"Santa Clara Style Seed Pot"
by Monica Romero, Santa Clara Pueblo
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Monica Romero
Description: Hand coiled with water serpent design. Made of natural clay and slip, using wooden tools, sand paper, and polishing stones. Fired outdoors using tin tray, cedar wood, cow manure, horse manure. Designs made with X-acto blade.
About this Award: This award is also called the "passion award". Each juror selects one piece after all other awards have been decided. The Judge's Choice Awards are designed to bring recognition to a work that each juror, independently, feels is outstanding. These pieces may have been overlooked due to the limited number of awards or because they fell outside other award categories.
Juror's
Comments:
Kent McManus: (previous comments when this piece was a candidate for another award) Sgrafito work is no mean trick. And it is stone-polished by hand: you can still see the lines on the piece. It's not buffed which is becoming common. Very accurately done—the cutwork is so clean. So often cutwork gets way off. Just a very well executed piece. (Additional comments) The detailing is wonderful with great control in the sgrafito carving. Beautiful polish, nicely shaped: about everything you could want in a pot.