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Featured Artist
Here is a short video that gives a brief demonstration of our jewelry production. Our Original idea was first handmade and signed by the silversmith or artist. Using the Lost Wax Method, the design is made again and again carrying the same trade stamps or some of them (stamping can disappear in the finishing processes). The silver is then assembled by a Native American silversmith. No mass finishing is used. Assembled jewelry is then deburred one piece at a time by a Native American jeweler. Native American Lapidary artist build the inlay designs out of natural semi precious stones (Stones come from all over the world but mostly from the US) by hand Due to the high demand of the laboratory opal, ATSF started using man made opal in our jewelry as of 1999. Our pieces are finally finished by young Native American talents that sand, lap, buff, polish, and shine. The quality, the workmanship, the authenticity is all guaranteed for as long as we are in business. |
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In 2010 we decided to start the process of removing Calvin Begay off of most of our products. We replaced our previous stamps with one of the following: A Touch of Santa Fe. Our pieces might carry our lapidary artist names or initials: ALDORA POWELL, PAMELA DANEILS EVANGELINE SHERMAN, BILLY LONG, LAMBERT LIVINGSTONE., OLSON CHARLSTON, VALLERIE YAZZIE , BLANCH SHORTY, and MARVIN ROBERTS. Some of our past artist names are: ETTA LEE’,MARLENE WATSON(MANULITO), VERNICE SMITH(JUSTIN), EUGENE CHEE, ORLINDA JAMES, ELVIRA CHARLEY, JOANNA CHARLIE, ORLANDO SPENCER, BRIAN YAZZAIE, CANDACE SKEETS, PATRICIA BECENTI, ROSE ANN LONG, MARQERITA McCRAY, NORTON BECENTI OPHILIA BARKLEY,VIRGINIA SMITH, RONNIE YOUNG . If you have any authenticity questions or concerns , Please feel free to contact us any time. |
