Alton Bedonie – Navajo
Navajo artist Alton Bedonie has been making prized silverwork with designs unique to his craft. By making his own stamps, Alton creates consistently one of a kind jewelry. Stepfather to famed overlay artist Kee Yazzie, Alton has consistently inspired the younger generation of todays acclaimed Navajo jewelers. Altons contribution to Native American jewelry has been to blend the traditional with modern insights.
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$795.00
Alton has selected a simple and elegant setting to high light the beauty of this turquoise gem. Domed and sky blue the natural turquoise is from the ancient mines of...
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$695.00
This gorgeous ring was created by Navajo jeweler Alton Bedonie. A beautiful natural sky blue waterweb Kingman cabochon was chosen to set in a precise hand chiseled bezel atop Alton’s...
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$1,495.00
This is Alton’s signature bracelet design. Sweeping swirls are precisely stamped down the shank with arrowheads and flairs. To the sides he has hand textured the sterling and oxidized it...
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$1,295.00
Number Eight turquoise was mined from the 1930s until the early 1970s with the highest production in the 1940s. Today it is only found in small private collections. The large...
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Original in design, created with precision and style best defines this marvelous pendant by Alton Bedonie. Meticulously created in stages, the silver work of the piece includes labor intensive cutouts,...
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$495.00
Alton creates his earrings the old fashioned way, with precision, hard labor and meticulous attention to detail. The earrings are cut out precisely and deeply stamped by hand. A half...
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Alton’s signature ring style is among the finest found in the great Southwest. His seemless style, chisel and stamp work add a timeless quality to his creations. With this fine...
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$1,695.00
Harcross is a claim in the extreme north west corner of Nevada that has been mined sporadically since the 1930s. It produces some of the finest deep hunter green turquoise...
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Alton’s rings are unique, a signature style seamless from his chiseled bezel throughout the heavy shank. A marvelous combination of texture, oxidation and bright highly polished diamonds perfectly compliment a...
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$495.00
Two perfectly matched turquoise gems from the Kingman mine were selected for these fine earrings hand made by Alton Bedonie. The natural cabochons are sky blue with complex dark reddish...
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$495.00
These dangle earrings are Alton’s signature design, fine stamped cutouts surround beautiful turquoise set in high hand chiseled bezels. The gems are the finest quality natural Kingman spiderweb. Sky blue,...
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Over a decade ago a small pocket of gem grade spiderweb turquoise was uncovered at the Kingman mine in Arizona. This pocket produced some of the finest turquoise ever discovered...
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Sierra Nevada is a small hat claim located west of the Candelaria hills in Nevada. The claim has produced a tiny amount of gem grade material in recent years, typically...
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This is Alton’s masterpiece bolo, created with four overlaid sheets of silver each meticulously stamped and filed. The first layer is finely textured and oxidized. The next two are stamped...
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$895.00
Harcross is an old claim dating to the 1930s. Located near Lyons, Nevada it has been mined off and on over the decades, most recently in the 1970s. Today it...
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Meticulously built with three layers of deeply stamped and overlaid sterling silver, Alton’s striking pendants are uniquely collectible. The piece is created with such precision that the lines of each...
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Damele is a small claim located near the famed Godber Burnham mine in the Austin, Nevada mining district. Over the years it has produced a small amount of high grade...
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This outstanding pendant features Alton’s expert stamp and chisel work. Notice how the stamping on each layer follows seamlessly with the design on the next. He has chosen a beautiful...
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In the early 1980s intrepid entrepreneurs from the American Southwest traveled to China to explore the ancient turquoise mines in Hubei province. They found quantities of high grade spiderweb turquoise...
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