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<p>[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 9441767, member: 45"]Gregory Schaaf, in his book "Southern Pueblo Pottery, 2000 Artist Biographies," says that "R. Sando" is the signature of Roberta Sando, Jemez potter active from 1976 to present. (The book was published in 2002.)</p><p><br /></p><p>She was born in 1952. and is the sister of Diane Sando (who is known for her storytellers.)</p><p><br /></p><p>It's well-done, but still made for the tourist market. Jemez potters adopted acrylic paints for their inexpensive tourist pots as soon as they appeared on the market, a period in the 1970s that Allan Hayes calls marked when "the lowest forms of lowest-common-denominator tourist pottery emerged." This is one of the better pieces, in that the eventual flaking and peeling of the acrylic paint hasn't taken place. </p><p><br /></p><p>In the last 20 years or so, Jemez Pueblo potters, led by Mary Small and the Fragua family, have changed the reputation, and Jemez is becoming known for producing quality work.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 9441767, member: 45"]Gregory Schaaf, in his book "Southern Pueblo Pottery, 2000 Artist Biographies," says that "R. Sando" is the signature of Roberta Sando, Jemez potter active from 1976 to present. (The book was published in 2002.) She was born in 1952. and is the sister of Diane Sando (who is known for her storytellers.) It's well-done, but still made for the tourist market. Jemez potters adopted acrylic paints for their inexpensive tourist pots as soon as they appeared on the market, a period in the 1970s that Allan Hayes calls marked when "the lowest forms of lowest-common-denominator tourist pottery emerged." This is one of the better pieces, in that the eventual flaking and peeling of the acrylic paint hasn't taken place. In the last 20 years or so, Jemez Pueblo potters, led by Mary Small and the Fragua family, have changed the reputation, and Jemez is becoming known for producing quality work.[/QUOTE]
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