{"product_id":"mosaic-inlay-turquoise-multi-stone-inlay-pendant-necklace-santo-domingo","title":"Mosaic Inlay Turquoise Multi Stone Inlay Pendant Necklace Santo Domingo","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eOur Mosaic Inlay Turquoise Multi-Stone Inlay Pendant Necklace is one of those pieces that reveals more the longer you look at it. Turn the pendant over and its origin is beautifully revealed: the spiral and natural markings of the shell remain visible, creating a wonderful contrast between nature on one side and the artisan’s elaborate mosaic on the other. It is this marriage of the natural world and the artist’s hand that makes this piece so compelling. Made by a female artisan, especially for us, this piece is sure to add a splash of colour to your look!\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMosaic inlay is a painstaking lapidary technique associated with Kewa (Santo Domingo Pueblo) jewelry. Museum collections document Kewa pendants combining shell, turquoise, coral, jet, mother-of-pearl and other materials through mosaic inlay. Rather than relying on metal channels to separate each color, small pieces of stone and shell are cut and fitted closely together over a supporting surface. Each fragment must be shaped, positioned, secured, and then carefully ground and polished so that the many individual elements become one harmonious design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe necklace itself is made in the traditional Santo Domingo manner, yet there is something wonderfully contemporary about the artisan’s choice of materials and color. Hand-cut heishi brings together a wonderfully whimsical assortment of turquoise, pipestone, spiny oyster, coral and other stones and shells, creating an exuberant succession of blues, reds, pinks, creams and unexpected flashes of color. Those same materials reappear in the pendant, but here the artisan abandons any predictable pattern. Turquoise, coral, shell, black and brilliant blue fragments intersect in an almost abstract composition of irregular shapes and unexpected juxtapositions. The effect feels strikingly modern—almost like a miniature piece of contemporary art—yet it has been created using materials and techniques deeply rooted in Santo Domingo jewelry making. The heishi and pendant belong unmistakably together, with the necklace carrying the colors upward and allowing the extraordinary mosaic to remain the centerpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor Jean Marie, this was a piece that stopped her immediately. She was captivated first by its joyful color, then by the workmanship, and finally by discovering the natural shell still visible on the reverse. That hidden side tells so much of the story: beneath all that meticulous artistry is something created by nature itself. This is what makes handmade Santo Domingo jewelry so special—the materials are not disguised; they are transformed. And because the composition depends entirely upon the artisan’s selection and placement of hundreds of individual pieces of stone and shell, another necklace could never be precisely the same. For the collector, it is wearable art, a conversation piece, and a singular expression of a Pueblo jewelry tradition in which shell, stone, patience and imagination come together one tiny piece at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLength 18.5\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade in New Mexico, USA\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PAX PHILOMENA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55169622212927,"sku":"MOSAICINLAYTURQLAPISSERPPENDANTSANTODOMINGO-18.5\"","price":595.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2529\/6354\/files\/Mosaic_Inlay_Turquoise_Multi_Stone_Inlay_Pendant_Necklace_Santo_Domingo.png?v=1787603698","url":"https:\/\/paxphilomena.com\/products\/mosaic-inlay-turquoise-multi-stone-inlay-pendant-necklace-santo-domingo","provider":"PAX PHILOMENA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}