Navajo Artisan-TAWNY WILLIE-Green Manassa & Minty Green Royston Turquoise-Elongated 3" Long Sterling Ring-Size 6-3/4

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Navajo Artisan-TAWNY WILLIE-Green Manassa & Minty Green Royston Turquoise-Elongated 3" Long Sterling Ring-Size 6-3/4

$575.00

MEET THE ARTIST:

Tawny was born into a large family of well known & highly reputable Navajo silversmiths who have all seemed to have made a name in the industry.. After all,when your father is "Lonnie Willie" & a few of your uncles are Ronnie & Rudy Willie(Rudy is married to jeweler Happy Piasso) & your brother is "Cooper Willie" & your cousin is Dakota Willie, well then you may understand why there was no escaping the art of Navajo silversmithing for this artist..(All these names are in my listings)

She's relatively new to the industry & was taught by her dad Lonnie (Who is now retired) where he started having Tawny working with copper since it's a less expensive metal,so if there were mistakes(Which there always is!) it wouldn't be so costly.

Tawny shares both Navajo & Sioux blood lines & was raised on the Navajo reservation in the town of To’hajiilee,NM (Toe-hah-jah-lee) & after graduating from school,moved to South Dakota to live with her mom. She then left SD to be closer to her dad & now resides in Albuquerque,where she spends most days creating jewelry & being a mom..

It's her leaning on Lonnie's wealth of knowledge & her repetitious work that has helped her to become the artist she is today & continually gets artistically inspired from her surroundings, where she'll then turn those ideas into pieces of art.

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THE RING:

Made exclusively for my store, this ring is made with both Colorado King Manassa Turquoise & a fabulous elongated marquise cut of minty green Nevada Royston that has a spot of deeper green that sits at the point of the stone. The Manassa has swirls of golden yellow matrix within the stones, like a watercolor painting..

It's elegantly designed in a very noticeable 3" length & the ring has a traditional Navajo aesthetic.Each stone sits in a serrated bezel & has beads that look like little "Navajo Pearls" & follow the shape of the stones all along the perimeter.. The face of the ring sits on a split shank & is finished in a matte oxidized finishing.

**I have a bunch of rings yet to be listed that Tawny made for me & which also have some "Killer" turquoise in them!! (See "Ring" listings & watch for more!!**

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ARTIST: Tawny Willie

TRIBE: Navajo

SIZE: 6-3/4

SIZEABLE: No

WEIGHT: 25.5 Grams

FACE SIZE: 3" Tall X 3/4" Wide(At it widest point)

METAL: Sterling

FINISH: Matte Oxidized

STONE: Natural Green Manassa & Royston Turquoise

STONE SHAPE: Oval-ish -Marquise

STONE SIZE: SEE PHOTO 5

HALLMARK: "Tawny W"-Sterling

Comes Gift Boxed

**Artist, sterling cost, the stone's quality,amount of carats & artists time are all reflected in price**