SALE FOR 1 PENDANT-CHOOSE BETWEEN 3 STONE CHOICES!

18 mm-18” BEADED NECKLACE IN PHOTO 2 CAN BE FOUND UNDER ‘NECKLACES (SOLD SEPARATE)

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ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Born, raised & presently residing on the Navajo reservation in the town of To’hajiilee,(Toe-hah-jah-lee) NM, Navajo artisan Dakota Willie was born to make jewelry. And when you got the last name "Willie" & your father is RONNIE WILLIE, there's no way you can escape the art of creating jewelry, because just about everyone in the family makes jewelry & all have made a name for themselves in the industry & are known worldwide. (See my Ronnie Willie, Tawny Willie (Cruz), Cooper Willie,Shaminika Willie & Rudy Willie listings who are just a few of Dakotas cousins & the latter being his uncle.)

Dakota learned like many Navajo children learn & whether it's the parents, the uncles, aunts or grandparents, in Dakota's case it was his father Ronnie Willie (See my listings) & his mother who took Dakota under their wing when he was only 8 years old & has now been making jewelry for 23 years.

Dakota is an "Artist" & not just in jewelry design, he also spends his time as a clothing fashion designer, loves to paint & loves doing anything that's artistic & creative..He specializes in traditional Navajo jewelry & many are made with a contemporary edginess..

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THE PENDANTS:

All 3 of these pendants are made with a traditional Navajo edginess & each have their own repousse/stamped design.

The deep green Royston (Design 1) is the only one out of the 3 that is done in a contemporary finishing & because the drop was square & Dakota turned it around to lay in a 'diamond" shape, makes this the only one that's a 1/8" of an inch longer. Designs 2 & 3 are done in a matte/oxidized finishing which give them more of a 'aged' look.All of them will compliment today's traditional Navajo jewelry collection .

The bales are unique for the fact that they are made in a rectangular form as opposed to a tapered bale-round form, like we usually see.The pendants are in the 2-1/8" average length & from my professional point of view, this smaller size pendant works well when they are worn on nothing longer than a 20" necklace. (18" is preferable) Anything longer,it will get lost & wouldn't be noticed as much. The bale openings have a 8 mm (3/8") opening,so nothing larger that can be worn for the necklace. bead, (Shown with 8 mm /18” in photo 2) These traditional pendants work well with a strand of Navajo Pearls-Oxidized beads.