Thanks @Islandmomma, I was thinking you could get it in places like drug stores or Walmart.
I also was going to mention that I’ve had a couple rings resized (I have no idea if the stone was taken out), but they did a great job. Unfortunately the place I took them to is closed. However, I’m sure that Perry Null would do a great job.
The jeweler I’ve been going to for the last few years also uses laser. I’ve taken in several turquoise rings to be re-sized. No stone removal & you cannot even tell the ring has been re-sized. It’s amazing. I call Nick a Wizard Jeweler, lol.
Thank you, will look for some at Walmart. It might be useful for his rings. Thankfully I believe the gentleman who sized the ring is no longer in business and @Islandmomma, I have heard of laser, did not know that the stones did not need to be pulled.
I’ll throw my 2 cents worth in. I use these silicone buffers often for the black spots on silver. The turquoise colored ones work best without cutting deep into the silver. Requires only mild pressure.
Thank you for your thoughts on the spots @StevesTrail. Not being familiar with the tools, I would hate to leave more spots. They black marks seem odd, especially where they are located. I have not received the bracelet yet but asked if they are raised at all and think they may be, don’t know what would create that unless some anomaly in the sterling. I will try the glove and then decide that if they don’t come out it will just add character to his new acquisition. I have taken a few metalwork courses but way too many years ago. I think it is great that you and others in this forum have the skills to work with the metals.
DO NOT try the submerge or soak method because of the blackened background of the recessed saw work.
I would try with a Q-tip soaked with amonia and left to sit on a small area inside the cuff. if it shows promise move up to a larger sized soaked compress.
whatever method you try get it right on the inside 1st before attempting on the top.
https://www.silver-collector.com/t/how-do-i-remove-these-black-marks/8333
Thank you for that information and the link @Steve. I will have a better idea when we receive the cuff. I appreciate your suggestion and will carefully approach removing the spots, from the inside out.
Interesting thread. I’m wondering about the name Bobby “Tewa”, who according to the information posted by @Ziacat, is Hopi and Ohkay Owingeh, a Tewa speaking pueblo. TheTewa connection to Hopi happened during the late 1600’s when Tewa people (Ohkay Owingeh, and others)fled the Rio Grande area and relocated to Hopi during the Second Pueblo Revolt. Currently the village of Hano on First Mesa at Hopi is a Tewa Village; in fact the famous “Hopi” potter Nampeyo is actually Tewa.
I find this association interesting . Anyway…it’s also interesting that Bobby, who is Ohkay Owingeh - Hopi, uses the name “Tewa”, maybe as a tribute to his heritage? Is anyone familiar with other jewelers, potters, etc at Hopi using the name Tewa.
Maybe I’m misunderstanding you, but I can’t find that the Ohkay Owingeh (formerly known as San Juan) pueblo in entirety lived on the Hopi reservation; I assume what you’re saying is that some members (along with other Pueblo people) fled there?
I also found this, and apparently others in his family use the name Tewa.
I looked in my Hopi silversmithing book, and found Patrick and Stewart Tewawina. Not “Tewa,” but starting with “Tewa.”
Sorry if that was confusing… certainly Ohkay Owingeh, ie San Juan, is one of the Tewa speaking northern Rio Grande Pueblo. Let me try again🥴…during the Pueblo Revolt people from the Tewa villages (Nambé, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, Ohkay Owingeh, Santa Clara and Tesuque) migrated to Hopi. The pueblo did not cease to exist and evidently some returned to the Rio Grande Pueblos. But the Tewa individuals who remained integrated with the Hopi. The Village of Hano, on first Mesa is not Hopi, it is Tewa ( but not specifically Ohkay Owingeh).
This is a quick reference I found…I’m sure there are a lot lore…I find this history very interesting😊
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~aznavatp/Towns/Hano/hano.htm
@Bmpdvm - I had found this, “Bobby Tewa (Bobby Darrell, Tewanoitewa) , a San Juan Tewa/Hopi silversmith that began work in 1974. He was a silversmith for Santa Fe Associates Inc. and began using this hallmark in 1980.
He was born in 1948 and is an award winning artist of mosaic inlay and overlay. He lives in San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico.”
@Ziacat, interesting to see his lineage, and looking through several of my books, only one had more details on a Bobbie Tewa. In Dexter Cirillo’s “South-Western Indian Jewelry”, she says he was born at the San Juan Pueblo; his mother from San Juan and father from the Hopi village of Moencopi.
Thank you both for inspiring me to look further into this artist. I have not found any other’s with the last name of Tewa listed as a jeweler or potter. I did find a member of the Nampeyo family with the info as follows, " Elva Nampeyo (1926-1985) (also known as Elva Tewaguna) was born in the Corn Clan house where her grandmother Nampeyo lived at Hano on First Mesa. She was the daughter of Vinton Polacca and Fannie Nampeyo. As a child Elva would play with the clay and watch her mother and grandmother make pottery (Nampeyo was blind by the time Elva was born, but she could still make excellent pottery that Fannie would paint for her)."
Thanks @biker4all, this has been an interesting thread. I previously collected Native American Pottery and still have Nampeyo family pieces by Elva and her mother Fanny Nampeyo. For years I assumed Nampeyo was Hopi, then later learned about the history that brought Nampeyo’s Tewa family to live at Hopi.
Thanks again for introducing me to Bobby Tewa and his work. Although from the information from Adobe Gallery it appears he learned jewelry at San Juan, I’d love to know where he was born and more about the Hopi side of his family.
I found those gloves online for $12 each. Jenni K Jewelry. A pair including first class postage was $31.
Thank you! Amazing! That will make life easier.
And hopefully a little less expensive 
A lot less expensive. One of the major supply houses is showing them at well over $30 each. Thanks again!
