Greg Garcia

Santa Clara Pueblo

Born in 1961, Greg Garcia's father, Santiago Garcia, was from San Juan Pueblo and his mother, Lydia Tafoya, from Santa Clara Pueblo. Tina Garcia and Virginia Garcia are his sisters.

At the age of 14 Greg began making pottery under the eyes of Severa Tafoya, his maternal grandmother. She taught him all the fundamentals of the traditional Santa Clara way of making pottery. She also encouraged him to stay within the long family tradition of working with clay.

Greg specialized in the hand coiled traditional black and red Santa Clara pottery. He did everything the traditional way, praying at every step. He also polished his pottery to add a great shine to his pieces.

Greg signed his pottery as: "Greg Garcia, San Juan/Santa Clara". He passed on in 2010.

Polished black jar

Traditional polished black jar
4.25 in H by 3.5 in Dia

Fluted rim on a polished red jar

Polished red jar with fluted rim
5.25 in H by 4.75 in Dia

Polished plain red vase

Plain red polished vase
4 in H by 4 in Dia

Bear paw imprint on a plain black jar

Plain black jar with bear paw imprint
2.5 in H by 3.25 in Dia

Double-shouldered miniature black jar

Miniature double-shouldered black jar
1.5 in H by 1.25 in Dia

A pie crust rim on a plain black jar

Plain polished black jar with a pie crust rim
4.25 in H by 4.25 in Dia

Carved black melon jar

Miniature black carved melon jar
1.5 in H by 2.5 in Dia

Plain black jar

Polished plain black jar
2.5 in H by 3.5 in Dia

Classic red water jar with a pie crust rim

A pie crust rim on a traditional red water jar
5.75 in H by 5 in Dia

Red water jar with a flared lip

A flared lip on a polished red water jar
4.25 in L by 4.25 in W by 5.75 in H

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