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This week, we are featuring three jewelers and a
mirror maker, all of whom are a part of the New
Mexico Creates program. New Mexico Creates exists
for at least a two-fold reason: to benefit the Museums
of New Mexico and the artists of our fair state.
The program is implemented by the Museum of New
Mexico Foundation. Your purchases have
direct, local impact---something you can feel very
good about this holiday season and beyond!
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Patricia Forbes
Patricia Forbes' mirrors have earned her accolades in
New
Mexico as some of the best local art in Albuquerque's
flourishing scene, as well as a spot on the HGTV
program "That's Clever", which features artists from
around the country with their creative projects. She
studied art in the United States and at College Art
Study in Paris, France. Patricia creates her mirrors
using a wood or wood composite frame, upon which
she uses multiples layers of materials. In this mirror,
entitled Confetti, she used an iridescent
underlay of copper with multiple layers of
multi-colored transparent and solid colored paper
squares.
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Tracy Hale
Tracy Hale, of Estancia, has given the art of working
with silver, gold, semi-precious stones, beads and
found objects a refreshing twist and created pieces
which are beautiful in their simplicity. Her use of
words in her tag jewelry such as journey, wonder,
love and imagine, imparts powerful ideas
in a non-sentimental way. Known for her excellent
chain work, she can take a classic design, such as a
flower and breathe new life into it, as in this lovely,
delicate shadow box pendant
necklace with gold flower and peridot.
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Joan Harvey
From her native home of Texas, where
she acquired a
degree in Fine Arts, to her current home in New
Mexico, Joan Harvey has been known for her
distinctive jewelry designs for many years. She likes
to use unusual materials in her elegant settings, as
in this pair of post earrings
featuring turquoise and
stichtite, set in sterling silver. Stichtite is native to
Tasmania, Australia where most of the deposits are
found; here it complements the turquoise cabochons
with its delicate rose-purple color.
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Doug Magnus |
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Even though he lives in the middle of an ancient
desert, Santa Fe resident and jeweler Doug Magnus
has a way of riding a big old wave of inspiration. As a
project for the 400th anniversary of the City of Santa
Fe, Magnus has created commemorative medallions,
based on the colonial Spanish '8 reale' coin and
bullion. This new line has been immediately
popular.
He says of the response, "It seems to resonate and
has been a bit of a surprise. People who know our city
well, long-time residents and so forth, feel it is a good
historical representative for the city's 400th
anniversary."
Made here in Santa Fe, the line is in silver, some with
gold, some featuring beautiful turquoise, as in these
400th anniversary reale earrings.
These earrings feature
turquoise from the famed Cerrillos mine, just miles
south of Santa Fe, which, not coincidently, Magnus
owns. As he says, "Everything connects so well,
and I have the opportunity to work with beautiful
Cerrillos turquoise and
feature it in the line." In addition, the
jewelry
is made right here in Santa Fe, as Magnus says, "in a
manner that is
consistent with traditional jewelry making, using
primitive and modern techniques, symbols and
materials. I'm so happy to make
the line here and be
able to offer that stone into the community."
We're happy too, Doug!
See More Jewelry by Doug
Magnus
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