Ursula Curran
Santa Clara
Red Avanyu
Plate
miniature
3/4"
H x 2 1/2" D
Ursula Curran is the daughter
of the late San Juan potter Alvin Curran and the prize-winning
Santa Clara potter Dolores Curran.
Ursula wrote the following
statement about her pottery.
“I am 25 years old (2004).
I started doing pottery at 21 because I wanted more time at home
with my son. I learned to pot from my mother Dolores Curran and
some from my father Alvin Curran. My son is currently 4 years
old. I am from the pueblos of Santa Clara and San Juan.
Some day I hope to become
a master potter, but I also hope to go back to school to study
criminal profiling. I have high hope for may artwork, and I still
have head-butting moments with my Mom when it comes to work,
but eventually she wins over and I have to listen.
I also do work with my brother
(Dwight) who is 16. We usually do figures like turtles and bird
dishes and bird bowls.
It was my first year at Santa
Fe Indian Market this year, but I didn’t enter any work.
Sometimes when it come to my work I am more critical than anyone.”
Ursula has learned an enormous
amount in her four years and has a very bright future ahead of
her.
