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Leonard Tsosie
Jemez Pueblo
Leonard Tsosie (Corn Hill) was born into Jemez Pueblo in the late 1940s. Leonard has been working with clay since the age of 11 but he didn't really spark an interest in creating with clay until he noticed how dedicated his wife, Emily Fragua-Tsosie, was to her art. She is widely known for her hand-coiled storytellers and Corn Maidens. Then he learned through watching and working with her.
Leonard specializes in natural hand molded and hand painted figurines and storytellers. He gathers his clay from the sacred grounds within Jemez Pueblo. He hand cleans and mixes the clay, shapes his pottery, fires the clay, and sand dries the pottery to a nice smoothness. Then he paints with all natural colors and fires it one final time. He says he enjoys making his horses most.
He signs his pottery: L. Tsosie-Corn-Hill, Jemez.
Grandfather storyteller with three children
5.25 in H by 4.75 in Dia
A horse figure with 2 children on its back
7.5 in H by 7.25 in Dia
Grandfather storyteller with four children
5.5 in H by 4.5 in Dia
Polychrome horse and child rider figure
7.5 in H by 7.5 in Dia
5.5 in H by 5 in Dia
A horse figure
7.25 in L by 3.25 in W by 8.25 in H
A horse figure with two children on its back
7.5 in L by 3.25 in W by 7 in H
A horse figure with three children on its back
7.5 in L by 3.5 in W by 7.25 in H
Grandfather storyteller with three children5 in L by 3.75 in W by 6 in H
A seated grandfather storyteller figure with three children
4.5 in L by 3.75 in W by 5.75 in H