Navajo
Sterling - signed
2010
Total circumference 9 1/4" width 1"
82.84 grams
Provenance: Private collection, Las Cruces, NM
Clayton Tom is a contemporary Navajo jewelry artist, born in 1970 in Denver, Colorado, and raised on the Navajo reservation in Tse-Yah-Toh, New Mexico. He is renowned for award-winning micro-inlay jewelry, particularly his celestial and "cosmic bear" designs, which incorporate traditional Navajo symbols into stunning works of art using techniques like inlaying tiny stones of turquoise, onyx, opal, and mother-of-pearl into a sterling silver setting. His unique style blends traditional Navajo artistry with a contemporary aesthetic, earning him publication in prestigious magazines like Arizona Highways and Cowboys and Indians Magazine.
Navajo
Sterling - signed
2010
Total circumference 9 1/4" width 1"
82.84 grams
Provenance: Private collection, Las Cruces, NM
Clayton Tom is a contemporary Navajo jewelry artist, born in 1970 in Denver, Colorado, and raised on the Navajo reservation in Tse-Yah-Toh, New Mexico. He is renowned for award-winning micro-inlay jewelry, particularly his celestial and "cosmic bear" designs, which incorporate traditional Navajo symbols into stunning works of art using techniques like inlaying tiny stones of turquoise, onyx, opal, and mother-of-pearl into a sterling silver setting. His unique style blends traditional Navajo artistry with a contemporary aesthetic, earning him publication in prestigious magazines like Arizona Highways and Cowboys and Indians Magazine.
