Leonidas Tapia
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Leonidas Tapia | |
|---|---|
| Born | (unknown) |
| Died | 1977 |
| Nationality | American Pueblo |
| Occupation | Puebloan potter |
| Spouse(s) | Jose Blas Tapia |
| Children | Mary Trujillo (b. 1937); Tom Tapia (b. 1946) |
Leonidas Tapia (?-1977) was a Puebloan potter from Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico, United States. She was the wife of Jose Blas Tapia and mother of (born 1937) and (b. 1946). Leonidas made traditional San Juan polychrome redware bowls, jars and . She also made micaceous pottery. Some of the designs she used on her pottery include the water serpent, kiva steps and clouds. Leonidas participated in the Santa Fe Indian Market from 1970-1976.
Leonidas’s son, Tom Tapia, learned to make pottery by working with his mother. He works in the sgraffito style and has won numerous awards for his pottery. He also makes pottery with his wife . Leonidas’s daughter, Mary Trujillo, married Helen Cordero’s son, Leonard, from Cochiti Pueblo. She learned to make storyteller figures from her mother-in-law Helen who was the first and most famous maker of Cochiti storytellers and has won numerous awards.
Further reading[]
- Barry, John - American Indian Pottery. 1984.
- Schaaf, Gregory - Pueblo Indian Pottery: 750 Artist Biographies. 2000.
- Trimble, Stephen - Talking with the Clay: The Art of Pueblo Pottery. 1987.
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- 1977 deaths
- American women ceramists
- American ceramists
- Artists from New Mexico
- Native American potters
- Pueblo people
- 20th-century American women artists
- Native American women artists
- Women potters
- People from Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico
- 20th-century ceramists
- 20th-century Native Americans
- 1937 births
- 20th-century Native American women