SWAIA ARTIST Profile

Kevin Naranjo

Name
Kevin Naranjo
Tribe
Santa Clara Pueblo
Classification(s)
Pottery
Website

SWAIA Booth History

SFIM25
WA W 412
SFIM24
WA W 412
WIM25

2025 Best of Show Awards

First Place
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Second Place
Iid: Category 801 - Sgraffito, Any Form Traditional Firing Techniques in Pottery
Honorable Mentions
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2024 Best of Show Awards

First Place
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Second Place
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Honorable Mentions
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Portfolio Example & Materials Statement
Kevin Naranjo

I am a fourth generation Santa Clara Traditional Potter. I use all natural materials. I gather my materials from my homelands. I use clay temper, Volcanic ash sifted through 60,80 and 120 mesh screens. I Hand coil and sand with sand paper. I Stone polish with red Clay slip. My pottery are Fired traditionally outdoors with cedar wood, dry cow chips and dry horse manure.Long ago I learned by watching my great grandmas and great great aunts work as a team to make pottery. Now I work independently. I use animal designs in my pottery. I love what I do.