Bean Pot with Lid by Bernice Sauzo Naranjo, Taos Pueblo

Bean Pot with Lid by Bernice Sauzo Naranjo, Taos Puebloclay5" high x 9" diameter  Bernice Suazo Naranjo is known for her elegant and finely detailed sgraffito carving on a dramatic sienna finish. Both the carving and sienna finish require multiple specialized and time-consuming steps to achieve. With the traditional hand-coiling of the pot, the carving, and the multi-stage outdoor firing process, each piece represents many, many hours of skilled work. She is originally from Taos Pueblo, and married to Tito Naranjo of Santa Clara Pueblo. She is a sister-in-law of Jody Folwell and Nora Naranjo-Morse. Bernice is also the mother of Caroline Elliot, Dusty Naranjo, and the grandmother of Johnathan Naranjo. Bernice has won numerous awards for her incised pottery at Santa Fe Indian Market and the Heard Museum Market. Bernice has “learned to really respect the clay. And I think that comes natural because we are all raised in an environment so that we’re in tune with nature. It’s a cycle.”* “Whe