Joel Pajarito — Silversmith
Hallmark documented in: Hougart. Rendered from the documented mark, not a photograph.
Overview
Joel Pajarito (born 1984) is a Kewa (Santo Domingo) artist working in tufa-cast silver — pins and pendants with petroglyph designs and stone sets. He is the brother of Cordell Pajarito and son of Anthony Lovato, and was a Goodman Fellow in 2008. His mark is "JOEL," with SDP for Santo Domingo Pueblo, or worked as part of the cast.
The Mark
"Joel PaJanto (1984-, Kewa). Tufa cast work; pins; pendants; petroglyph designs; stone sets. Brot er Son of Anthony Lovato. Goodman Fellow in 2008. Mark: JOEL(with SDP for Santo Domingo Pueblo, or w, part of the cast)"
— Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022).
The mark as documented in Hougart's hallmark reference: JOEL (with SDP for Santo Domingo Pueblo, or as part of the cast).
References
- Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. Washington, DC: BilleHougartBooks, 2022.
- Bahti, Mark. Silver + Stone: Profiles of American Indian Jewelers. Tucson: Rio Nuevo Publishers, 2007. Cited by printed page. Statements describe conditions as of 2007.
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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. 104), Joel (born 1984) and his brother Cordell learned silver from their father, Anthony Lovato, and both won ribbons the same year at the Red Earth show in Oklahoma, about two years after they had started working silver on their own. [1]
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