Skip to main contentBiographyLouis Naranjo (August 17, 1932 - March 6, 1997) was born at Cochiti Pueblo. He learned pottery making from his mother Frances Suina and his wife Virginia Naranjo. He began his career as a potter late in life, after his wife, Virginia, had a stroke. (SOURCE: Adobe Gallery, Santa Fe, NM)
Louis Naranjo grew up in the pueblo of Cochiti, a small village in New Mexico where he learned how to make pottery from his mother. He worked with his wife, Virginia, creating figures and animals while they sat around their dining room table. They used clay from the hills around their home and applied clay slips and beeweed juice to create different colors. (SOURCE: Charles Rosenak, "The Storytellers," Indians of New Mexico, 1990; via the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, https://americanart.si.edu/artist/louis-naranjo-7470)
Louis Naranjo
Native American [Cochiti Pueblo], 1932 - 1997
Louis Naranjo grew up in the pueblo of Cochiti, a small village in New Mexico where he learned how to make pottery from his mother. He worked with his wife, Virginia, creating figures and animals while they sat around their dining room table. They used clay from the hills around their home and applied clay slips and beeweed juice to create different colors. (SOURCE: Charles Rosenak, "The Storytellers," Indians of New Mexico, 1990; via the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, https://americanart.si.edu/artist/louis-naranjo-7470)
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