Kewa Puebloan Award Winner -JOLENE BIRD - Completely Mosaic Inlaid Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Cat Eye SUNGLASSES (For Petite Frame) Unique Gift!
Kewa Puebloan Award Winner -JOLENE BIRD - Completely Mosaic Inlaid Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Cat Eye SUNGLASSES (For Petite Frame) Unique Gift!
LEARN ABOUT THE JOLENE BIRD BELOW!!
"Don't just stand there, let's get to it, Strike a pose, there's nothing to it!" Madonna (Vogue)
THE SUNGLASSES:
Uniquely different than anything you may find online or in a Southwestern/Santa Fe jewelry gallery, these are some of the coolest sunglasses out there! Now how many people can you say that you know, that own a pair of Native made real turquoise sunglasses!!???
They're made with all the traditional techniques known to the Kewa Puebloan people, but are SO ultra 2024! This is the beauty of Jolene's work, is for the fact that everything she comes in contact with,she see's as a future piece of art! (Read "About Jolene" at the bottom)
Made with a slight "Cat Eye" design, the sunglasses were used as a base for Jolene's mosaic inlay work. Taking from a rock of Sleeping Beauty turquoise,she then cut & shaped every tiny piece that intricately lays atop of the plastic frame & follows the form of the entire eyeglass.
These are made for more of a petite head (or slightly greater) & I say that because I know that I am petite & they fit perfect. To see if these would fit, I suggest you take a pair of glasses you own & measure the areas you see in the photos 5 & 6 & then compare to my measurements.. The 6-1/2" width you see in photo 6,is taken on the 'inside" of the arm that sits against your face, rather than measuring the exterior of the arm, since that would give an inaccurate measurement because of the mosaic stone.. These have a 400 UV protection rating, which is the highest UV protection rating offered.
SPECIFICS:
ARTIST: Jolene Bird made Exclusively for Plata de Santa Fe Jewelry
TRIBE: Kewa Pueblo-Santo Domingo Pueblo
WEIGHT: 65 Grams ( 2.30 Ounces)
SIZE: See photos 5 & 6
MOSAIC MATERIAL: Sleeping Beauty Turquoise
OTHER MATERIAL: Plastic Frame
UV PROTECTION: 400 (The highest)
ADJUSTABLE: No
HALLMARK: 'J Bird' (At the tip of the left arm(see last photo)
THEME: Mosaic Inlaid Turquoise Sunglasses
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, 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 these are, check out photo 2 where you can see them 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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MEET THE ARTIST: JOLENE BIRD
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 !
