{"product_id":"royston-turquoise-necklace-with-mosaic-pendant-santo-domingo","title":"Royston Turquoise Necklace With Mosaic Pendant Santo Domingo","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eOur Royston Turquoise Necklace with Mosaic Pendant is the kind of piece that reveals its artistry the longer you look at it. Handmade by a female artisan from Kewa (Santo Domingo) Pueblo, the necklace begins with beautifully worked discs of rare Royston turquoise, prized for its distinctive range of blue-green, soft green, and earthy matrix. Royston turquoise comes from Nevada, and is very hard to come by these days. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e Here, every disc has been individually shaped, drilled, ground, and polished, preserving the subtle variations that make natural turquoise so compelling. No two stones and therefore no two necklaces, could ever be exactly alike.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe extraordinary focal point is the handmade mosaic pendant, an art form with a long and distinguished history at Santo Domingo Pueblo. Mosaic inlay requires tiny pieces of shell, turquoise, coral, mother-of-pearl, and other natural materials to be individually cut and carefully fitted together, creating a composition almost like a miniature painting in stone and shell. Smithsonian collections document Kewa artists using precisely these materials and techniques, including mosaic inlay, drilling, grinding, and stringing, in necklaces and pendants extending across generations. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eWhat makes this piece exceptional is that nothing about it is mechanically uniform. The softly graduated turquoise discs retain their individual coloration, while the pendant brings together contrasting fragments in an abstract geometric composition of turquoise, warm coral tones, luminous shell, and earthy neutrals. Historically, turquoise and shell have been important materials in Kewa adornment, and their continued use connects contemporary jewelry with a much older artistic vocabulary. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e Every tiny element must be considered, shaped, positioned, and finished by hand, a painstaking process whose slight variations are part of its beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJean Marie personally selected this necklace from a female artisan she knows and loves to patronize, captivated by its unusual combination of Royston turquoise and bold mosaic work.  This necklace is not simply beautiful, it carries the individuality of its materials and, most importantly, the unmistakable hand of the woman who made it. Sophisticated, collectible, and impossible to reproduce precisely, it is a singular piece of Santo Domingo wearable art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade in New Mexico, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLength 17.5\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PAX PHILOMENA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55231525683519,"sku":"ROYSTONTURQUOISEMOSAICPENDANT-OS","price":695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2529\/6354\/files\/Royston_Turquoise_Necklace_With_Mosaic_Pendant_Santo_Domingo.png?v=1787856745","url":"https:\/\/paxphilomena.com\/products\/royston-turquoise-necklace-with-mosaic-pendant-santo-domingo","provider":"PAX PHILOMENA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}