Laura Gachupin
Jemez Pueblo

Sentinels

9" H x 7" D

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Artist Bio:

Laura is undoubtedly one of the finest potters to emerge from Jemez Pueblo in the past 30 years.

Laura's mother, Marie G. Romero, was one of the people responsible for the renaissance in Jemez pottery in the 1970s. For many years Jemez has produced only sun-dried. poster-painted pottery of low quality.

In the 1970s, Marie, with a few other potters, began to make traditional pueblo pottery in terms of technique but with unique styles due to the fact that there was not any traditional "Jemez" style. Laura benefited from her mother's guidance and took Jemez pottery to new heights of styles and quality.

Much of what pottery is produced at Jemez today is derivitive of Laura's work. She has won many, many awards at numerous shows and remains one of the most sought after of Jemez potters.

Laura is known for pottery of various shapes and sizes as well as some clay sculptures. Some of these are the: owl jar, kiva bowl, and geometric designs. One of Laura's current styles that has really caught on is a melon bowl with a fabulous stone polish usually buff in color.

Awards:
-Santa Fe Indian Market
-Gallup Ceremonial.
-New Mexico State Fair

Publications:
-Southern Pueblo Pottery 2,000 Artist Biographies
-American Indian Pottery 2nd edition
-Southwestern Pottery Anasazi to Zuni
-Miniature Arts of the Southwest
-Storytellers and Other Figurative Pottery
-Talking with the Clay
-Collections of Southwestern Pottery
-Southwestern Pottery 1999 Edition

 

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