Santo Domingo Pueblo Spiny Oyster Earrings by Eva Calabaza — Sterling Silver Inlay Antique_jewelry

Santo Domingo Pueblo Spiny Oyster Earrings by Eva Calabaza — Sterling Silver Inlay Antique_jewelryHeishi inlay by Eva Calabaza of Santo Domingo Pueblo. Few names in the Southwest carry this weight. Eva Calabaza is a renowned artisan rooted in the Tewa and Santo Domingo Native American jewelry traditions of Kewa Pueblo a lineage in which hand cut shell and heishi inlay have been the defining craft for centuries. These earrings showcase vibrant spiny oyster shell, meticulously hand cut and set in sterling silver. The natural beauty of the shell warm

Not a reproduction or commercial piece

The weaver controls tension with her own body

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The Mazahua of the State of Mexico have built their silversmithing tradition around the paloma — the dove — for centuries

The dolphin silhouette reads as modern art jewelry at close range and as a bold silver bracelet from across a table

This necklace was made during what collectors consider the golden era of Oaxacan silver artistry — the 1960s and 1970s

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The pre-1990s generation of Oaxacan filigree makers produced work that cannot be replicated at current labor economics — which means pieces like this represent a finite and diminishing supply

this bracelet earns every glance it gets

passed from silversmith to silversmith within family workshops in the city's historic jewelry quarter

and deep jewel tones equally well

not just function