Frederica Antonio #090214

$1,400.00

It was so nice visiting with Frederica in Santa Fe. We discussed her various natural slips, and she showed me many of the clay samples. Her painting continues to be so awesome. The precision and complexities involved in her fine line composition is remarkable. When I asked her to describe her painting technique, she said, “ I paint all the dots by hand with a single yucca brush that I made myself. I chew the yucca down to about three or four fibers so it’s thin enough to make the fine lines.”

The multi colored slips are used on the neck of this new jar, alternating browns, tans, oranges, whites, and greens. The bottom portion of the jar has the crisply painted mini squares, filled in to make a wonderful geometric pattern. The jar is magnificent, and extremely thin walled.

7” high x 7 ½” wide

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Frederica Antonio

Frederica Antonio is an award winning potter from Acoma. She is known for her intricately painted pottery. She is such an exceptional painter, specializing in super complex patterns. Some people say her work reminds them of crossword puzzles. Her completed pieces are definitely eye dazzlers.

She is a sister of Melissa Antonio and a daughter of Mildred Antonio. Each piece is coil built. Still painting with a traditional yucca brush, her designs are a series of fine vertical and horizontal lines which are then filled in to create larger images in the squares. She often paints Kokopelli and cloud patterns. Frederica enjoys using her underlying spiritualism which she combines with her exquisite precision.

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