Effie Garcia

Santa Clara Pueblo

Effie Garcia
Effie Garcia

Effie Garcia (b. 1954 at Santa Clara) and her husband Orville Garcia (from Acoma) collaborate on their pottery production. Effie makes and polishes the pottery, Orville carves the designs, Effie sands the edges, Orville does any painting they want, both fire.

The daughter of Victoria Gutierrez and granddaughter of Faustina Gutierrez and Rosita Velarde, Effie learned from some of the best, watching and working with them as she grew up. Her sisters Ethel Yazza and Sally Gutierrez and brother Eugene Gutierrez learned the same way. But Effie's the only one who makes pottery full time. She's also busy with passing her knowledge and techniques on to her grandchildren, Brooklyn and Derrick.

Effie and Orville have earned awards regularly at the Santa Fe Indian Market since 1983. They produce both red and black elegant shaped bowls and beautiful deep-carved designs with precise edges.

Carved bear and geometric designs plus sgraffito designs on a black bowl
Black bowl carved with bear and geometric designs plus sgraffito designs
2.75 in H by 5.75 in Dia
Avanyu design carved on a black bowl
Black bowl carved with avanyu design
2.5 in H by 5 in Dia
Geometric designs carved in a black bowl
Black bowl carved with geometric designs
3 in H by 6.25 in Dia
Geometric designs carved into a black bowl
Black bowl carved with geometric designs
2 in H by 4.25 in Dia
Geometric designs carved into a black bowl
Black bowl carved with geometric designs
3.25 in H by 6.5 in Dia
Kiva step design carved into a black bowl
Black bowl carved with kiva step design
2.75 in H by 5 in Dia
Kiva step and geometric design carved into a black bowl
Black bowl carved with kiva step and geometric design
2.25 in H by 4.75 in Dia
Geometric design carved into a black bowl
Black bowl carved with geometric design
2 in H by 4.25 in Dia
Bear and geometric design carved into a black bowl
Black bowl carved with bear and geometric design
3.5 in H by 5.25 in Dia
Four direction bear and kiva step design carved into a black bowl, plus sgraffito bear paws
Black bowl carved with four direction bear and kiva step design plus sgraffito bear paws around the upper surface
2.25 in H by 4.5 in Dia
Avanyu design carved into a black bowl
Black bowl carved with avanyu design
2.25 in H by 4.25 in Dia
Geometric designs carved into a black bowl with sgraffito butterflies
Black bowl carved with geometric designs and sgraffito butterflies
2.5 in H by 5 in Dia
Kiva step designs carved into a black bowl
Black bowl carved with kiva step designs
3.25 in H by 5.25 in Dia
Four direction carved bears and heart lines on a black bowl
Polished black bowl decorated with four direction carved bears and heart lines
2.5 in H by 4.5 in Dia
Four direction thunderbird design carved into a black bowl
Black bowl carved with a four direction thunderbird design
3 in H by 4.75 in Dia
Kiva step and spiral design carved in three panels on a black bowl
Black bowl carved with kiva step and spiral design in three panels
2 in H by 3.75 in Dia

Santa Clara Pueblo Potters