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What do you know about this vase I picked it up because I love the colors people ask about it all the time so I’m asking does anyone know the artist and have you seen other works by this artist
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It's factory-made souvenir pottery, produced by Cedar Mesa Pottery, in Blanding, Utah.
The pots are greenware, made in a mold, and the designs are determined by the factory, which has over 60 product lines, with 20-30 shapes in each line. This particular design line is called "Desert Storm." The factory is a major supplier of wholesale souvenir giftware with a "Southwest" theme.
The manufacturer claims the designs are all painted and signed by Native Americans, but it's basically factory-made, on an assembly line, decorated by Native American workers (primarily Navajo or Ute), to the specifications of the factory.
So the "artist" is relatively unimportant, and may, or not, be the actual name of the worker who decorated the piece. Some workers use initials or pseudonyms.
Unlike traditional Native American pottery, which is all hand made by the individual potter, this falls in a different category, and would be considered decorative souvenir giftware.