Necklace c. 1950

This beautiful silver necklace was made by a Navajo artist, and I imagine it coming into being bead by bead, blossom by blossom. The artist might have been thinking about the cycles of nature, the way things bloom and fade, each piece a tiny prayer for balance and beauty. I can almost feel the coolness of the silver, the weight of it in my hands as I imagine stringing those beads. It's all about texture here—smooth, rounded beads against the delicate curves of the silver flowers. Each little flower, like a tiny brushstroke, together creating a rhythm. There’s something so timeless about this, connecting the past with the present. Like artists conversing across time, the Navajo jeweler's creativity is something we can all draw inspiration from. It is a reminder that art is not just about what we see, but about what we feel and experience.