Journal
There are times when partnerships bring out the best in everyone involved. A good example is when Central New Mexico Community College asked instructor Harley McDaniel a question and an innovative program was born. What they asked was if he could start any program he wanted, what would it be. What they got was the Bench Jewelry Certificate of Achievement. The program is the culmination of...
Style, taste, whatever word you choose to label it with, we all know what we like. When looking for the right piece of jewelry, we look for what appeals to us, what suits our personality. Finding it is a win. Making that win over and over can be achieved by making a connection with the artist who created the style we like.
Their ancestors migrated to the Canon de San Diego region they still live in today in the thirteenth century. Once there, they built stone fortresses up to four stories high, some with as many as three thousand rooms. To provide for the nearly 30,000 people who called the Jemez Nation home, there were smaller base camps that connected the people to the large pueblos. Jemez people were...
Thanks to CNM’s new jewelry program, Devin Edison found the skills to become the first person in his family to work as an artist. As he puts it, CNM’s program gave him a “reboot”, allowing him to work his way into learning the techniques to create the pieces he does today.
Born and raised in Albuquerque, Devin’s family comes from Many Farms, Arizona, in the Navajo Nation. Though there...
Style is subjective. Each of us creates our own unique persona through choices that are based on a variety of factors. Generational changes, geographical locations and personal likes and dislikes all play into the choices we make. When it comes to jewelry, these factors combine to allow for more options in styles and creations in the market. With Native American jewelry, tradition and...