Navajo Sterling Silver Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Cluster Brooch - Eugene Livingston (#140)
$490.00
Artist: Eugene Livingston
Navajo Jewelry
2 1/4" x 2 1/4"
Cluster jewelry is emblematic of the Navajo people, and Eugene Livingston is a craftsman who about that. Eugene makes cluster pins, which are balanced and beautiful. Just have a look at this one. Using Sleeping Beauty turquoise from the Inspiration copper mine, Eugene creates inspiring old style pieces. Get this one on.
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About the artist:
Eugene Livingston - Navajo Jewelry
Eugene is one of those rare artists who has mastered not just one or two methods, but a myriad of jewelry techniques. As a young man, he trained under other talented silversmiths After many decades of steady work, Eugene is skilled at metal fabrication, casting, making his own silver ingots, and most importantly for his work, the ability to cut stones. In his work below, you will see beautiful cut teardrop and pyramid cut Sleeping Beauty turquoise and coral. His two newest pieces with Carico Lake turquoise demonstrate his mastery of silver stamp work.
Related legends:
Silversmith Work
When and how the Navajo acquired the art of working metals is unknown but there are reasons for supposing that it was introduced among them, or at least more developed and improved upon by them, since the time they have occupied their present country?