Lyn A. Fox Fine Pueblo Pottery in Santa Fe, New Mexico, will host demonstrations by five Pueblo potters in the days leading up to Santa Fe Indian Market. “One of the functions for the gallery and for all these artists,” Fox explains, “is an educational one. We all want people to have an appreciation and an understanding about where all this art comes from—not just geographically but also historically and where it fits into their Native culture. They’re the recipients of the raw materials both natural and from their cultural history.”
Elizabeth and Marcellus Medina (Zia), Many Birds, polychrome jar with 56 different birds, 8”
Franklin Peters (Acoma) will be bringing to the demonstration two very large storage jars—one with a traditional black-and-white design and a more traditional one with a contemporary overall representation of animals and insects from historic Mimbres pottery. As a fellow at the School for Advanced Research, he was able to study the techniques and designs of his Acoma ancestors and how to develop them in contemporary work.
Darrance Makwesa Chimerica (Hopi), Waterbird Katsina, carving, cottonwood root
Elizabeth and Marcellus Medina (Zia) also produce large storage jars. They are populated with overall representations of birds. Marcellus paints the birds on Elizabeth’s pots using designs from his mother Sofia and his grandmother, the renowned Trinidad Medina. Marcellus has his grandmother’s sketchbooks from which he still gathers imagery. Fox notes that Marcellus can point out which birds are from which ancestor and notes that they, in turn, could point out birds from ancestors further back.
Elizabeth and Marcellus Medina (Zia) hold one of their big polychrome pots.
Randy Brokeshoulder (Hopi/Navajo/Shawnee) is a well-known carver of traditional katsinam and the great grandson of carver Guy Maktima and the son of carver Nick Brokeshoulder. Among his many awards are five first place Best of Division awards at Santa Fe Indian Market. His dolls are carved from the traditional cottonwood root, and he makes his own mineral and vegetable paints.
Randy Brokeshoulder (Hopi/Navajo/Shawnee) paints a katsina during a live demonstration.
Darrance Makwesa Chimerica (Hopi) has shown with Lyn Fox for nearly 20 years. As a young carver he was the first traditional carver represented in the gallery. He carves cottonwood root that he finds in the washes of Arizona and Utah and makes his own paints. Fox recalls driving with Chimerica near Third Mesa and having him point to the top a cliff, saying “That’s where I get my green color.” He says, “The katsina dolls that I carve are replicas of how I would see them in physical form when they come to visit Hopi...For me it is something I love to do.” He will be bringing dolls of katsinam that are not often found among contemporary dolls.
Randy Brokeshoulder will be at the gallery from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., August 19, followed by Elizabeth and Marcellus Medina from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. On August 20, Franklin Peters will demonstrate from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Darance Chimerica will follow from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Lyn A. Fox Fine Pueblo Pottery
August 19-20, 2021
839 Paseo De Peralta, Suite B, Santa Fe, NM 87501, www.foxpueblopottery.com
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