Navasie, Fawn

The daughter of Eunice Navasie (the original Fawn), Fawn Garcia Navasie was born on the Hopi Reservation in 1959. She was inspired to learn how to make pottery by watching her mother.

Eunice taught Fawn everything she knew, including how to make the white slip pottery that is a hallmark of the Naha and Navasie families. Everyone who uses that smooth white slip says it’s very difficult to work with, especially to polish.

Fawn started producing pottery around 1979, mostly white ware jars, bowls and wedding vases that she created in collaboration with her mother. Then she married James Garcia Nampeyo and started producing buff and yellow ware jars, wedding vases and bowls in collaboration with him.

Her favorite shapes are reminiscent of ancient Sikyátki shapes while her favorite designs have been clouds, rainbirds, parrots and feathers. She signs her pots: Fawn, with a fawn hoofprint nearby.

Among Fawn’s relatives are her sisters Dawn Navasie and Dolly Joe (White Swann) Navasie. She’s also the niece of Perry and Joy (Second Frogwoman) Navasie, Justin and Pauline Setalla and Archie and Helen (Featherwoman) Naha. She divorced James Garcia but they still sometimes collaborated on large pieces until he passed on in 2019.

Some Awards earned by Fawn

  • 2000 Santa Fe Indian Market, Classification II – Pottery, Division E – Traditional Pottery, jars with painted designs on matte or semi matte surface (in the Style of Hopi, Acoma, Laguna, Zia, Santa Ana, San Ildefonso, Santo Domingo, Cochiti, Zuni & other related styles): Best of Division
  • 2000 Santa Fe Indian Market, Classification II – Pottery, Division E – Traditional Pottery, jars with painted designs on matte or semi matte surface (in the Style of Hopi, Acoma, Laguna, Zia, Santa Ana, San Ildefonso, Santo Domingo, Cochiti, Zuni & other related styles), Category 1201 – Jars, Hopi (up to 6″ tall): First Place
  • 1998 Santa Fe Indian Market, Classification II – Pottery, Division F – Traditional pottery, painted designs on matte or semi-matte surface, all forms except jars, Category 1314 – Miscellaneous: Second Place
  • 1996 Santa Fe Indian Market, Classification II – Pottery, Division F – Traditional pottery, painted designs on matte or semi-matte surface, all forms except jars (in the Style of Hopi, Acoma, Laguna, Zia, Santa Ana, San Ildefonso, Santo Domingo, Cochiti, Zuni & other related styles), Category 1302 – Seed bowls (over 7″ in diameter): First Place
  • 1994 Santa Fe Indian Market, Classification II – Pottery, Division F – Traditional pottery, painted designs on matte or semi-matte surface, all forms except jars (in the Style of Hopi, Acoma, Laguna, Zia, Santa Ana, San Ildefonso, Santo Domingo, Cochiti, Zuni, Jemez & other related styles), Category 1414 – Miscellaneous: Second Place
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