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THE ARTISAN-CHARLES BIRD

31 Year old Charles is a Kewa Puebloan artist whose determined to stand apart from the rest in the Kewa Village.. Having been inspired by his numerous award winning mother "Jolene Bird", who Charles works very closely with to this day, you might say that Charles is a "Non-Conformist" when it comes to doing things his own way, which are clearly witnessed in his jewelry.

While staying close to his traditional, passed down techniques that come from his 'Ancestral Puebloan' ancestry, Charles gives a very contemporary, very artistic approach to many of his pieces. Being blessed with an artistic eye for design, his designs can be sometimes be abstract & refuses to do the same thing, the same 'ol way. I personally love his imagination, his creative artistry ,which makes each piece unique & different!

When he's not grinding,& shaping stones & shells to enter into shows, he spends time practicing Jiu Jitsu, which he has earned not only 2 silver metals, but has honorably taken home the gold metal award as well!

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ARTIST: Charles Bird-Made Exclusively for Plata de Santa Fe Jewelry

TRIBAL AFFILIATION: Kewa Pueblo Village (Santo Domingo Pueblo)

SIZE: 16 mm Round (5/8")

COMBINED WEIGHT: See Photos 3,5,7,9 (All are in the 4 gram combined weight range)

METAL: Sterling Silver (Ear Stem)

EAR STYLE: Post

MOSAIC INLAID ATOP OF: Peach Color Melon Shell

TECHNIQUE: Lapidary- Cutting & Shaping each stone & shell for mosaic inlay work

STYLE: Small Mosaic Button Stud Earrings

HALLMARK: FC (For "Francis Charles" (Bird) Hand Inscribed)

Comes Gift Boxed.

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PLEASE READ BEFORE PURCHASING

To give you close up photos,pictures tend to make the item look much larger & everything is more magnified than in actuality, which makes any little detail look bigger than it actually is,but is not always noticeable unless it's pointed out.. So to get an accurate idea of how big these are, what you can do is pull out a tape measure & compare to my given measurements.

*****I do not consider myself a 'professional photographer" but I do try my hardest to give you photos that are 'realistic" in color as much as I can. One thing that you have to realize however,is that all monitors are different, so the materials can look brighter (or duller) from one computer to the next. *****