Lee Charley – Navajo
Lee Charley grew up in Thoreau, New Mexico working on silver with his mother Nellie. His brother is noted silversmith Earnest Rangel. He is married to Karen, sister of noted ingot jeweler, Calvin Martinez. Lee is known for his whimsical creations such as fish, reindeer, horses, butterflys, crickets and dragonflies.
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This beautiful piece created by Navajo artist Lee Charley features an amazing tufa cast dragonfly with a gorgeous high grade Royston turquoise stone and five stunning deep red gem grade Mediterranean coral cabochons all set to outline the body of the creature. The Royston turquoise in this piece is a stunning deep blue-green with a hint of dark reddish-brown matrix. Tufa casting is an ancient process where the artist carves a particular design into a tufa or sandstone pours molten silver into it therefore yielding a one of a kind item. This process can only be used two to three times before the design is destroyed by the molten material. This is a much more labor intensive process than conventional investment casting which produces an infinite number of identical images.
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This fantastic piece created by Navajo artist Lee Charley features an amazing Tufa cast dragonfly with a beautiful Royston turquoise stone and six stunning gem grade Meditteranean coral cabochons all set to outline the body of this stunning creature.
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