"YOU CAN BE GREAT, YOU CAN RATTLE THE STARS! YOU COULD DO ANYTHING IF ONLY YOU DARED! "Sarah J. Maas"

-SALE FOR 1 PAIR- CHOOSE BETWEEN DESIGN 1 OR DESIGN 2

Please go through all photos since they play a role to the description.

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 taught Charles to ”Look at everything being something you can mosaic”.. This is something that Jolene herself has made a career on, with going as far as creating a fully mosaic inlaid Gibson guitar, a mini Volkswagen beetle, chess sets, you name it! And she also taught him to never feel limited, since nearly everything & anything can be mosaic inlaid! . Charles still works very closely with Jolene to this day.

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, I personally love his imagination, his creative artistry ,which makes his jewelry 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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ON BOTH:

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

TRIBAL AFFILIATION: Kewa Pueblo Village (Santo Domingo Pueblo)

MEASUREMENTS: 1.50" x 1.50" (Taken at their widest-longest areas)

METAL: Sterling Silver (Ear stems)

**** THICKNESS OF EARRING: 6 mm (1/4") ****

EAR STYLE: Post

STYLE: Multi Color Mosaic Inlaid "PUEBLO STAR" Earrings

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

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

Comes Gift Boxed.

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DESIGN 1

COMBINED WEIGHT: 19.3 Grams

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DESIGN 2

COMBINED WEIGHT: 20 Grams

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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 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. If you need more photos, in different areas of lighting, please let me know! *****

To give you close up photos,pictures tend to make the item look much more larger & everything is more magnified than in actuality. So to get an accurate idea of how big these are,please either check them out being worn to get a rough idea (photo 2) or if you have one, you can pull out a tape measure & compare to my given measurements.