the art of working with clay at a very young age. He also assisted his elders with their pottery.

Paulita & Gilbert specialize in hand coiled traditional Santo Domingo pottery. They continue using the pottery making methods of their ancient ancestors. The clay and other natural pigments are gathered within their pueblo. Then, the clay is cleaned, mixed, hand coiled, shaped, painted, and fired the traditional way, outdoors. This pair of fine artisans contribute equally with the process of making their fine art. They hand coil many shapes and sizes of quality pottery. Paulita & Gilbert are proud of continuing a long lived tradition and hope that the younger members of their Pueblo become inspired by them. They sign their pottery as: Paulita Pacheco & a corn symbol to denote Gilbert's Clan.

They are related to the famous Hilda Coriz and the late Arthur Coriz (sister & brother-in-law).

Awards:

-Eighth Northern Arts & Crafts Show
- Santa Fe Indian Market

Publications:

-Southern Pueblo Pottery 2,000 Artist Biographies
-Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery
-Southwestern Pottery Anasazi to Zuni
-Southwestern Pottery 1999 Edition

Andrew Padilla
Laguna /Santa Clara

Andrew Padilla is a full blooded Native American Indian. He was born in 1956. He is half Laguna and half Santa Clara . He was inspired to learn the art of working with clay from his grandmother, Reycita Padilla. She was from the Santa Clara Pueblo and began teaching Andrew all the fundamentals of pottery making at the age of 10. Reycita taught him how to hand coil black on black traditional Santa Clara pottery. He continued making the Santa Clara pottery until 1982. When he moved to the Laguna Pueblo, he experimented with the white Laguna clay. He learned this process from his mother, Gladys Paquin. Gladys showed Andrew which mesa provided the best clay so he would only use the finest natural pigments to make his pottery. She also taught him all of her special techniques of working with clay. The clay is gathered in the early spring and the beginning of the fall. He cleans, mixes, hand coils, shapes, and fires his pottery the traditional way, outdoors. He hand coils many different shapes and sizes of pottery. He enjoys making the white melon vessels and on occasion accents a kiva step lid as the crown. Andrew has combined his Santa Clara and Laguna cultures to create this elegant contemporary style of art which he is credited with. He signs his pottery as: Andrew Padilla, Laguna , N.M.

Awards:

-1999 New Mexico State Fair 4th Place

Publications:

-Southern Pueblo Pottery 2,000 Artist Biographies
-Southwestern Pottery Anasazi to Zuni
-Collections of Southwestern Pottery
-Southwestern Pottery 1999 Edition
-Pueblo Indian Pottery 750 Artist Biographies
-Arts Focus Magazine May/June 1998 Edition

Reyes Panama
Jemez

Reyes Panama was born into the Jemez Pueblo in 1961. Her inspiration to be an artisan came from the admiration she developed while associating with several other artisans. She wanted to contribute artistically just like other relatives and friends which were artistically inclined. Reyes has been working with clay since the age of 24.

Reyes specializes in handmade koshare storytellers and koshare flute player clay sculptures. She learned the traditional methods of pottery making from many different sources. She found that she enjoyed making clay sculptures the best. The clay used for her sculptures is gathered within the hills of the Jemez Pueblo. She cleans the clay, mixes the clay with temper, forms it into a sculpture, sets it out to dry, sands her koshare sculpture, paints with natural colors using minerals and natural plant life which is also found within the Jemez Pueblo, and finally, fires her art the traditional way, outdoors with cedar chips. Reyes’ koshares are a unique work of art to admire, being that all is made from Mother Earth materials. She adds dried corn stalks for the hair to add a unique flare to her work. Reyes signs her pottery as: R. Panana, Jemez. Reyes is related to the following artists: Pauline Sarracino, Ralph Sarracino (aunt & uncle), and Matthew Panama (cousin).

Awards:

-1996 Santa Fe Indian Market 1st Place
-1997 Santa Fe Indian Market 2nd Place
-Eighth Northern Arts and Crafts Show 1st Place

Publications:

-Southern Pueblo Pottery 2,000 Artist Biographies
-Storytellers and Other Figurative Pottery

Reyes has a large koshare flute player sculpture displayed at the Scottsdale , Arizona Art Gallery .

