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Veronica Benally

Name
Veronica Benally
Tribe
Navajo Nation
Juried Classification(s)
Jewelry
Website

SWAIA Booth History

SFIM25
POG 116
SFIM24
POG 116
WIM25
91

2024 Award History

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Portfolio Example & Artist Statement
Veronica Benally

Hand fabricated sterling silver jewelry. Some pieces are stamped/tooled. All lives have my name. I cut my stones and seashell with saw and grind with a grinding belt. I use water to keep the stones cool. I use epoxy and super glue to hold my stones into the bezel. I drill into my stones and seashells using dental tools and re-inlay the blank areas with sterling silver round wire or silver tubing and other stones and seashells. I polish stones using sapphire powder. Jewelry is re-grinded with a finer grit sanding belt. Once it�s complete I buff on a buffing machine.