Glendora Fragua #041515

$2,000.00

It is such a pleasure working so closely with Glendora for so many years. She is incredibly generous with her time and is so willing to work on specific designs and forms that I request. I had asked for a red piece, turtles, and a scalloped opening. She did it all – and it is amazingly beautiful. Every aspect of this open bowl is masterfully created. The dark painted bodies of the turtles, and the diagonal lines and triangles are beautifully set against multi slipped reds/tans/orange/white/ and browns. The entire body of the bowl is polished red. There is a wonderful star pattern design around her signature on the bottom of the bowl. This is a fantastic new unique hand coiled piece.

3 ¼” high by 6 ¼” wide

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Glendora Fragua

Jemez

Glendora Fragua was born into a family of potters at the Jemez Pueblo in New Mexico. Her mother, the well known potter Juanita Fragua, was her main inspiration. So at the age of 16, Glendora tried her hand at pottery making.But unlike Juanita, Glendora experimented with the scratch technique of etched pottery called sgraffito. Her designs are created by scratching away part of the polished surface of the pot. She often sets tones (coral, turquoise, onyx, malachite, lapis) into the decorated portions of the pots.They are placed in the pot before firing, removed during that process, and then replaced after the firing. This is by far one of the most difficult of all decorating methods, but Glendora has become a master at it ! Her work shows both a delicacy and sophistication.

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