Kewa Puebloan Artist- JOLENE BIRD - Contemporary 5 Panel Mosaic Inlaid - Elasticized Stretch Bracelet with Faceted Onyx Beads ! For Tiny to Medium Sized Wrist -Sparkly!!
Kewa Puebloan Artist- JOLENE BIRD - Contemporary 5 Panel Mosaic Inlaid - Elasticized Stretch Bracelet with Faceted Onyx Beads ! For Tiny to Medium Sized Wrist -Sparkly!!
THE BRACELET:
Made with a modern day-contemporary feel, Jolene made sure to never lose sight while staying within her centuries old, Pueblo tradition.
Super sparkly & very blingy, this bracelet consists of 5 mosaic inlaid panels where each panel is done in a somewhat checkerboard design of solely Sleeping Beauty turquoise & black jet. Each panel is drilled so the thick elastic cord can be threaded through and the faceted black onyx beads can then act as spacers between the panels. The panels are mosaic inlaid atop of a clay color Pipestone.
SIZING:
This is a 'slip on' stretch bracelet & because of the elastic cord, this stretches to accommodate a variety of wrist sizes & can fit one who has a tiny-baby wrist to a smaller medium sized wrist.
** If you zoom in on the last 2 photos, you’ll find 2 similar stretch bracelets by Jolene! ** (Can be found under this same category) I carry her Mosaic Pots,Fuly inlaid turquoise sunglasses (Under “Other-Concho Belts Plus More”) Necklaces,earrings, etc..So be sure to click on her name in those categories! **
INFO
ARTIST: Jolene Bird-Made Exclusively for Plata de Santa Fe Jewelry
TRIBE: Kewa Pueblo-Santo Domingo Pueblo
WEIGHT: 94.4 Grams ( 3.30 Ounces)
WIDTH: 1-5/8"
EACH PANEL: 1-5/8” x 3/4”
PANEL AMOUNT: 5
BEADS: Faceted Black Onyx
MOSAIC MATERIAL: Sleeping Beauty Turquoise-Pipestone-Black Jet, Elastic Cord
INTERIOR CIRCUMFERENCE: About 8-1/2” (Relaxed-Not Stretched)Measured by turning the bracelet inside out & then going around the circumference with a paper tape measure )
EXTERIOR CIRCUMFERENCE: 8.75" (This number is "Approximate"- Measured while laying naturally on the OUTER diameter-going around the circumference with a paper tape measure )
WRIST SIZE: For a 5 to around a 6-1/2" to possibly a 6-3/4(?)
HALLMARK: 'JB'
Comes Gift Boxed
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PLEASE NOTE:
In order to give you close up photos so I can provide you with all the detail, photos can tend to make the item look much more larger & everything is more magnified than in actuality..So to get an accurate idea of how big this is, check out photo 2 where you can see it worn or you can do is pull out a tape measure & compare to my given measurements..**I am not a professional photographer, but I do try to do my best at giving you accuracy in color**
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ABOUT THE ARTIST:
There's a reason why that with every Native American juried/judged event that Jolene attends, she will usually win either in "Best of Show, the big Grand Prize or comes in 1st place & when you see the unique type of work she puts out, you'll understand why! She has gone on to win awards for her amazing mosaic pots/vases & I have been honored at carrying many, which have all sold out.
Incorporating what has been passed down through oral history & from generation after generation, Jolene puts her own unique twists on things & pours her heart & soul into everything she puts her hands on & the judges for these Native American events are always left in disbelief because the items she brings to the table, are something you'll never see among other Puebloan artists when it comes to the "Art of Mosaic or for "Puebloan Jewelry".
I believe with Jolene, it's not about just being another Puebloan mosaic artist, but it's the way & WHAT she decides to mosaic! She has even gone on to making a chess set, mosaic sunglasses, mosaic chairs, a mini sized mosaic inlaid Volkswagen Beetle car and even went as far as fully mosaic inlaying a Gibson guitar!! You name it, Jolene will mosaic it!
The young Jolene learned this art from her grandparents (who were also mosaic artists) but lucky for Jolene, because it was her Grandmother Anita, who told her to "seek a new direction" & that is when she went from 'traditional' & took a more "contemporary' approach by starting to design these very high end quality pieces, while gaining the respect of many Native American scholars. Moving forward, she has surpassed 100's of artists from the pueblo.
Jolene lives on the Kewa Pueblo with her immediate family, who she is now passing on everything she knows about this Ancestral Puebloan art form & works very closely with her artisan son Charles Bird, whose jewelry you can find in my listings !
Jolene's work is highly collectible & gives us a historical ancestral Puebloan past,but with a contemporary edginess!
