Product Description
This sterling silver bracelet features wirework and is inlaid with natural turquoise, coral, jet and shell. By Navajo artist Albert Nells.
Albert Nells was born in 1953 in Winslow, AZ and raised near Cedar Springs in Arizona. Albert graduated from high school in Many Farms, AZ in 1972 and began to learn the art of making silver jewelry soon after. Albert is a self-taught artist. He had worked with leather tooling while in high school so found that learning to work with silver was very similar. At that time, he was making traditional Navajo jewelry and then in 1980, he began developing the style of jewelry that he makes today.
Albert is a meticulous craftsman. He calls the style of silver-work he creates, “wirework”. He then cuts, sets and polishes the stones in his own silver designs. Albert makes every piece of his jewelry in its entirety.
