"Another day, another chance to sparkle!"-(Unknown)

THE BRACELET:
Made with a large dose of Puebloan elegance, Jolene takes us into the modern days with age old traditional techniques..

Made with 2 mosaic inlaid panels that are both differently designed. Jolene used lots of geometric shapes of pretty much all of the materials known to Kewa Pueblo jewelry, that she then used for this colorful display of stones and shell.. All of these materials were cut by hand & are then laid atop of a thick white shell backing. These panels are the 'Traditional" part of the bracelet.

For the "Contemporary" part of it, I asked her to use these small, but yet, extremely sparkly 6 mm highly faceted onyx beads which really give it the sophisticated presence it has! There is nothing that compares to the bling this bracelet has!!! You'll be shining like how gemstones look while they sparkle in a well lit jewelry case! (Haha!! and we've all seen that before!) . Both panels are drilled so the thick elastic cord can be threaded through so that the faceted black onyx beads can then act as spacers between the panels. The elastic cord is then knotted & tied off tight.(see photo 9)
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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 "smaller medium" sized /hand/wrist (6"to 6-1/2") to a larger sized hand/wrist. (6-3/4" to my guess is 8"to 8-1/2") I have a 4-3/4" wrist & when I put it on, it falls to the top of my hand. Just remember, the bigger boned you are, the more it will stay snug tight at the wrist, the smaller boned, it will fit more loose, but will not fall off.

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ABOUT 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!