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All Cuff bracelets on the Estate Fresh Austin website will have the size wrist they fit (in inches) including the gap at the beginning of the title, there are also many photos in this listing which will show a tape measure inside the bracelet, gap size, width, etc. Tana Acton Woven Sterling wire agate cuff bracelet. Estate piece likely never<br>worn, thoroughly cleaned by me. Tube on end says Acton on one side, Sterling on<br>another. I believe this to be one of her earlier pieces.<br><br>Tana Acton has lived a life focused on creative and artistic expression.<br>She was born in Birmingham, Michigan, to Cranbrook Art School parents and<br>schooled at home and throughout the U.S. and abroad. In Florence, Italy, she<br>studied with Tomaso after studying silversmithing in Haystack's high school<br>program with Glenda Arentzen. Later, Tana earned an Antioch College BFA in<br>painting and completed the Parsons School of Design Fashion Design program.<br><br>Both as an artist and entrepreneur, she started with craft fairs at the age of<br>16. Tana then progressed to graphic artist, dance, choreography, painting, and<br>eventually fashion design for some of New York's leading knitwear and house-ware<br>companies.<br>Through her unique perspective as designer/choreographer, she combines air,<br>movement, and light to create pieces that are at once delicate and yet solid.<br>Tana's jewelry line is contemporary, lightweight, affordable, and can be worn<br>casually or dressed up. Her work is featured in fine craft galleries, museum<br>stores, and boutiques throughout the U.S.<br><br>Technique<br>Each piece of fine art jewelry by Tana Acton is created from a single "thread"<br>of precious metal, either sterling silver, 12k gold-filled, or copper.<br><br>The filament is wrapped precisely and tautly on its frame structure or "loom" in<br>a classic textile technique, translated in metal. The pieces may or may not have<br>a kinetic element captured in the structure or riding on the crossing wires. The<br>fabric created has a faceted effect from the light finding each individual<br>crossing, yet leaving space and air to breathe through each piece.<br><br>All precious metals are tested and guaranteed, any Native American jewelry<br>referred to as Silver or Sterling is guaranteed to be a minimum of 90% (coin)<br>silver and possibly higher content. Most cuff bracelets are shown photographed<br>on a 6" woman's wrist and will include a photo showing the inside circumference<br>where the metal tip meets the number on the tape measure.
