Santo Domingo Handmade Natural Gem Grade Stone Mountain Turquoise Necklace - Ray Lovato (#136)
Artist:Ray Lovato
Size:Length: 35 1/2"
Wrap: 6"
Sku:raylov136
Price:
$6,500.00
Handmade turquoise beads, those are Ray Lavato’s specialty. Ray makes them in the old style, and his necklaces are always, and I mean always, beautiful. One of the nicest things about them is that they get prettier the more you wear them. After a time, the turquoise takes on a personality of its own and, like its wearer, becomes distinctive. This natural Stone Mountain turquoise necklace will make you happy for a very long time, and then be ready for the next generation of wearers.
Ray Lovato - Lapidary Artist: Ray Lovato is America’s premier artist creator of hand-ground turquoise beads called heishi. A native Kewa speaker, Ray is from Santo Domingo Pueblo in New Mexico. Descended from a long line of jewelers, he learned the craft from his parents, Ike and Tonita Lovato, beginning his artistic career at age eleven.
