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Earl Plummer Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Coral Sugilite Lapis Lazuli Navajo Inlay Earrings

Name: Earl Plummer Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Coral Sugilite Lapis Lazuli Navajo Inlay Earrings
SKU: SWJ01955-1
Price: 290.00 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

$290.00

Earl Plummer Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Coral Sugilite Lapis Lazuli Navajo Inlay Earrings

Visionary Navajo silversmith Earl Plummer has handcrafted a wonderful pair of Native American earrings inlaid with Sleeping Beauty turquoise, coral lapis lazuli, sugilite, and sterling silver posts. Earl Plummer pairs high-quality, natural turquoise stones with nearly matching matrixes to create a look all of his own.

This piece is a fine demonstration of Earl Plummer’s legendary lapidary talents and flawless silversmith designs. Earl Plummer’s jewelry is strikingly modern, expanding on traditional Navajo designs for a style that is updated, yet authentic. We at Home & Away Gallery cannot get enough, and we’re sure you won’t be able to either!

Earrings are 1 3/4 inch high x 1/4 inch wide. Sterling silver posts.

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Earl Plummer Coral Turquoise Sugilite Lapis Lazuli Earrings Native American Art

Earl Plummer (Navajo)

See Plummer’s work.

Earl Plummer (Navajo) was born in 1975. He creates fine inlay work with a beautiful sense of design. He combines natural stones and shells in ways that complement each other’s colors and matrices to great effect.

Although Plummer learned basic silversmithing techniques from relatives, he taught himself much of what he now does. Working with him since 2004, we have watched this hard-working young man progress from very competent tradesman to master. He copies no one and follows his own path forward.

Much of his work has a clean but bright contemporary look. Silver designs were simple, relatively speaking; his greatest strength was the ability to combine materials, whether homogenously or heterogeneously, in very attractive color and shape combinations.

Since 2007, Plummer has challenged himself with more complex silver work as well. He has made a series of squash blossom necklaces, for example, that contain traditional elements that are combined with contemporary aesthetics. These squash blossom necklaces have been the ticket to awards at nationally known Native American art markets, including the Santa Fe Indian Market and the Heard museum Guild Indian Market and Fair.

Once Plummer sets out on a mission, he is sure to accomplish it. Fortunately, his missions often involve new concepts and designs. As a result, we have full confidence in this artist’s ability to continue to grow and to flourish, and to be recognized by aficionados of Native American art as well as by his peers.

Earl Plummer lives and works in New Mexico with his wife and four children. He generously gives time to his elders, helping with ranch duties (including sheep-shearing) as well as any other help he can provide.