Show me your turquoise jewelry!

[PreRaphaelite]

We had a great time at the Indian Market today!
Here is a photo of me and my good friend Rodney Coriz, whose jewelry I modeled last week. He sold the red coral piece early in the show.

It is no exaggeration to say, you are extraordinarily beautiful. Wow!
And nice as well! Amazing!

 

[stracci2000]

It is no exaggeration to say, you are extraordinarily beautiful. Wow!
And nice as well! Amazing!

Aw shucks......you're too sweet, @PreRaphaelite
It was just a lucky shot with good lighting! I'm not photogenic at all.
And this photo was taken 2 years ago. I feel like I've aged a lot since then.

 

[PreRaphaelite]

Nonsense! You are lovely!
Swim in it!

 

[Lula]

@stracci2000 -- PS generates so many interesting connections. Yes, my necklace is gorgeous, and I enjoy wearing it. It's a combination of coral and Fox mine turquoise. I'll try to take a decent photo. I love the work of the Kewa/Santo Domingo Pueblo artists. I also own an abalone necklace made by Ava Marie Coriz (purchased in Santa Fe) and a ring made by Joseph Coriz (purchased in Taos). I'd love to own a piece made by Rodney -- I really like his bold, modern designs. I lived in the Southwest for about five years and made many trips to New Mexico. I have a collection of art, textiles, and jewelry made by local artists, which I treasure. I'd move back to the Southwest in hot minute -- I loved my time living there.

 

[Lula]

@stracci2000 We've all aged a lot since then, lol.
I agree with @PreRaphaelite -- it's a great photo and you look beautiful.

 

[stracci2000]

@stracci2000 -- PS generates so many interesting connections. Yes, my necklace is gorgeous, and I enjoy wearing it. It's a combination of coral and Fox mine turquoise. I'll try to take a decent photo. I love the work of the Kewa/Santo Domingo Pueblo artists. I also own an abalone necklace made by Ava Marie Coriz (purchased in Santa Fe) and a ring made by Joseph Coriz (purchased in Taos). I'd love to own a piece made by Rodney -- I really like his bold, modern designs. I lived in the Southwest for about five years and made many trips to New Mexico. I have a collection of art, textiles, and jewelry made by local artists, which I treasure. I'd move back to the Southwest in hot minute -- I loved my time living there.

He was featured in the virtual Indian Market this year.

SWAIA: Santa Fe Indian Market

swaia.org

These are my pieces that he made. I have matching earrings somewhere......

 

[Lula]

He was featured in the virtual Indian Market this year.

SWAIA: Santa Fe Indian Market

swaia.org

These are my pieces that he made. I have matching earrings somewhere......

Beautiful inlay! I just love the color Is the pendant separate from the necklace, so that you could wear the necklace on its own and hang the pendant from a different necklace?

Congratulations to him on being featured in the virtual Indian Market! The design of the long chain (two-piece necklace) in that link to the Market is very striking, and the inlay work is amazing. I regret not going to the Indian Market when I lived there. The timing never worked out.

I found one of his pieces on a museum site. A museum that I have visited in the past One of the trickiest things with buying turquoise from third party sites (besides authenticity, which is a whole other matter) is determining whether the site has an arrangement with the artist, or if the piece was acquired some other way. I'm not an artist, but I love art, and I like to support artists. I will be asking some questions about the piece and will keep you posted

And once the sun comes out here, I will attempt some photos of my small collection. This thread has lifted my pandemic blues -- turquoise is such a positive and uplifting stone.

 

[stracci2000]

Is the pendant separate from the necklace, so that you could wear the necklace on its own and hang the pendant from a different necklace?

Yes, the pendant is separate. The turquoise necklaces are mine. I also sometimes string the pendant on a similar spiny oyster strand.

I support local artists, too. My DH is a professional photographer, and he photographs all of Rodney's pieces. He needs photos to enter juried shows.
We revolve in some of the more artsy circles here in town. It is so sad that gallery openings and other art events all got cancelled this year.

 

[stracci2000]

I found one of his pieces on a museum site. A museum that I have visited in the past

Make sure it is a real Rodney piece. His stamp is a little sun.
I have seen other pieces from other people attributed to him, and the stamp is wrong. Some dealers think just because a piece is marked 'Coriz', that is Rodney Coriz.

There is a contact link on that Indian Market page, maybe you could buy something directly from him.

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

He was featured in the virtual Indian Market this year.

SWAIA: Santa Fe Indian Market

swaia.org

These are my pieces that he made. I have matching earrings somewhere......

I love that cuff
how about a wrist shot while your outside ?

 

[fiona00004]

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Oh wow !
Beautiful colour

 

[stracci2000]

The yellow gold and the beautiful blue are wonderful!

 

[Polyhex]

I have a lot of turquoise jewelry, mostly traditional Middle Eastern, Asian and Native American jewelry. I don't think I have any modern turquoise "fine jewelry" yet. This is a small and random sampling..

Antique Tibetan beads. They are probably well over 100 years old, you can see how the bead holes have been worn by string over time.





