Russell Sanchez #60405

Russell Sanchez #60405
Russell Sanchez #60405 - Image 2
Russell Sanchez #60405 - Image 3
Russell Sanchez #60405
Russell Sanchez #60405 - Image 2
Russell Sanchez #60405 - Image 3

$8,800.00

This is a highly polished jar by Russell Sanchez.  The jar has a round shoulder and a short neck. There is a deeply carved medallion with a bear carved in relief.  The bear is highly polished, as is the remainder of the jar.  The center of the bear has a single inset piece of turquoise.  Tiny coral insets surround it.  Around the medallion is another row of coral insets, then two bands of hematite hei-shi beads, and another band of coral inset. There are a total of 120 stones inset throughout the entire piece.  The lid has an inset coral and turquoise on the top.  The jar was fired to a glassy, deep black, which creates a striking coloration with the deep red coral.  Why coral? Russell says the red represents the Winter Clan at San Ildefonso and the turquoise the Summer Clan.  The jar has a striking balance of design, form, and color.  The jar and the lid are both signed on the bottom in the clay, “Russell”.  A wonderful traditional and yet very modern piece!

4.25″w x 6.5″h (w/ lid)

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Russell Sanchez

San Ildefonso

Russell Sanchez was born at the San Ildefonso Pueblo. He has continued to live there all his life. Russell started making pottery at a very young age. If you could see his pots from when he was thirteen or so – you would be able to tell that a great talent was emerging! Russell was greatly influenced by his aunt, Rose Gonzales, and was futher encouraged by Dora Tse Pe. Like Russell, Dora is also a perfectionist. But Russell is really a self-taught potter. His incising, carving, and polishing techniques are all his own – developed and evolving over many years of hard work.

His work is widely accepted by serious collectors of some of the finest Native American pottery made today. He often introduces different materials into the clay while styaing within the traditional construction and firing techniques of pueblo pottery. Russell has won numerous awards and honors in juried shows every year since 1978. He has works in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institute, the Millicent Rogers Museum, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (Santa Fe) and the Museum of Natural History (Los Angeles). It is an honor to work closely with Russell, and represent him in our gallery.

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