Tommy Jackson Navajo Sterling turquoise bolo tie

Description: Tommy Jackson Navajo Sterling turquoise bolo tie. Nice large bolo from a well
respected artist. Tommy's bolo's tend to retail 2-4k each new. Bolo measures
2.5" x 1 5/8" tips are thick and heavy Cord is thick and very well made with no
issues. 46" long with a total weight of 108.1 grams.

Tommy Jackson was born in Phoenix, Arizona on January20, 1958 but grew up in the
heart of Navajo land in Chinle, Arizona. He went to high school in Chinle, the
town at the mouth of the legendary Canyon de Chelly—a stronghold for 19th
century Navajo, known then as the “Lords of the Land”. Steeped in mythology,
this landscape echoes the strength and beauty in the Navajo bedrock of
beliefs—foremost of those is responsibility to family and clan. A husband,
father, and grandfather, Tommy is also a world-renowned gold and silversmith,
his award-winning pieces on exhibit in museums and treasured in collections
around the world. As a premier Navajo Silversmith he counted amongst those few
known as “The Supersmiths.”

Jackson started silversmithing in 1973, learning at the bench of his parents,
renowned silversmiths Gene and Martha Jackson. (He is also the nephew of Dan
Jackson, another well-known silversmith.) However, it was his mother who urged
him to pursue a degree, and he followed her footsteps into education, eventually
teaching elementary school at Wide Ruins on the Reservation. But jewelry-making
called to him in his spare time, in the after-hours, in the late night, and by
1988 he was winning prestigious awards, and has continued winning nearly every
year since at the big shows, including Santa Fe Indian Market and the Heard. He
was also chosen as Navajo Tribal representative for the Salt Lake City Winter
Olympics.

A striking example of Tommy’s pieces is the motif of Navajo rug designs. He
sometimes works these patterns directly into the gold or silver; or he inlays
stones in visually stunning creations that reflect the complexity of Navajo
tapestries. Other pieces are a declaration of his passion for high-grade
American turquoise. These pieces are all about the great stone. He will use
heavy-gauge silver, and in keeping with the old style tradition then chisel or
hand-stamp, all with an eye of showcasing a great old American turquoise stone
such as Bisbee, Morenci, Lander Blue or Candelaria. He is known for integrating
traditional Navajo designs with a modern flair, working with gold and silver and
a variety of precious and semi-precious stones.

He has won numerous awards for his beautiful and unique jewelry from the Heard
Museum Show in Phoenix, Santa Fe Indian Market and The Museum of Northern
Arizona, to name a few including First at Indian Market, as recently as 2014. He
and his wife, Marie, who does much of the stone-cutting for his pieces, have
pieces featured in national publications.