This was helpful. Thanks. You know your beads!
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I dug a little deeper into acid etched glass beads and this 13 minute demo video showed the process for a positive etched design on glass.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz5GN28M7t8
so these beads would be the negative etch variety
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Interesting. So they put the design on the stone and used etching cream. That was informative…but seemed tedious to do it on the mug 
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I do acid etching on polished rock slabs and glassware.
It is pretty easy and lots of fun.
The hardest part is making sure the rocks will actually etch. Some will not.
My daughter makes the stencils with her Circut.
Here are some Yellow India Agates with horses.
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Here is an etched mug with the logo of where I work.
The etching acid is a cream, so it stays in place pretty well.
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I don’t know if it’s Native but certainly unique and beautiful.
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I didn’t look close enough in January…but are you from Wisconsin?? That’s where I live.
Yes, near Stevens Point.
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I’m near Fond du Lac.
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MYSTERY SOLVED!! I found the name Lujan on the silver bead. I believe it is Harold Lujan. I do not believe he is Pueblo but an artist who has been doing jewelry for quite a while. His work is quite nice. I see some on Etsy and eBay label it as Pueblo. https://www.haroldlujanjewelry.com/
It is nice to put a name to a piece of jewelry. I will do some more research.
Which brings us to this older thread that popped up when I went looking on the net. Harold & Laurie Lujan (Pueblo?) Charm Bracelet & History
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I contacted him regarding my earlier post you referred to. He stated that he and his wife made jewelry together. However, I received no response to my question regarding his ethnic background.
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If you go on his site…he has samples of his jewelry. I like it. The Royston cuff is gorgeous and the porcupine quill jewelry is unique and cool.
Awards…. Harold Lujan Jewelry
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@nanc9354 Congrats on identifying the jewelry artist! I clicked on that link - Yowza, Mr. Lujan’s jewelry is fabulous.
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I love porcupine art; I have a couple baskets (they are Ojibwa). They are pretty fragile so I’m afraid I would have to be too careful with jewelry!
Your necklace is beautiful.
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Thank you @Patina and Ziacat. If you ever get the inclination to show us your porcupine baskets, I would love to see them.
Sure thing. Here are both…
My mother got both of them decades ago in Ontario, Canada, and they are Ojibwa, made of quills, birchbark and sweet grass (they still smell lovely inside when opened).The larger one with the bison was my mom’s, and she left that to me after she passed. The smaller one my parents gave to me when I was young. It clearly has some broken and missing porcupine quills. I’m not sure why, other than I suspect I handled it a little too much when I was young. Someday I’m going to have to figure out how to get it fixed. She had one more that she left to a granddaughter.
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@Ziacat, those are lovely! I remember seeing quill and other woven baskets like this in a Native goods shop in Ottawa when I was growing up. Your two baskets are beautifully made and I would be hard pressed to say which I like more – the bison basket for the craftsmanship or the squirrel for the charm! Definitely treasures to keep 
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Thanks. Those are really lovely. I wonder how long it took to make them. Seems like it would be many many hours. A treasure!
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Thanks!! I really wish there weren’t those broken quills on the smaller one. I’m wondering if I can just put a little super glue and stick them back in, but I’m half afraid to. Mom and dad bought a lot of really beautiful Canadian art, some native some not, when we used to vacation in Ontario.
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