Navajo~ TAWNY CRUZ (Ronnie Willie's Niece )~ Hand Made- Textured Cross -Red/ Orange Spiny Oyster Sterling Earrings
Navajo~ TAWNY CRUZ (Ronnie Willie's Niece )~ Hand Made- Textured Cross -Red/ Orange Spiny Oyster Sterling Earrings
The 1st time I saw Tawny's work,I could see this artist had something unique about her work & had a style all her own, with everything created coming from her creative mind,without copying others.No,it's not 'traditional Navajo" at what she does,it's just plain 'art' & executes her original designs into metal form beautifully..
Getting married fairly recently, Tawny was formally a "Willie" & comes from a family of well known Navajo silversmith's such as Ronnie & Rudy Willie to name a few for her uncles,her father being Lonnie Willie & her brother being Cooper Willie.And if you're familiar with any of these names, you can then understand why Tawny had no way from escaping her families foot steps to becoming a wonderful artist.
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THE EARRINGS:
Having a undeniable southwest look,these are made with a 'cross within a cross" design.They are made with a dual texture,with the front side having texture that actually looks like Tufa,while the back doesn't.The whole earring however has a oxidized finishing. A tear drop cabochon of red/orange Spiny Oyster shell is used as an accent.
They are very wearable & light,while offering a look of the Southwest(See weights below)
ARTIST:TAWNY CRUZ (FORMALLY"WILLIE")
TRIBE: NAVAJO
MEASUREMENTS: 3" X 1-5/8"( FROM THE CURVATURE OF THE EAR WIRE TO BOTTOM)
COMBINED WEIGHT: 15.5 GRAMS
STONE:RED/ORANGE SPINY OYSTER SHELL
STONE SIZE: 10 mm X 7.5 mm RANGE
STONE CUT: TEARDROP/PEAR
METAL: STERLING (TEXTURED FRONT-SMOOTH ON BACK
FINISHING: OXIDIZED
EAR STYLE: SHEPHARDS HOOK WIRE
COMES GIFT BOXED
**To give you close ups,pictures tend to look much more larger & much more more magnified than in actuality. In fact, sometimes they could look HUGE! Close up's make the item look so large & then you get it in hand & you are shocked since the item is much smaller than how they looked in the photos..So to get an accurate idea of how big these are,please either check them out being worn to get a rough idea (photo 2 ) or you can 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 without a whole lot of photo editing being done except to get rid of unwanted tones.Please go through photos to see any variation.
