Journal
Imitation or Fake Native American Jewelry is a problem in the southwest silver jewelry industry. In this video George Francis, an expert Navajo silversmith, give his thoughts on this subject along with some great real examples to illustrate this problem. What are your thoughts on Imitation Native American jewelry? “I don’t care for them but […]
Continue reading
Navajo handmade jewelry is different from hand craft work jewelry. George Francis a master Native American silversmith explains the difference between the two arts. Please support authentic Native American arts and subscribe to this channel as we will be releasing new informative Native American art videos every week.
Continue reading
Amber Morningstar Byars gives us a taste of her style. I clash of Native American traditional and contemporary modern style lapidary work. Her sculptures reflect the strength of stone along with natural feminine curves. Amber, What is your style? It’s mixed. I have a lot of modern influence from growing up in New York. I […]
Continue reading
Total Festival public invite. George Francis invites everyone to the Totah Festival in Farmington New Mexico around the Four Corners. There will be a Pow Wow, a famous yearly authentic Navajo Rug Auction and a other events. Yes, we do host an event that I’d like to speak about a little bit. It’s called Totah […]
Continue reading
In this video George Francis a master Navajo Jewelry silversmith explains a little about Navajo silver jewelry cast work. There are two types sand cast and tufa cast. Cast work involves different types, and there are Navajo silversmiths. We have two types that a lot of people use. Cast work can be done with wax, […]
Continue reading