Gladys “Sratyu’we” Paquin
Laguna

Gladys “Sratyu’we” Paquin is a full blooded Native American Indian she was born in Rehoboth , New Mexico . Her father was from the Zuni Pueblo and her mother was from the Laguna Pueblo. Gladys developed an interest in the art of working with clay in June of 1980. She learned to construct this fine style of art by asking questions to other members of her family and friends. She gathered all this information and through trial, error, and much patience Gladys learned the complicated techniques involved in hand coiling traditional pottery.

Gladys specializes in hand coiled traditional vessels. She harvests her raw materials such as clumps of various types of clays and vegetation such as Rocky Mountain bee plant which provides the natural black color within the Laguna Pueblo. She breaks each clump of clay into a powder form and mixes water along with other natural pigments and begins rolling the moist clay into snake like coils and begins building a natural vessel. Once the vessel has been shaped she sets it out to dry, once it has dried she sands down all the roughness for a fine smooth texture. She boils all her colors from natural clays and vegetation and hand paints her designs. The designs are usually replications of old pottery shards found within her Pueblo . She is related to Andrew Padilla (son). She signs her pottery as: Gladys Sratyu’we Paquin, Laguna.

Awards:

-1995 Eitejorg Indian Market, Indiana 3rd Place
-1995 Eitejorg Indian Market, Indiana 2nd Place
-1993 Santa Fe Indian Market 1st Place
-1993 Santa Fe Indian Market Indian Art Fund Award
-1991 Twin Cities Indian Market, Minnesota 2nd Place
-1988 Okmulgee Indian Market, Oklahoma 3rd Place
-1987 Santa Fe Indian Market 2nd Place
-1986 Santa Fe Indian Market 1st Place
-1986 Santa Fe Indian Market Best of Division
-1984 Santa Monica Art Show, California 1st Place

Publications:

-Southern Pueblo Pottery 2,000 Artist Biographies
-Talking With The Clay
-Lost and Found Traditions
-From This Earth
- Acoma and Laguna Pottery
-Southwestern Pottery Anasazi to Zuni

Permanent Displays:

- School of American Research, Santa Fe , New Mexico
- Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe , New Mexico
- Natural History Museum , Los Angeles , California
-Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Albuquerque , New Mexico
- Cincinnati Art Museum , Ohio

Darin & Michelle Pasquale
Acoma & Laguna

Darin & Michelle Pasquale are full blooded Native American Indians. Darin was born in 1965 and belongs to the Pueblo of the Acoma and Michelle, born in 1969, belongs to the Pueblo of Laguna. They were inspired to craft pottery by their creativity and economic motivation. Michelle at a young age would enjoy watching her Aunt, Sally R. Garcia, hand coil her pottery.

They specialize in crafting the black and red etched ceramic pottery. Michelle paints on the colors and designs the etchings. Darin carves out the etchings on the pottery. They enjoy etching the hummingbird which represents femininity, and the bear, which represents strength and power.They sign their pottery as: D.M. PasqualeLaguna-Acoma, NM.

They are related to the following artists: Paul Lucario, Jr. (father), Art Lucario (uncle), Ray Lucario (cousin), and Sally Garcia (aunt).

Awards:

-New Mexico State Fair 1st place 1990, 1993, and 1996
-New Mexico Doll and Ceramic Expo (2) 1st place

Publications:

-Southern Pueblo Pottery 2,000 Artist Biographies
-Mary Laura’s Calendar

Lillie Patricio
Acoma

Lillie Patricio was born in 1970 into the Acoma Pueblo. She was inspired to continue the tradition of crafting pottery from her Father, Mike Patricio, Sr., and her Sister, Samdrea Patricio. She began experimenting with pottery in 1985 at the age of 15. Lillie observed her family construct their pottery and this sparked an interest in pottery making. She also was economically motivated to pursue the art of working with clay using ancient traditional methods.

