Oh my gosh, I don’t even know where to start. These are such beautiful collections! I would like to come shopping at each of your houses, haha.
@RedlandMaggie I’ve always wanted to have one of those double-sided cuffs like your Chama cuffs. I don’t know artists very well but I will have to keep my eye out for something of his; those are perfect! I also like that green and coral cuff and the green and brown cuff above that.
@mmrogers you do some great work. I’m always impressed with your talent.
@TaraFawn75 oh, but those stones! You have a great collection of stone cuffs…many of those look vintage.
I see some things that I would like to snitch out of everyone’s collections here. Y’all keep me learning and investigating about some other styles that I may have not seen much of before.
@Stracci , you got to try some stacking! I’m like you, I never wanted to wear mine together because I was afraid of something knocking or scratching into my stones, but I’ve started to wear flat edged ones together that I don’t have to worry about damaging one another.
I have a long way to go before I am a pro like @Ziacat, though! I like your ability to mix the different styles together and make them look good. On me, that attempt usually ends up looking like I just decided to throw together everything I owned and did it in the dark. Haha
Me too, @Ziacat, I also have a turquoise problem. . A lot of mine have come from nowhere special, online and at secondhand stores and pawn shops and flea markets and random shops when we travel out west. I enjoy my little treasure hunts, so stuff that I have is a bunch of happy accidents rather than informed or planned purchases. As I’ve learned more about artists here, I have a few that I’m going to keep my eye out for.
I’ve also started sticking my rings in here with my bracelets so it’s becoming something of a mess in this box.
Thank you @Stracci and @nanc9354 !! I obviously don’t have a strong lean towards any specific style; they’re all different. That rectangular one is a turquoise I haven’t has much luck identifying but it looks really cool under a loupe…the matrix looks like rivers and tributaries and deltas. I couldn’t turn down the jasper one. Not just for the stone but I looooooove the raindrops on it.
It looks a little like Royston…but I always defer to the experts.
I like the dots on the outside of the rectangular turquoise and I just picked up a pendant with similar looking dots. I was questioning if this is Native American. They said it was by Alex Notah. Not sure of this turquoise either. Maybe Kings Manassa? Any help would be appreciated.
This is the first time I bought from a thrift shop. I was at Iowa City. They had quite a few beautiful turquoise cuffs but none of them fit.
@TaraFawn75 yeah, thats the truth. I wish I’d been a little more experienced with some of my purchases. I have a few purchases I wish I’d passed on. My collection is varied and I’ve never bought anything I wouldn’t wear, but it’s evidence of a learning progression with quality. I war with my inner “Mom” (my mom) about the idea of grab what you can that’s a good price (even if it isn’t exactly what you want).
i do exactly the same thing! as i get older, i war with the part of me that wants to “rescue” things that are mislabeled, just because i know what they are and the seller doesn’t, or things that are being sold at a ridic low price. I’m training myself to slow my roll, and think, ok, but is this something i need to OWN, or do i just need to pat myself on the back for seeing a bargain?
When I started buying items for tea ceremony, I picked up quite a few bargain or “rescue” purchases because it seemed a shame to leave them behind. Finally I let go of most of them and just kept a subset of the ones I loved most. So I hear what you all are saying!
I’ll probably do the same with turquoise/NA jewellery, eventually, but at the moment I’m still in the newbie learning-acquisition phase. So I accept that I’ll buy a few things whose main function will be to teach me what to really look for, not so much things I’ll keep forever.
i have a whole 5’ tall jelly cupboard full of vintage printed tablecloths and other old linens after buying exactly ONE 1940s tablecloth with a fruit border.
Bottom is leather and old pennies by Britwest, middle is made by a Cherokee gentleman (cannot remember his name and can’t look it up right now), and the last is heavy copper and silver by Wylie Secatero.
. A lot of mine have come from nowhere special, online and at secondhand stores and pawn shops and flea markets and random shops when we travel out west. I enjoy my little treasure hunts, so stuff that I have is a bunch of happy accidents rather than informed or planned purchases. As I’ve learned more about artists here, I have a few that I’m going to keep my eye out for.
You should see my attic with the old Fiestaware.