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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. 6.25" Jennifer Curtis Navajo Heavy Stamped silver bracelet 8mm wide and thick,<br>very substantial.<br><br>Jennifer Curtis, the most respected woman Navajo silversmith working today in a<br>traditional yet innovative style, is known for her stamp and file designs with<br>heavy-gauge sterling silver.<br><br>On her process for heavy bracelets, Jennifer says:<br><br>“I lay out the design on square wire while it’s still flat, stamp where I need<br>and chisel the lines on all sides. I bend the thick silver wire on metal shaft<br>by hand. Than I file the design with regular rectangular metal file, which is<br>hours of labor. Before the final buffing and polish, you can see all the file<br>marks.”<br><br>Growing up on the Navajo reservation near Winslow, Arizona, Jennifer learned her<br>craft from her father, Thomas Curtis, Sr., himself an award-winning silversmith,<br>beginning at eight years old. She began to work on her own after graduating high<br>school. In an interview with Shiprock Santa Fe, she notes: “My work is an<br>extension of my history, my family. My biggest influence is my master, my<br>teacher, my father. His recent passing has brought special meaning to each swing<br>of the hammer, each design I create. My family is the center of my existence; I<br>make work that is balanced and proportionate always with a physical center that<br>mirrors the spiritual.”<br><br>Jennifer has won many first place prizes at the Santa Fe Indian Market.<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.
