Northern Navajo Fair Parade

K''e'. - Family at the NNF Parade

Navajo Soul Food

Navajo steamed-corn, Shiprock, NM
Photo: Venaya Yazzie

Parade Adornment

Northern Navajo Fair Parade, Shiprock, New Mexico
Photo: Venaya Yazzie
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Turquoise Vintage

Photo: Internet source

I was able to secure via the Internet from a fellow jewelry enthusiast as myself. I adore this photograph for many reasons, the first being it is a wonderful portrait of hands that I am assuming belong to an Indigenous elder.

The silver and turquoise pieces displayed here seem to be a variety from Pueblo, Zuni and Navajo. Secondly I believe most of the pieces are vintage items with good turquoise.

Indi-Ears Designs by Venaya Yazzie

Photo credit Venaya Yazzie
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I was able to do a jewelry photoshoot in my garden this past week.

Featured here is my one of a kind Indi-Ears Designs made my me, Venaya Yazzie.  These earrings are made on a base of Balsa wood slabs and include the following materials: turquoise, coral, shell variety including abalone.

Each of the designs I create are different and are inspired by my ancestors of the Navajo and Hopi desert southwest tribes.

Navajo male cultural adornment

Photo by Venaya Yazzie

Love this photo!
I took this pic of my Navajo Arts Enterprises Calendar, which showcases a Navajo man in full cultural jewelry adornment.

Art by Navajo women painter Beverly Blacksheep

Original art by Beverly Blacksheep
Photo by Venaya Yazzie
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During Labor Day weekend the Totah Indian Arts Festival takes place in the bordertown of Farmington, New Mexico. Its a great time when Indigenous artists, mostly Navajo, come together to showcase and share their original art works.

I was a participant in this show, and so was Navajo painter Beverly Blacksheep from Arizona. I love her work as man of her pieces depict Navajo cultural adornment of both men and women. She does a great job in showing the detailed garments and jewelry pieces in her art.

Happily I was able to do a trade with her at this show. This painting is the item I traded for my own art. Its a beautiful piece I treasure much.

EarART Designs by Venaya Yazzie

EarART Designs by Venaya Yazzie
Photo by Venaya Yazzie
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These earring adornments are my newest from my EarART Designs collection. This line was debut in August at the inaugural Indigenous Fine Arts Market in Santa Fe, New Mexico. This pair was sold during this event.

Made on a base of Balsa wood the earrings were designed by me. Each earring was hand-painted using acrylic paints and finished with an acrylic glaze to protect the art.

Look out for more new designs to come!