Federico Jimenez-Frank Dishta Style-METICULOUS Flush Inlaid-Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Sterling Earrings-- Impeccable Lapidary Art!-Very Wearable Size & Weight!
Federico Jimenez-Frank Dishta Style-METICULOUS Flush Inlaid-Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Sterling Earrings-- Impeccable Lapidary Art!-Very Wearable Size & Weight!
THE EARRINGS
These impeccably made earrings may be on the smaller side, but the incredible workmanship that it took to make them an absolutely perfect earring, out shines their size. It's not easy for just any jeweler to do this type of work & when you find one who has mastered it, makes you applaud that much louder!
If you follow Native American jewelry (With the focus on the Zuni Pueblo) then you probably associate this style of inlay with the well known Zuni master artisan "Frank Dishta". Frank was known not only for Zuni inlay, but instead for his "Flush Inlaying" work. These are made in the Dishta style, where the stones are not raised, but sit flush at the same height as the bezels.
Starting from a larger cut of Sleeping Beauty turquoise, these are made with 2 artforms that take skill & know how, with the 1st being the "Art of Inlaying", while the 2nd is "Lapidary Art".
If you enlarge each photo,you can witness how perfectly each stone was cut & laid throughout both earrings! I am absolutely in awh when I see the time, the steps & the pride of an artisan, that refuses to give us nothing less than the best of them!
These have a very wearable weight AND size, so if you're one who loves southwestern turquoise jewelry but can't do the weight that many are made with, then your ears will love these!!
THERE WAS ONLY 1 PAIR OF THESE MADE,SO DON’T WAIT FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO GRAB THEM!!
A NOTE:
**You are not paying for the weight,nor the amount of materials,but rather the time it took for these to be made **
ARTIST: Federico Jimenez
COMBINED WEIGHT: 12.2 Grams
MEASUREMENTS: 2" x 3/4"
MATERIAL: Sleeping Beauty Turquoise
METAL: Sterling Silver
METAL FINISH: Contemporary
TECHNIQUE: Excellent Lapidarian Work-Flush Inlay-Time, Patience & Love!
HALLMARK: Sterling JF
Comes Gift Boxed
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PLEASE READ BEFORE PURCHASING:
I do not consider myself a 'professional photographer" but I do try my hardest to give you photos that are 'realistic" in color,just so you're not shocked, nor disappointed when you get the piece. Realize however that all monitors are different, so the materials can look brighter (or duller) from one computer to the next. If you need more photos, in different areas of lighting, please let me know! *****
To give you close up photos to provide all the detail ,pictures can tend to make the item look much larger & everything is more magnified than in actuality. To get an accurate measurement, what you can do is, pull out a tape measure & compare to my given measurements.
