Santa Clara Pueblo Pottery by Tina Garcia

Santa Clara Pueblo Pottery made by award-winning potter Tina Garcia.  This lovely red polished piece of pottery with impressed bear paws is approximately 7″ tall and 8″ in diameter.  Tina Garcia learned the skills and art of pottery making primarily from watching her family (her mother, Lydia Tafoya Garcia; her grandmother, Severa Tafoya; and her aunt, Angela Baca) make blackware pottery from a very early age.  Most of Tina Garcia’s pottery is elegantly polished, uncarved and undecorated; but she has been known to use the bear paw, as seen here.   Tina signs her pottery with her name and “SJ/SC”, as her father is from San Juan Pueblo heritage, and her mother is from Santa Clara Pueblo heritage.  Please watch the quick video!