Debra Duwyenie #31311

$900.00

This is a hand coiled red polished seed jar by Debra Duwyenie. Fired outside, it has a beautiful glow to it. Her incising is precise and exacting. Before she fires the bowl, she does all her sgraffito work. Polychrome turtles adorn the jar with added swimming fish. The incising on the carapaces of the turtles is very special. The matte area behind the turtles has a beautiful tan color but with a bit of a reddish cast. What is unique and spectacular about this piece is the sterling silver fitted stopper/lid made by her husband Preston Duwyenie. It has been cast from the bones of the cuddle fish and is designed this way on both sides, so the lid shows this texture from every angle. Debra is calling this piece “Jumping Trout”.

4” high by 2 ¾” wide”

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Debra Duwyenie

Santa Clara

Debra was born in Espanola, just outside the Pueblo. She has lived her whole life in Santa Clara, but she spent her summers with her grandparents in Manitou Springs, Colorado. They were the caretakers of the Cliff Dwellings Museum. Her grandparents spoke only Tewa to her. Debra started making pottery in 1979. Her mother, Genevieve Gutierrez was her main teacher. Debra had been the Secretary to the Dean at the Institute of American India Arts in Santa Fe, but now she is a full time potter. All her work is made in the most traditional ways .She specializes in highly polished seed bowls with the most intricate, detailed etching of designs. She mixes and combines slips to make her pots black and red. Using cord wood, cow, and horse manure, she fires her pieces right behind her house. Her exquisite carvings are made with sharply pointed scribes, cut from the handles of chain-saw files. She often carves turtles, hummingbirds, sun-faced designs, clouds, and Kiva steps. I think her SGRAFFITO techniques allow her to create some of the nicest pieces of pottery available today. She is married to Preston Duwyenie, the well known Hopi potter.

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