Andrew Sahmie
Kaisale Clown
12 1/2"
total height
Born in 1960, Andrew Sahmie
is a Tewa/Hopi Indian artist from First Mesa (Polacca) Arizona.
Like most of the Hopi carvers, he is self-taught in the art,
working from trial and error and watching his older brothers,
Finkle and Randall Sahmie.
Andrew has been carving steadily
since about 1990, and has developed outstanding refinement in
his work. One has only to look at the crook of a finger on his
kachinas to see his concentration and attention to detail.
Creative individuals surround
Andrew; his mother, Priscilla Namingha, and his Navajo wife,
Ida Sahmie, as well as his first cousins Steve Lucas and Dan
Namingha, are all award-winning artists. Andrew's great-great
grandmother was the historic Tewa/Hopi potter Nampeyo.