Sunday Chavarria

Santa Clara Pueblo

Loretta Sunday Chavarria grew up learning the traditional ways to make pottery from her mother, Stella Chavarria, and grandmother, Teresita Naranjo. Sunday continues to produce carved blackware pottery in the same styles and shapes she learned from them.


Feather design carved into a polished black jar
Polished black jar carved with feather design
2.25 in H by 3.25 in Dia
Stylized avanyu and feather design carved into a black jar
Black jar decorated with a carved feather and stylized avanyu design
3.25 in H by 3 in Dia

Santa Clara Pueblo Potters