{"product_id":"22-0522-andres-daubs-jemez-pot","title":"Glendora Fragua \/ Andres Daubs Jemez Pot","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eca 2000\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2 1\/2\" x 2 3\/8\"\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom a Private Colorado Collection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eExcellent Condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in St. Louis, Missouri in 1958, Glendora Fragua also spent some of her early years in California before her family returned to Jemez Pueblo in the 1970s. Her grandmother, Beninga Medina Madelena, married into Jemez Pueblo from Zia Pueblo years before and has been credited with helping to revive the Jemez pottery making tradition. Glendora learned the fundamentals of the traditional Jemez way of making pottery from her mother, Juanita Fragua, and by the age of 16 she was working with sgraffito techniques, working to develop her own style.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGlendora characterizes her work as contemporary\/traditional: hand-gathered-and-processed clay, volcanic ash for temper, paints from the rocks and the plants, everything is done by hand the ancient way... her electric kiln is the only modern technology she uses. The designs she uses are her own, carved into her pots after they've dried and been polished but before firing. After carving she might add a red or buff or micaceous slip, then she adds her trademark cornstalk to the bottom and signs the piece before placing it in her kiln and firing it. Sometimes she adds inlaid stones to a piece, placing them, removing them before going in the kiln and then replacing them after the piece is finished being fired.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGlendora Daubs is a name many collectors recognize her by as she used that during the time she was married. Over the years she has earned pretty much every Blue Ribbon awarded for pottery at the various Indian Markets and Fairs in the Southwest at least once.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAndres Daubs (b. ca. 1950s–1960s)Andres Daubs is a traditional potter from Jemez Pueblo in New Mexico, recognized for his contributions to the revival and evolution of Jemez polychrome pottery, which features distinctive earth-tone slips, stone-polished finishes, and intricate painted or etched geometric motifs. Born in the mid-20th century into a family with deep roots in Jemez artistic traditions, Andres grew up amidst the Pueblo's volcanic landscape, where clay gathering and hand-coiling techniques have been adapted from ancestral practices dating back to the 13th century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe learned the craft from elder family members, including influences from the Gachupin and Fragua lineages, which helped reintroduce pottery-making to Jemez after a decline in the 18th and 19th centuries when the community relied on wares from neighboring Zia and Santa Ana Pueblos.\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAndres specializes in polychrome vessels such as bowls, jars, and seed pots, employing traditional methods: sourcing local clay from the Jemez River valley, hand-coiling without a wheel, applying multiple colored slips (often red, tan, and black), and pit-firing outdoors to achieve the characteristic matte and glossy contrasts.His designs draw from Jemez oral histories and natural elements, incorporating geometric patterns, feathers, and symbolic motifs that reflect the Pueblo's trading heritage and connection to the surrounding red sandstone mesas.As part of the broader Daubs family—related to potters like Dennis Daubs (b. 1960), Glendora Daubs Fragua (b. 1958), and Gerry Daubs—Andres has collaborated on family pieces and contributed to the Pueblo's curio trade, helping elevate Jemez ceramics from utilitarian items to collectible art forms exhibited at events like the Santa Fe Indian Market.He signs his work \"Andres Daubs, Jemez Pueblo,\" preserving the closed-village ethos of Jemez while sharing its cultural narrative through enduring, handcrafted pottery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eActive in the contemporary market, Andres continues to innovate within tradition, ensuring the Jemez legacy of polychrome artistry thrives amid a new generation of potters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Antique American Indian Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45878106456229,"sku":"22-0522","price":420.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/6071\/5685\/files\/s725348264778838518_p14982_i1_w996.jpg?v=1757346608","url":"https:\/\/antiqueamericanindianart.com\/products\/22-0522-andres-daubs-jemez-pot","provider":"Antique American Indian Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}