Angela Baca Santa Clara Potter

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Angela BacaSanta Clara Potter

• By
• Aynjil Baca

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My Grandma

• Grandma's Life
• Her Family
• Angela Baca
• My Grandmas Pottery
• The End

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Grandmas Life

• My Grandma, Angela, has been making
  pottery for thirty years. She started making
  pottery when she was forty-two. Grandma is the
  youngest daughter of Severa and Cleto Tafoya.
• Her mother, Severa, was a famous potter. She
  was given an award from the French Government for
  her beautiful pottery.

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Grandmas Life

• In 1949 my Grandma married my Grandpa, Jose
  A. Baca. Four of her children are making pottery.
  This is one of my Grandmas melon bowls.

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Her Family

• My Grandma comes from a family of
  six sisters and one brother. All of her sisters
  make pottery and her brother is a painter. When
  my Grandma was little she used to help her mother
  polish and fire their pottery. She and her
  sisters used to go to the Pueblo and sell their
  mothers pottery.
• I am proud to be her Granddaughter. I am
  starting to make pottery too. I am learning from
  my dad, Alvin, my grandmas son.

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Angela Baca

• Angela is a famous potter from Santa Clara
  Pueblo. She is known for her melon bowl pottery.
  She makes them both red and black. Shes won all
  kinds of awards for her pottery. She has pottery
  in the Heard Museum and in the Smithsonian
  Museum.
• My Grandma sells her pottery in the Pueblo. She
  also sells her pottery at Santa Fe Indian Market
  and at Eight Northern Pueblos Arts and Crafts
  Shows.

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My Grandmas Pottery

• This is a picture of Grandma holding a finished
  melon bowl.
• She has just finished polishing her pot and is
  ready to fire it.

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The End