Ne-zhoni Toh-yi-kal | The creator of this piece says: Pretty Tears (Ne-Zhoni Toh-Yi-Kal) jewelry set consists of a 27" Necklace, 7 1/2 bracelet and 3" drop earrings. My materials are torquoise bead nuggets, ovals, chips and a 22mm focal bead, and contrasted with buffalo bone beads. All accent beads are gold plated, and I use a stainless coated wire to prevent corrosion and add long life to my works.
This piece was inspired by my grandfather's cattle ranch near Heber Arizona and close to the Navajo reservation. The hills surrounding his ranch is rich in Indian lore and hyroglyphic paintings where Geronimo once roamed and fought the calvary.
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Like the buffalo, the Navajos have been reduced to the bone. They are remembered in this piece of jewelry and pretty tears (the turquoise chips). The buffalo bone circle focal bead that the torquoise ball sets inside represents the circle of never ending life we all belong to. The 19 petals represent peace, joy, tears, spirit, man, women, north winds, east winds, west winds, south winds, sun, moon, food, water, land, heaven, buffalo, fish, and birds. There maybe magic nutured into this piece, and one might experience the ghost dance when wearing it. Sometimes the spirits listen to us create life and guide our hands in the darkness of the caves where spirits dance in the lights.
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About the Artist: Michael PrinceI have been involved in handcrafted products of various kinds most of my life, and I really have a creative side developed in me, to take materials and make crafted things out of them. I did a lot of wood work from dressers to rocking horses and my Woddstock business of interior mirror planters that looked like two story houses. I worked in metal craft from rod iron to beautiful steel oak trees and furniture and window coverings. I made my own fishing fly ties and lures. Tried lead glass and bottle projects. Oil, air and water painted. Sculptured rocks and made pottery. Built wood & stone patio and decks and even a few houses and added in the decorations to make them one of a kind. I turned wrenches and made a T-Bucket that did some mean wheelies. I have wrote, played guitar and sung my own songs in a whole lot of bars and on TV. I have come up with some great inventions of various kinds and recipes for cooking. I have wrote a few book manuscripts and even managed to get a BA pyschology along the way. Oh I spent 25 years in steel construction making great big stuff that dots the landscape in California.
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