SPOTLIGHT GALLERY
Every so often we will throw the spotlight on an artist we think you need to to know better.
Isaiah Ortiz (b 1976) from the pueblo of San Felipe started learning silverwork from his father, Raymond Twinhorse, when he was 13 years old. He has since developed a very distinctive and technically challenging style of work. Sawing by hand lines that are this precise and then filing he voids equal to the depths of the cuts takes an enormous amount of practice and skill, but the end result is undeniably worth it.
The first ring is 1.5 inches long and is a size 8 1/2, $475. The band is 3/8 inch wide and $275. The final ring is 1 inch long and a size 10 1/2. $400. They can be special ordered in any size. (ALL ON THEIR WAY TO TUCSON ON TUESDAY.
This is one of Isaiah’s very heavyweight bracelets. 1/2 inch wide. A medium-large size. $1600. Two views of a medium weight bracelet of his. 3/8 inch wide and a medium size. $725.
Adrian Standing Elk Pinnecoose (Diné/Southern Ute) earned a master’s degree in computational ecologies from the University of New Mexico’s School of Architecture and Planning in 2017.
“My culture, my identity, my values are intertwined into the fabrication of my art to begin the conversation of opening doors for the next generation of Indigenous artists. I am simultaneously looking back to the past and forward to the future in order to highlight the qualitative aspect of my heritage and weave those meanings into my design
A pair of long dangle earrings by Adrian. 4inches and $360. (SANTA FE)
The first pair of triangular earrings are 3.25 inches long for $320. The second pair is 3 inches long and SOLD. A size medium bracelet, it measures 1.5 inches across and is $1100. (SANTA FE)
Phil Russell and his wife, Fannie Bitsoi-Russell make some of the finest, most meticulously crafted jewelry today. We are very fortunate to be able to offer several pieces of their work.
A lovely bracelet set with five natural turquoise, 5/ inch wide and made to fit a small wrist. $3200. The pendant is 1 /58 inches from top to bottom. $600. A beautiful ring set with a great piece of natural turquoise from Nevada. 1 3/8 inches long by 1 inch wide, this one is a size 8.5. $675.
Duane Maktima's work is the result of being an accomplished and award winning jeweler going on his Thirty-seventh year. That knowledge gained throughout those years is evident as his work represents a refinement only available by such accomplished hands.
His mission has been to sustain integrity as a master craftsman and designer, striving only for the best. Duane is also deeply rooted as an advocate for the continuation and survival of the cultural arts within his native heritage of the southwestern pueblo people.
Duane was a premiered artisan for the Chesapeake Gallery at the Grand Opening event of the National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC. 2004
A graduate of Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Ariz.(1981)-College of Creative Arts and recipient of two distinguished Alumni Awards-1990 "Jubilee Year"(100 year celebration) and 1999-"Millenia"(Year 2000-national celebration)
(from his website: www.duanemaktima.com)
This first pendant by Duane is set with Rosarita (gold slag), turquoise, and healerite. 2.5 inches long and SOLD. (TUCSON) Next is a pendant set with Black Jade and Ithaca Peak turquoise, the channel between the two stones is 14k gold. $925. (TUCSON) The last pendant in the row is inlaid with coral, lapis, Ithaca Peak turquoise, and sugilite with 14k gold channels. 2 3/8 inches long by 1.75 inches wide. $3,200. (TUCSON)
