Jason Livingston — Navajo/Diné Silversmith Hallmark
Jason Livingston's hallmark as photographed on an authenticated piece. © Turquoise Skies Inc.
Navajo/Diné · documented in the T.Skies hallmark library
Jason Livingston is a Navajo silversmith born in 1976, documented in Hougart within one of the most prominent silversmithing families in the contemporary Navajo tradition. His recorded mark is a single initial J.
Jason is the son of Jacob (Jake) Livingston (1946–; Navajo/Zuni) — born Jacob Haloo, Jr. — and the brother of Jay Livingston (1979–). Their father Jake is the 1988 IACA Artist of the Year and a multiple award winner celebrated for spinner jewelry, overlay, inlay, and distinctive bird motifs. Jake's marks include J L, JAKE L. (since 1976), J–L LIVINGSTON, and J. I. LIVINGSTON (co-signed with his wife Irene Owens).
The extended Livingston family documented in Hougart includes at least seven silversmiths: Ben Livingston (active 1970s), Darren Livingston (Jake's son, cast and cluster work, spiderweb motifs), Jason, Jay, Lorenzo Livingston (active 1970s, Mark: LL), Mary Livingston (mosaic or carved inlay), and Phil Livingston (1976–; channel and mosaic inlay, pictorial, silver sculptures).
The mark
Per Hougart: Mark: J (single letter stamp)
What is known
- Nation: Navajo
- Born: 1976
- Mark: J (single initial)
- Son of Jacob (Jake) Livingston (1988 IACA Artist of the Year); brother of Jay Livingston
- Part of a well-documented multi-generational Navajo silversmithing family
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References
- Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022), p. 189. "Jason Livingston (1976–; Navajo). Son of Jacob Livingston and brother of Jay Livingston. Mark: J"
- Bahti, Mark. Silver + Stone: Profiles of American Indian Jewelers. Tucson: Rio Nuevo Publishers, 2007. Cited by printed page. Statements describe conditions as of 2007.
From the Library: Bahti, Silver + Stone: Profiles of American Indian Jewelers (2007)
2007 primary source. Anything described as current here describes 2007, not today.
According to Bahti (2007, p. 94), Jason Livingston (born 1976) learned by helping his father, began creating and selling his own pieces in the sixth grade, and won first place at Indian Market as a teenager. [1]
As his father, Jake Livingston, told Bahti (2007):
“He's still getting first place.”
— Bahti (2007), p. 94 [1]
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