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Navajo Sterling Bracelet - Thomas Singer

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:50.00 - 1,000.00 USD
Navajo Sterling Bracelet - Thomas Singer
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Native American Navajo Sterling Bracelet - Thomas Singer '' Mountain'' style. 6.5'' end to end, .5'' High. Known world wide for his silver work, chip inlay and necklaces, Tommy Singer pieces are highly collectible and sought after. The Tommy Singer family has been involved in silversmithing, stone and beadwork for a very long time, handing the art down from one generation to another. Tommy Singer grew up on in the community of Dilcon on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. This overlay work is made of two layers. The bottom layer is a solid sterling silver piece. The top layer has a cutout design. The cutout is placed over the bottom layer and the two pieces are ''sweated'' together, that is heated so that they become one. The bottom layer (background to the cutout) is usually accented. The Navajo silversmiths oxidize the bottom layer which darkens it. Hopi silversmiths typically oxidize and etch the background (texturize it) with hashmarks.