Vintage Santa Clara RARE Pottery by VIRGINIA GARCIA - Gorgeous Polished Red Vase

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RELISTED DUE TO NON-PAYING NEWBIE -
GORGEOUS SANTA CLARA RED POLISHED JAR WITH SPLAYED NECK.
AMAZING SYMMETRY AND POLISHING!!
Large 8 1/2 " tall by 7" wide.
The pot is actually much closer in color to the first pictures.  It's not quite that red, but more red than the other pics.
Awards: 1991 1st Undecorated Wedding Vase/ Santa Fe
1993 2nd at Indian Market Santa Fe
Virginia Garcia
References: Southern Pueblo Pottery: 2,000 Artist Biographies by Gregory Schaaf, Adobe Gallery, Indian Art Unlimited
Virginia Garcia descends from a lineage of Santa Clara Pueblo and Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo potters. As the youngest sister of Tina and Greg Garcia, Virginia Garcia is also a niece of Angela Baca and a granddaughter of Severa Tafoya. Her mother, Lydia Tafoya, was from Santa Clara Pueblo, her father, Santiago Garcia, from San Juan Pueblo. Virginia was born in 1963 and grew up on Santa Clara Pueblo watching her mother, her grandmother and her aunt make pottery. She really started learning when she started helping them. Virginia is known for her traditional style of pottery focusing on classic Santa Clara shapes. She created a distinctive "plum" color in her pottery in the late 1990s. This coloration was created through her firing technique. Virginia began creating pottery in 1987. She NO LONGER makes pottery and specialized in red ware and black ware jars, bowls and vases. She has earned numerous ribbons at Santa Fe Indian Market.
“I mainly do traditional style because it’s more beautiful. My grandmother [Severa Tafoya] started with traditional. My mother [Lydia Garcia] didn’t do too much pottery She did it when I grew up. Tina [Garcia, her sister] caught on, but I didn’t get into pottery until 1987, then Tina and my boyfriend encouraged me to work. They kind of pushed, they wanted to see how well I could do. I was messing around at Tina’s and she said I should continue. My first pots were pretty bad. I watched the different ways she worked. I work with water jar forms, round bear paw bowls, and wedding vases. I’m starting to get into melon bowls now. I do both black and red, and I don’t do carving.”
Virginia is a sister of noted potters Tina and Greg Garcia. She is a daughter of Lydia Tafoya and a granddaughter of Severa Tafoya. She is also an aunt of Jason Garcia. Virginia is known for her traditional style of pottery focusing on classic Santa Clara shapes. She also created a distinctive “plum” color in her pottery in the late 1990’s. This coloration was created through her firing technique. Today, she no longer makes pottery but her work is still classic in form and style!
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