Artist Bio:
Carol Vigil was born into
Jemez Pueblo in March of 1960. From an early age she watched
her mother, her aunt and her grandmother make pottery. She says
she herself wasn't into it until the day Maria Martinez died.
Shortly after that she put her hands into clay and has worked
with clay ever since. She says she feels encouragement and strength
flowing into her from the clay. She also took the time and studied
the traditional methods more thoroughly with her aunt, Persingula
Gachupin, and her grandmother, Julia Baca.
Carol has been making pottery
since the early 1980's. Over the years she's participated in
the Santa Fe Indian Market, the Heard Museum Guild Indian Art
Fair in Phoenix and the Colorado Indian Market in Denver. Her
pottery has earned one Best in Division ribbon and two Best in
Category ribbons in Santa Fe. Some of her pieces are on display
at the Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of Women in the
Arts in Washington, DC.
Carol's favorite shape to
work with seems to be the polished red vase with an organic opening.
She seems to enjoy decorating those with sgraffito geometric,
feather, snowflake and daisy designs.
