MADE FOR A HARD TO FIND- XXS WRIST!!

THE BRACELET:

Having somewhat of a casual Santa Fe'an ambience, there is something so strikingly beautiful about this bracelet when it's on your arm! It has a commanding presence and between the color, the amount of beaded strands, the width, really gives it, it's 'over the edge' look!!

This is made with 2 mosaic inlaid panels of Sleeping Beauty and Kingman turquoise.. The turquoise was all hand cut by Jolene & then each cut was carefully mosaic inlaid atop of a thick white shell backing. Both panels are drilled completely through the shell backing part so the thick elastic cord can be threaded through so that the 7 strands of tiny turquoise beads can then act as spacers between the panels. The elastic cord is then knotted & tied off tightly.(see photo 9)

*************************

SIZING:

This is a "slide/slip on" stretch bracelet that's made to fit an extremely "tiny baby sized" hand/wrist size & for one who is petite and very small boned. I have a 4-1/2" to a 4-3/4" sized wrist & am small boned & it is snug when I get to my upper thumb bone area of my hand,(Widest part of the hand) but because it stretches, it goes on.

*************************

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

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 !