SANTA FE INDIAN MARKET 2024 OFFICIAL ARTIST DIRECTORY

SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO

Ernest Benally

Navajo Nation
Name
Ernest Benally
Booth
POG 116
Website
Description

I make sterling silver and 14kt and 18kt gold jewelry. Handmade fabricated out of sheets and wires. All pieces are stamped with my name. Some pieces are stamped/tooled with patterns onto silver. Pieces are inlaid with natural gem stones and sea shells. I do a flat channel inlay and cobblestone and for roll and I make my cabochons. Circular accents are drilled using diamond drill bits and then re-inlaid with sterling silver or gold round wire or tubing. The tubing is then filled with another stone or shell. Stones are polished with a sapphire powder and the metals are polished with different waxes.