Lillie specializes in hand coiled and hand painting on ceramic pottery. She paints her pottery with very fineline starburst designs. She sections the pottery then paints on very fine line geometrical patterns and continues to repeat the pattern around the pottery. Lillie really enjoys painting the fine line starburst style. She also can paint animals and nature scenes freehand. Lillie signs her pottery as: Lillie Patricio,Pueblo of Acoma, followed by the year the pottery was made.

Lillie is related to the following artists: Mike Patricio (father), who makes traditional pottery. Mike Patricio, Jr. (brother) who paints lightning designs. Samdrea Patricio (sister) who also paints fine line designs like Lillie.

Awards:

-New Mexico State Fair

Publications:

-Southern Pueblo Pottery 2,000 Artist Biographies

Robert Patricio
Acoma

Robert Patricio is a full blooded Native American Indian who was born into the Acoma Pueblo. He was given the Indian name of “Bear” when he was born on June 10, 1976 . He learned the traditional methods of hand coiling pottery when he was eight years old by observing his friends and relatives work on their pottery while living in the Acoma Pueblo. His family members taught him the long lived traditional methods of constructing beautiful clay art using the ancient methods of his ancestors.

He specializes in traditional hand coiled and hand painted pottery. He gathers his clays, slips, and natural vegetation to begin constructing his masterpieces. Robert cleans his own clay for impurities, hand mixes with water and begins constructing pottery vessels from snake like coils. Robert sets his vessels out to dry and once dried he sands his pottery for a smooth finish so that he can begin hand painting his designs. While his pottery is waiting to dry he boils all the natural vegetation together and creates his natural colors from natural plants such as spinach plant and various flowers. The designs on his pottery are re-created from old ancient pottery sherds found within the Acoma Pueblo that his ancestors once painted hundreds of years ago. His designs include geometric, fertility, tularosa swirls, and kiva step patterns. When the painting is complete he finishes his masterpieces by firing his pottery outdoors, the traditional way that he was taught. He signs his pottery as: R. Patricio, Acoma , NM .

Awards:

- New Mexico State Fair

Publications:

-Southern Pueblo Pottery 2,000 Artist Biographies

Erwin Pino
Hopi/Acoma/Laguna

Erwin Pino, “Shro Dema” (Going Planting), was born in 1964. He is Hopi, Laguna, and Acoma . He began experimenting with wood carving at the age of 10. He was inspired to continue the art of wood carving by his friends, and relatives. When he was a young boy he observed his elders, with great admiration and enthusiam, carve their work.

Erwin specializes in hand carved Hopi kachina dolls. He uses a pocket knife to carve cottonwood root into highly detailed, and well painted dolls. Tradition is very important to Erwin, and by continuing the family tradition of carving it helps him become closer with the spirits. He is extremely respectful of the traditional ceremonies held within his clans, which involve the great spirits of the kachinas. Erwin does not plan ahead on what kind of kachina he will make. He works with the shape of the wood he is working on. Erwin just allows his imagination to create what comes naturally to him. Erwin signs his kachina dolls as: Erwin Pino, and he will include a title of the kachina.

Erwin is related to the following artists: Richard Dawakuku (uncle),Gary Heheya (uncle), the late Meldon Hayah (uncle), Melvin Pino (brother), and the late Benson Seeni (grandfather).

Awards:

- New Mexico State Fair

Publications:

-Culture & Cuisine Magazine

Thomas specializes in deep carved polychrome pottery. He adds his own innovations to Hopi pottery by carving and painting murals which depict scenes from the Hopi religion and sacred ceremonies. His pottery is fired in a kiln to give it that contemporary style. His favorite to design are the kachina dancers and mudheads. He coils a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Thomas signs his pottery as: Tom Polacca.

Thomas is related to the following artists: Nampeyo (grandmother), Fannie Polacca (mother), Iris Youvella Nampeyo (sister), Harold Polacca (brother), Gary Polacca (son), Carla Claw, and Elvira Naha (daughters). Many others too numerous to list.

Awards:

-New Mexico State Fair 1st place
-Gallup Indian Ceremonial 1st place

Publications:

-Southwest Pottery Anasazi to Zuni
-Beyond Tradition
-Hopi-Tewa Pottery 500 Artist Biographies
-Fourteen Families Pueblo Pottery
-Art of the Hopi

Heard Museum Permanent collection