| My experience is, I started out when I was young, about knee high. I would go to my grandfathers work shop and watch him make things with fire ,and he would also grind different colored rocks and form them until it's just right, then he would hold them up to the light and make a clicking sound from the side of his mouth and say "Hohzonii' ", (beautiful) and smile. He would tell me in Navajo taste this, and I would put this rock in my mouth. Who knew? I learned something I didn't think I would ever use in my life. Now I custom Lapidary my own natural stones an shells mostly turquoise, Jet, and Coral. I've been silver smithing professionally since 1991 and learned new ways such as chemical ingredients from my teacher Professor Sam Howeth at the Arlington Gem and Mineral Club, in Arlington Texas, so if anybody wants to learn silver smithing, I teach as well. |
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A lapidary (the word means "concerned with stones") is an artist or artisan who forms stone, mineral, gemstones, and
other suitably durable materials (amber, shell, jet, pearl, copal, coral, horn and bone, glass and other synthetics) into
decorative items such as engraved gems, including cameos, or cabochons, and faceted designs. Hardstone carving
is the term in art history for the objects produced and the craft. Diamond cutters are generally not referred to as
lapidaries, due to the specialized techniques which are required to work diamond. Gemcutter typically refers to
diamond cutters or producers of faceted jewels in modern contexts, but artists producing engraved gems, jade
carvings and the like in older historical contexts.
other suitably durable materials (amber, shell, jet, pearl, copal, coral, horn and bone, glass and other synthetics) into
decorative items such as engraved gems, including cameos, or cabochons, and faceted designs. Hardstone carving
is the term in art history for the objects produced and the craft. Diamond cutters are generally not referred to as
lapidaries, due to the specialized techniques which are required to work diamond. Gemcutter typically refers to
diamond cutters or producers of faceted jewels in modern contexts, but artists producing engraved gems, jade
carvings and the like in older historical contexts.
| All my work I take pride in. Every piece of art work is authentic Navajo art work By Jerome Poyer |
