Kewa Pueblo Folk Art Artisan- Mary Tafoya -AMAZING DESIGN & COLOR!- Multi Color- Mosaic Inlaid- New Green Jade Serpentine Necklace
Kewa Pueblo Folk Art Artisan- Mary Tafoya -AMAZING DESIGN & COLOR!- Multi Color- Mosaic Inlaid- New Green Jade Serpentine Necklace
Check out the PBS News Hour, where they were so impressed by this amazing artist at Santa Fe’s International Folk Art Market that they did a whole hour show on her!
PLEASE COPY/PASTE:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/at-santa-fes-international-folk-art-market-culture-is-the-commodity
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Wow,Mary really pumped her colorful magic into this one! Talk about the delicious power of GREEN! Everything about this has Mary's signature style written all over it!
What I absolutely love about this,is not only the amazing green color the beads have,but I am in awh over the pendant itself! It's the unusual shape she gave it & how there seems to be the perfect marriage of colors! Mary mosaic inlaid those vibrant & intense yellows, oranges & reds that look like the perfect southwestern sunset & that then lay alongside the cool tones of both blue & green turquoise that are signature to the land!
The pendant hangs from gorgeous colored beads of "New Green Jade Serpentine" that Mary hand cut down to size.. Normally she'll 'hand roll" them to make her own beads, but tried her hands at tumbling them to form the bead with this.The beads are all uniform in size being in the 9 mm round size. Each bead was then hand drilled in order to string.
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A FINAL WORD:
ANYTHING Mary makes are conversation pieces & always get a load of "wow's" & ooh's & aah's wherever you go! They are fun, whimsical -happy pieces that can only bring a smile to the person's face that wears them! You can't go wrong with anything you get of Mary's & are pieces of 'TRUE WEARABLE ART' that can be treasured & passed on for a lifetime!
The wonderful thing about owning Mary's jewelry is for the fact that you can pair any of her pieces together, regardless that they may not be the same, because it’s the ‘LOOK’ that matches & is a look signature to her! Try pairing her pieces, not with the same color, but watch how they come to life by wearing them against other colors of your wardrobe!
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A NOTE:
**I want to mention that since Covid,material vendors no longer can go to the Pueblo to sell to the artisans like they always have..The artists would rarely have to leave,since the vendors would go right to the Pueblo..Now that's not the case..Because of this,it is getting harder for Mary to find good quality materials & sometimes she has to travel miles just to get them & has had to pay higher prices just to keep the business going..So with this said,she has had to increase her pricing,since they're now costing her more.**
ARTIST:Mary Tafoya
TRIBE: Kewa Pueblo-Santo Domingo Pueblo
WEARABLE LENGTH: 19" (Without Pendant)
PENDANT SIZE: TOP PORTION(WIDEST) 2-5/8" X 2-1/8" Long-BOTTOM PORTION: 2-1/4"(See photo 5)
TOTAL LENGTH WITH PENDANT: 21-1/8"
BEADS: New Green Jade Serpentine
BEAD SIZE: 9 mm "Range"
STRANDS:1
STRUNG ON: Foxtail
WEIGHT: 3.2 Ounces ( 90 Grams)
METAL: Sterling Silver Hook & Eye
MOSAIC INLAID ATOP OF: Black Jet
TECHNIQUES: Artistic Concept-Hand Made Beads-Slicing/Shaping Stone & shell from raw materials,cutting material,drilling each hole,polishing,Stone mosaic,Mosaic Inlay,stringing,time & a whole lot of love!
HALLMARKS: Mary Louise Tafoya (with Butterfly)
COMES GIFT BOXED
SIGNATURE REQUIREMENT:
***Because of the price,this will have a mandatory signature confirmation requirement. If you're not home in the day & need it shipped where it can be signed for,please change that in your "Ship To" section before I create the shipping label**