Tibetan gau box amulet, late 19th-early 20th century



A cornucopia of Saudi turquoise jewelry from the Najd region, late 19th-early 20th century



Saudi rings from the Najd, close up


Saudi Najdi hair jewel, with a bail added to wear as a pendant. 18k gold and silver:



Morenci turquoise, contemporary Native American work:


Anglo-made southwestern earrings, these are huge:


Massive Native American squash blossom with sleeping beauty turquoise:

 

[stracci2000]

I have a lot of turquoise jewelry, mostly traditional Middle Eastern, Asian and Native American jewelry. I don't think I have any modern turquoise "fine jewelry" yet. This is a small and random sampling..

Antique Tibetan beads. They are probably well over 100 years old, you can see how the bead holes have been worn by string over time.





Tibetan gau box amulet, late 19th-early 20th century



A cornucopia of Saudi turquoise jewelry from the Najd region, late 19th-early 20th century



Saudi rings from the Najd, close up


Saudi Najdi hair jewel, with a bail added to wear as a pendant. 18k gold and silver:



Morenci turquoise, contemporary Native American work:


Anglo-made southwestern earrings, these are huge:


Massive Native American squash blossom with sleeping beauty turquoise:

It's all so wonderful!
The squash is killer!!!

 

[stracci2000]

I love that cuff
how about a wrist shot while your outside ?

Ok Daisy, just for you!

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Ok Daisy, just for you!

Sharp in take of breath !
Love it soooooooo much !

 

[matt_k]

14k yellow gold 9mm sleeping beauty blue turquoise pendant ( plus a 14k yellow gold ring with a 6×4mm natural and undyed blue lapis cabochon).

 

[matt_k]

9mm sleeping beauty blue turquoise pendant, 6mm earrings, and 5mm bezel set ring all in 14k yellow gold.

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

14k yellow gold 9mm sleeping beauty blue turquoise pendant ( plus a 14k yellow gold ring with a 6×4mm natural and undyed blue lapis cabochon).

Don't they look fantastic together !

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

9mm sleeping beauty blue turquoise pendant, 6mm earrings, and 5mm bezel set ring all in 14k yellow gold.

Lucky some one!

 

[Autumn in New England]

Grateful to @2Neezers for directing me to this thread. Oh the eye candy! I am a turq junkie. What a joy to scroll through all of these stunning jewels.

Here are a few of my recent pieces... I sourced and cut the stones in this "sampler" piece, which I also designed. They are all untreated. Navajo master silversmith Henry Yazzie completed the work. Left to right, the stones are royston, grasshopper, golden hill, kingman, carico lake, number 8, and morenci. The clasp is bisbee.





And this is an XL ithaca peak and gold piece Kee Yazzie made for me. I cut the stone... not sure if you can see it, but the matrix is all sparkling pyrite. I have a video, but can't seem to get it to post. Oh well.

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Grateful to @2Neezers for directing me to this thread. Oh the eye candy! I am a turq junkie. What a joy to scroll through all of these stunning jewels.

Here are a few of my recent pieces... I sourced and cut the stones in this "sampler" piece, which I also designed. They are all untreated. Navajo master silversmith Henry Yazzie completed the work. Left to right, the stones are royston, grasshopper, golden hill, kingman, carico lake, number 8, and morenci. The clasp is bisbee.





And this is an XL ithaca peak and gold piece Kee Yazzie made for me. I cut the stone... not sure if you can see it, but the matrix is all sparkling pyrite. I have a video, but can't seem to get it to post. Oh well.

wow !
came out rather spectacular !

 

[Autumn in New England]

Thank you, @Daisys and Diamonds!

 

[Autumn in New England]

@stracci2000 You're lovely!!

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Thank you, @Daisys and Diamonds!

turquoise deserves more love than it usually gets in these here parts

 

[stracci2000]

Grateful to @2Neezers for directing me to this thread. Oh the eye candy! I am a turq junkie. What a joy to scroll through all of these stunning jewels.

Here are a few of my recent pieces... I sourced and cut the stones in this "sampler" piece, which I also designed. They are all untreated. Navajo master silversmith Henry Yazzie completed the work. Left to right, the stones are royston, grasshopper, golden hill, kingman, carico lake, number 8, and morenci. The clasp is bisbee.





And this is an XL ithaca peak and gold piece Kee Yazzie made for me. I cut the stone... not sure if you can see it, but the matrix is all sparkling pyrite. I have a video, but can't seem to get it to post. Oh well.

Really stunning pieces! The mixed stone necklace is to die for!!!!
And the gold pendant is unlike anything I have ever seen before! Really great work on cutting those stones! I do silversmithing, but have never done lapidary.... Whadda stone!

 

[Autumn in New England]

Right on, @Daisys and Diamonds! It's impossible to be in a bad mood when wearing a beautiful piece of turquoise. Navajos called it the sky stone for a reason!

 

[Autumn in New England]

Thank you, @stracci2000! That ithaca peak stone is untreated, yet one of the deepest, most electric blues I've ever seen. But the glittering pyrite matrix is what makes it one of my faves. You clearly know your turq! What a collection!!

 

[stracci2000]

@stracci2000 You're lovely!!

Ha! It's an old photo! Rodney is the cute one!