SWAIA ARTIST Profile

Melony Gutierrez

Name
Melony Gutierrez
Tribe
Santa Clara Pueblo
Main Classification
Pottery
Classification #2
Classification #3

SWAIA Booth History

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PLZ 59
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SFIM24
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SWAIA Highlight History

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Portfolio Example & Artist Statement
Melony Gutierrez

Santa Clara Pueblo Pottery has been passed down for many generations it is a traditional hadcrafted style of artwork. The sacred clay and white sand is dug up and gathered from the mountains. We sift the materials and mix them together by feet on a tarp. Once the clay is mixed we can then make pinch pots or coiled pottery. Once formed we then water them smoothly. We then make a red paint and put a couple of coats to hand polish our pottery with a stone. When finished we then clean the pottery so we could outside pit fire our pottery, using horse manure we pour over the fire to turn our pottery black. We intentionally group the pottery to make them have a two-tone appearance. The last step is to scratch on a design to the fired pottery. Then if a stone is needed I will inlay it onto the finished pottery.

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