Just like the Navajo, the Native American Zuni tribe has a culture, history, and belief system all their own. All these elements contribute to their art and jewelry making techniques that have been shaped and formed over hundreds of years into what people see today. One key difference between Zuni and other tribe’s art is…
Native American silversmith techniques are regarded highly in the art community for their quality and ability to press images into the metal through either inlay or overlay skills. Depending on the tribe, these symbols can hold a deep meaning within the community as a whole and carry a tradition that extends centuries back to their…
The Navajo tribe is ancient and the most easily recognized Native American tribe of the Southwest today. One of the well-used elements of Native American jewelry and art is the use of the turquoise gem. This stunning blue stone has been featured in Native American art for centuries and has a deep cultural background, rooted…
A far departure from other tribes, the Hopi take a different approach when making their art and jewelry. Their craft focuses primarily on the silver itself, using the inlay technique that produces a striking image clearly on the silver. Many tribes feature imagery and symbolism in their art. These symbols often translate to important cultural…
One of the oldest and most common types of jewelry in Native American art is beaded turquoise bracelets. Before they learned to work with silver from the Spanish, they had to use the materials and methods available to them. Beaded jewelry typically involved stringing these gems together with natural materials that could easily be woven,…
Just like the Navajo, the Native American Zuni tribe has a culture, history, and belief system all their own. All these elements contribute to their art and jewelry making techniques that have been shaped and formed over hundreds of years into what people see today. One key difference between Zuni and other tribe’s art is…
Native American silversmith techniques are regarded highly in the art community for their quality and ability to press images into the metal through either inlay or overlay skills. Depending on the tribe, these symbols can hold a deep meaning within the community as a whole and carry a tradition that extends centuries back to their…
The Navajo tribe is ancient and the most easily recognized Native American tribe of the Southwest today. One of the well-used elements of Native American jewelry and art is the use of the turquoise gem. This stunning blue stone has been featured in Native American art for centuries and has a deep cultural background, rooted…
A far departure from other tribes, the Hopi take a different approach when making their art and jewelry. Their craft focuses primarily on the silver itself, using the inlay technique that produces a striking image clearly on the silver. Many tribes feature imagery and symbolism in their art. These symbols often translate to important cultural…
One of the oldest and most common types of jewelry in Native American art is beaded turquoise bracelets. Before they learned to work with silver from the Spanish, they had to use the materials and methods available to them. Beaded jewelry typically involved stringing these gems together with natural materials that could easily be woven,…