AFA Winter 2019

Winter 78 www.afamag.com | w ww.incollect.com Candelaria Gachupin (1908–1997), and then broadened her skills under the tutelage of Rose Gonzales (1900–1989) of San Ildefonso, after she married Gonzales’s son, potter Johnny “Tse-Pe” Gonzales (1940–2000). Rose Gonzales was the innovator of carved pottery at San Ildefonso, having discovered the tradition on an ancient sherd. She passed her knowledge to Dora and Tse-Pe. Deeply carved pottery is today primarily associated with Santa Clara Pueblo potters, based northwest of Santa Fe (Fig. 9). There, Sara Fina Tafoya (ca. 1863–1949) started a family line that includes many of today’s most respected makers. Tafoya is known for large, elegant storage jars, most of which are undecorated, though some of her pieces include scalloped rims and impressed or car ved designs. Her talents continued through three of her children: Christina Naranjo (1891–1980), Camilio Tafoya (1902–1995), and Margaret Tafoya (1904–2001), all of whom practiced a style of deep carving that established the family’s recognizable aesthetic. There are now dozens of Tafoya family descendants. Christina Naranjo’s daughter Mary Cain (1915–2010) and granddaughter Linda Cain (born 1949) followed in her foot- steps, just two among many of her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren to work in clay (see figure 9). Linda Cain’s daughters are the esteemed sisters Autumn Borts-Medlock (born 1967) and Tammy Garcia (born 1969), the latter represented by a n unu sua l piec e fe at u r i ng a Paci f ic Northwest design. Camilio Tafoya’s children include potters Joseph Lonewolf (1932–2014) and Grace Medicine Flower (born 1938), both known for their elaborate sgraffito decora- tions, Medicine Flower often combining hers with deeply carved forms. Margaret Tafoya had eight children, all potters, including Mela Youngblood (1931–1991), whose own children, Nathan Youngblood (born 1954) (Fig. 10) and Nancy Youngblood (born 1955) (Fig. 11), are celebrated for their extraordinary forms and carving. A cousin, Linda Tafoya- Sanchez (born 1962), daughter of potter Lee Tafoya (1926–1996), frequently combines Fig. 10: Nathan Youngblood (Santa Clara, born 1954), Carved Black Egg, 1998. Earthenware, 5½ x 7½ in. Crocker Art Museum purchase, with funds provided by the Martha G. and Robert G. West Fund; Aj Watson; Janet Mohle-Boetani, M.D., and Mark Manasse; and the F. M. Rowles Fund (2016.105). Fig. 11: Nancy Youngblood (Santa Clara, born 1955), Vessel with Avanyu, n.d. Earthenware, 6 x 14 (diam.) in. Crocker Art Museum; Gift of Loren G. Lipson, M.D. (2017.29).