2024 Santa Fe Indian Market
Mark your calendars for August 17 & 18, 2024, Santa Fe Indian Market is back and bigger than ever!
Hundreds of artists will be showcasing an incredible variety of art forms, spanning over 12 city blocks. The weekend will be brimming with exciting events, making it a celebration of Native American arts unlike any other.
Paloma's Booth PLZ 56
2024 SWAIA Indian Market 8 more days!
Hello to all that are constantly checking on my site to see new works of pottery they are uploaded now and it's set for the SWAIA Indian Market from Santa Fe, New Mexico. I will have 13 total pieces of previous and new works. If you are making plans to be present and have time to learn about my pottery, I will have time to talk to you about them. Until then, dem da dela'upba.
Kesh:shi, welcome to my Paloma Pottery site. I encourage you to explore my current creations in natural clay that say infinitely displays more than the images that are depicted. I am recently retired as a high school educator for 31.5 years. I am a multi-talented individual who thrives to put hands on clay, wood, canvas, photography, sculpture, and conceptual art especially pottery in the 1900's from the Pueblo of Zuni who were the pioneers that have started to sign their pottery. No matter the medium, my creations in clay has been an incarnation of living in the past. Currently, I have a vision to explore in depth of more styles of Zuni Wares and you the viewer of how this ancient pottery talent has been in existence from the southwest pueblos. I create pottery to uplift my spiritual devotion with the use of native materials that I find around the reservation and people like you to see how they are made and what steps are involved to have you understand and love and cherish my pottery.
About my work
After leaving elementary to become a seventh grader, Zuni High School opened opportunities in the elective fields of art. Beginning and intermediate pottery art classes were explored and it felt like my art career started but more independent studies of Zuni Art were to be explored. Trial and error of course had to take it's course and learning from an Acoma pottery teacher who taught Zuni students was immensely appreciated. Years of study to perfect my taste of Zuni pottery lead to my first major art show in Litch field Park, Arizona in late 1990's, The year that officially opened my art career was in 2004 to be one of the few Zuni artisans who was chosen the Fellowship Award and the rest is history they say. As of today's Zuni Potters, there are only a handful of individuals who carry on the skills, talent, and endless hours to make traditional pottery. This Paloma pottery site hopefully still encourages young emerging artist /potters to carry on this ancient traditions of pottery. Enjoy your time on this site if you have any questions regarding the pottery, email me at [email protected] Elahkwa! (thank you) for visiting.
Proud owners from Florida!
Tsayutitsa Polychrome Zuni PotteryTsayutitsa, also known as Mrs. Milam's mother, was certainly one of the finest potters of the first half of the 20th century from Zuni Pueblo. She is known for her superbly formed jars and meticulous painting of designs. Her pottery was not signed but it is unmistakably identified by the superb craftsmanship. This jar is without a doubt the work of Tsayutitsa.