This volume profiles over 1,200 Indian jewelers from
all tribes over the past two centuries. The text is illustrated with
over 2,000 photographs. We actually recorded over 5,000 Indian jewelers
and more keep coming weekly to our research center in Santa Fe. To be
fair, we decided to produce three volumes and to go forward with the
best developed and best illustrated 1,200 profiles for American Indian
Jewelry I.
This book was
created with the cooperation of Indian artists. Through artist surveys,
archival research and personal interviews, information was collected in
25 categories: including the artist's tribe, clan, active years, type
of jewelry, lifespan, family relationships, education, teachers,
students, awards, exhibitions, collections, forms, techniques,
materials, favorite designs, and publications. Websites and email
addresses were listed when possible. Many completed a personal
statement, "I enjoy creating artwork, because..." Some wrote or
narrated autobiographical statements.
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