What is the difference between Sandcast & Tufa Cast?

What is the difference between Sandcast & Tufa Cast?

Sandcast or Tufa Cast You hear the terms sandcast and tufa cast used very often when referring to a technique Navajo silversmiths’ use to make jewelry. The terminology makes it...
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Navajo Jewelry Making Techniques - Ingot

Navajo Jewelry Making Techniques - Ingot

Jewelry Making Techniques - Ingot In-got /ˈiNGɡət/ (noun) – a block of steel, gold, silver, or other metal, typically oblong in shape. When the Navajo first learned how to make...
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How to Identify Hopi Jewelry

How to Identify Hopi Jewelry

Hopi Jewelry - What's Different Hopi is in a very remote part of Arizona. Also, it is surrounded on all sides by the Navajo Reservation. That means in the early...
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Tips to Identifying Navajo Jewelry

Tips to Identifying Navajo Jewelry

Identifying Navajo Jewelry In the Four Corners region of the Southwest you will find a number of different tribes. Many of these tribes have a significant amount of registered members...
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