Santo Domingo Handmade Natural Gem Grade Lone Mountain Turquoise Tiny Bead Necklace - Ray Lovato (#142)
Artist:Ray Lovato
Size:Total Length: 35"
Wrap: 6 1/4"
Sku:raylov142
Price:
$7,500.00
It has always been our quest to seek out stashes of top grade natural turquoise; whether it’s rough material or individual cabochons with unique color and character. In this case we stumbled upon some small but powerfully potent trimmings from larger stones found and cut from the Lone Mountain turquoise mine near Tonopah, Nevada. The trimmings were perfect for Ray Lovato to re-cut and shape into some of the most exquisite beads we have ever seen from this mine. One never knows where a treasure might be found and what might inspire an artist like Ray.
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.
