Top Five Young American Indian Jewelers to Watch

Contemporary American Indian art is full of astounding jewelers. There is a wealth of creativity coming from Native American artists everywhere. With so much impressive jewelry out there, many new collectors are unsure where to begin, which Native American jewelry artists they should add to their collection. There happens to be an especially astounding group of young American Indian jewelers whose work would be an asset to any collection. These younger stars of the American Indian art world were even the field of a new exhibition at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona entitled The Young Jewelers: Forging a Future. The following are the top five young American Indian jewelers:

Pat Pruitt of Laguna Pueblo in New Mexcio uses a thoroughly new medium in the American Indian jewelry world steel - By combining steel with copper, silver and gold, Pruitt creates jewelry that is ultra contemporary, practically minimalist in its simplicity.

Turquoise

Cody Sanderson of Navajo descent residing in Santa Fe, New Mexico creates decorative silver jewelry with bold, unique designs like spikes. While he uses elements of former silversmithing like repousse and stamping, his work is still very different from former American Indian silver jewelry. Sanderson's jewelry is quite affordable and his designs appeal to younger buyers.

Maria Samora of Taos Pueblo creates jewelry in yet another departure from former Native styles. Maria Samora's jewelry often combines silver and gold highlighted with tiny diamonds. It is very high fashion. There is nothing at all "western" in her jewelry.

Liz Wallace of Navajo, Maidu, Washo descent, uses a variety of the highest capability natural turquoise in her pieces. She is known for creating beautiful spider, dragonfly, and butterfly jewelry. In addition, Liz Wallace often experiments with new techniques such as plique a jour, a French cloisonne` technique.

Jared Chavez of San Felipe Pueblo derives ideas from modern Japanese print-making in designing his jewelry. He employs a variety of textured surfaces on his silver jewelry and uses single, often large semi-precious stones like agates and jaspers as beautiful accents.

Top Five Young American Indian Jewelers to Watch

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