HOT ! 6.25\" Jennifer Curtis Navajo Heavy Stamped sterling silver cuff bracelet

6.25\" Jennifer Curtis Navajo Heavy Stamped silver bracelet 8mm wide and thick,very substantial.Jennifer Curtis, the most respected woman Navajo silversmith working today in atraditional yet innovative style, is known for her stamp and file designs withheavy-gauge sterling silver.On her process for heavy bracelets, Jennifer says:“I lay out the design on square wire while it’s still flat, stamp where I needand chisel the lines on all sides. I bend the thick silver wire on metal shaftby hand. Than I file the design with regular rectangular metal file, which ishours of labor. Before the final buffing and polish, you can see all the filemarks.”Growing up on the Navajo reservation near Winslow, Arizona, Jennifer learned hercraft from her father, Thomas Curtis, Sr., himself an award-winning silversmith,beginning at eight years old. She began to work on her own after graduating highschool. In an interview with Shiprock Santa Fe, she notes: “My work is anextension of my history, my family. My biggest influence is my master, myteacher, my father. His recent passing has brought special meaning to each swingof the hammer, each design I create. My family is the center of my existence; Imake work that is balanced and proportionate always with a physical center thatmirrors the spiritual.”Jennifer has won many first place prizes at the Santa Fe Indian Market.All precious metals are tested and guaranteed, any Native American jewelryreferred to as Silver or Sterling is guaranteed to be a minimum of 90% (coin)silver and possibly higher content. Most cuff bracelets are shown photographedon a 6\" woman\'s wrist and will include a photo showing the inside circumferencewhere the metal tip meets the number on the tape measure.