SPOTLIGHT GALLERY
Every so often we will throw the spotlight on an artist we think you need to to know better.
Isaiah Ortiz (b 1976) from the pueblo of San Felipe started learning silverwork from his father, Raymond Twinhorse, when he was 13 years old. He has since developed a very distinctive and technically challenging style of work. Sawing by hand lines that are this precise and then filing he voids equal to the depths of the cuts takes an enormous amount of practice and skill, but the end result is undeniably worth it.
This is one of Isaiah’s very heavyweight bracelets. 1/2 inch wide. A medium-large size. $1600.
Isaiah’s pendant on the left is 3 inches long and $480. (TUCSON) The next pendant is slightly wider but still 3 inches long. $490. (SANTA FE) The longer dangles are 2.5 inches and $490. (TUCSON)
A thinner bracelet made for a small to medium wrist. SOLD. (SANTA FE) An infinity ring that is slightly adjustable but is a size 9.25, $490. (TUCSON) The last picture is of two of Isaiah’s rings. The one on the left is size 7, the one on the right size 9. $310 each. (BOTH in SANTA FE)
Adrian Standing Elk Pinnecoose (Diné/Southern Ute) earned a master’s degree in computational ecologies from the University of New Mexico’s School of Architecture and Planning in 2017.
“My culture, my identity, my values are intertwined into the fabrication of my art to begin the conversation of opening doors for the next generation of Indigenous artists. I am simultaneously looking back to the past and forward to the future in order to highlight the qualitative aspect of my heritage and weave those meanings into my design
A pair of long dangle earrings by Adrian. 4inches and $360. (SANTA FE)
A pair of triangular earrings are 3.25 inches long for $320. Below is a size medium bracelet, it measures 1.5 inches across and is $1100. The stars measure 1.25 inches long and are $180. (Both in SANTA FE)
A wonderful innovative bracelet! Size medium, it measures 1.5 inches across and is $1100. SANTA FE
At left are a beautiful pair of earrings which Adrian has titled “Spire Starlight”. These are 8 inches long and SOLD. (SANTA FE)
Duane Maktima's work is the result of being an accomplished and award winning jeweler going on his Thirty-seventh year. That knowledge gained throughout those years is evident as his work represents a refinement only available by such accomplished hands.
His mission has been to sustain integrity as a master craftsman and designer, striving only for the best. Duane is also deeply rooted as an advocate for the continuation and survival of the cultural arts within his native heritage of the southwestern pueblo people.
Duane was a premiered artisan for the Chesapeake Gallery at the Grand Opening event of the National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC. 2004
A graduate of Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Ariz.(1981)-College of Creative Arts and recipient of two distinguished Alumni Awards-1990 "Jubilee Year"(100 year celebration) and 1999-"Millenia"(Year 2000-national celebration)
(from his website: www.duanemaktima.com)
A pendant set with Black Jade and Ithaca Peak turquoise, the channel between the two stones is 14k gold. $925. (TUCSON) The last pendant in the row is inlaid with coral, lapis, Ithaca Peak turquoise, and sugilite with 14k gold channels. 2 3/8 inches long by 1.75 inches wide. $3,200. (TUCSON) The earrings at right are set with Kingman turquoise and Lapis Lazuli. 1.75 inches long and $1675. (SANTA FE)
