Ray Tafoya

Santa Clara Pueblo

Ray Tafoya was the husband of Emily Suazo-Tafoya and a grandson of Severa Tafoya. Ray and Emily developed a form of colored sgraffito design that Emily has developed further since Ray passed on.


Colored sgraffito design on a black wedding vase
Black wedding vase with colored sgraffito design
4.5 in H by 4 in Dia
Sgraffito and painted ram and geometric design on a miniature polychrome jar
Miniature polychrome jar decorated with a sgraffito and painted ram and geometric design
2.5 in H by 2.5 in Dia
Sgraffito wildlife and geometric design on a miniature red seed pot
Miniature red seed pot with a sgraffito wildlife and geometric design
1.5 in H by 2 in Dia
Fish, dancer and geometric design on a miniature polychrome seed pot
Miniature polychrome seed pot decorated with a fish, dancer and geometric design
1.25 in L by 1.25 in W by 1.25 in H
Sgraffito and painted kokopelli and geometric design on a polychrome seed pot
Polychrome seed pot with a sgraffito and painted kokopelli and geometric design
1.25 in L by 1.25 in W by 1.5 in H
Sgraffito and painted antelope and geometric design on a miniature polychrome jar
Miniature polychrome jar decorated with a sgraffito and painted antelope and geometric design
1.25 in Dia by 1.4 in H
A sgraffito parrot and Mimbres dancer, antelope, deer and geometric design on a miniature black seed pot
A miniature black seed pot with a sgraffito Mimbres parrot, dancer, antellope, deer and geometric design
2 in Dia by 2 in H
An elk and geometric design on a miniature red seed pot
Miniature red seed pot decorated with an elk and geometric design
1.5 in Dia by 1.75 in H

Santa Clara Pueblo Potters