2 PAIRS AVAILABLE-CHOOSE BETWEEN DESIGN 1 (LIGHTER YELLOW SERPENTINE) OR DESIGN 2 (DARKER SERPENTINE) IN THE VERY LAST PHOTO,I WILL SOON BE LISTING THE 'CHRYSOCOLLA" TAB DANGLE EARRINGS!

THE EARRINGS:

THE SYMBOLIC RAINCLOUDS:

In Pueblo life, corn is one of the most sacred plants, essential to culture, ceremony, and daily sustenance. But corn cannot flourish without the life-giving gift of rain and water, and these earrings are thoughtfully designed to honor that vital relationship.

The impressively hand-cut turquoise tab dangles represent the falling rain beneath intricately rendered rainclouds. The three-sectional top evokes the shape of the raincloud itself, its interior filled with vibrant inlays of turquoise, apple coral, and serpentine. Each color is neatly framed by a sterling wire border, and along the base of the raincloud sit horizontal sterling bars featuring a channel inlay of mother of pearl and black jet. The entire top, artfully rests against a matte-finished black jet backing that help to give them a lighter feel on the ears.

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THE “RAIN"

Connected at the bottom of the Raincloud design are three strands of turquoise tabs that represent the “Rain” (or rainfall), which is essential for the corn’s growth and vitality. The two outer dangles feature a 2-tier drop and are slightly shorter, while the central strand is longer with a 3 tier dangle. These are what directly act to give the sacred corn its sense of life and movement.

The dangles are especially impressive, because each and every tab is not only carefully cut and shaped by Warren’s hands, but If you look closely at each photo, you can see how Warren evokes an ancient era —where his Chaco Canyon ancestors connected elements by way of string, which was a traditional Pueblo technique that was used long before jump rings became common in modern day jewelry. (Also see backside)

Both pairs are identical in every way; the sole difference between Design 1 and Design 2 is the color of the Serpentine in the Raincloud motif. Design 1 features a translucent yellow Serpentine, while Design 2 has a richer, darker green Serpentine. Apart from that color variation, the pieces are the same in design and construction. So if you have a preference, choose the pair based on which Serpentine color appeals to you most.

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ON BOTH:

ARTIST: WARREN NIETO MADE EXCLUSIVELY FOR PLATA DE SANTA FE JEWELRY

TRIBE: KEWA PUEBLO VILLAGE (SANTO DOMINGO PUEBLO)

MEASUREMENT OF BOTH PAIRS: ABOUT 2-5/8" X 1"

COMBINED WEIGHT OF BOTH PAIRS : 18 GRAMS

AVERAGE TAB DANGLE SIZE: 15 mm x 9.5 mm RANGE ( ABOUT 5/8 " X 3/8"-SOME ARE SMALLER,WHILE OTHERS ARE SLIGHTLY LARGER)

MOSAIC INLAID ATOP OF: MATTE BLACK JET

MATERIALS: KINGMAN TURQUIOSE-SERPENTINE-APPLE CORAL-MOTHER OF PEARL-JET-STRING

METAL: STERLING EAR STEM-OUTLINE IN RAINCLOUD DESIGN

EAR STYLE: POSTS

TECHNIQUE: TOTALLY MADE BY HAND-LAPIDARY-MOSAIC INLAY-HAND CUT & SHAPED TAB DANGLES

HALLMARK: NOT UNTIL I PHOTOGRAGHED THESE,I NOTICED THAT DESIGN 1 WENT THROUGH WITHOUT A DESIGN 2 IS HALLMARKED- “WN” ON 1 EARRING-’KIVA STEP’ HALLMARK ON THE OTHER EARRING

COME GIFT BOXED

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PLEASE READ BEFORE PURCHASING:
I am not a professional photographer, but I do try to do my best at giving you accuracy in color. Please go through each photo to see any variation. Whether it be your computer monitor or phone screen, the item can appear to be either more vivid (Or duller),so please take this into consideration.
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 GIGANTIC & everything is more magnified than in actuality. To get an idea of the size, you can view the photos showing them on the ear or if you have a measuring tape ,please pull it out & then compare everything to the measurements I provided you with..

A PERSONAL WORD ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Everything that Kewa Puebloan artist Warren Nieto creates emanates directly from his rich Ancestral Puebloan roots. Living in a modern world has never let Warren lose sight of all the traditions of the past.. He is one who lives & breathes his ancestral upbringing & it's the 'stories' that are passed down with each generation that are incorporated into everything he makes in today's modern world...Warren's Puebloan historical ancestry is passed on orally, with the rest being learned from the ancient walls inside the dwellings that were chiseled on the rocks of Chaco Canyon.. It's these stories that are told of Pueblo life through a mosaic painting done in stones & shells that carry into his work & separates him from other artists.