Description
6 3/8" Jared Chavez San Felipe Sterling silver heavily worked bracelet, clean<br>with no issues. Unmarked, purchased directly from the Artist in 2002. With<br>obvious quality, style, and workmanship. I've had quite a few both Richard and<br>Jared Chavez pieces that weren't marked but were purchased directly from them.<br><br><br>Jared J. Chavez<br>I began my journey as an artist learning to craft jewelry from my father,<br>Richard I Chavez, a renowned lapidary artist. I was not given exact direction as<br>to what to make but was only given the tools and instruction on how to use them.<br>Along the way my work would be critiqued by my father and I would continually<br>strive to evolve my designs and fabrication processes. He stressed the quality<br>of the design and construction making sure that every aspect of a piece looked<br>“finished” and no corners were cut.<br><br>Along with all that I learned in my father’s studio, I would receive a Bachelor<br>of Arts from Georgetown University in Studio Arts with a focus in Digital Art<br>and Printmaking. After I graduated, I would attend The Revere Academy of Jewelry<br>Arts’, Intensive Bench Jeweler Program in San Francisco. Each of these<br>educational experiences added a particular technical or visual aspect to my work<br>and would encourage me to continue to explore all the ways I could enhance my<br>designs.<br><br>My current work focuses on the reflective nature of polished silver. Though<br>fabrication, metal stamping, and some casting, I explore how light and<br>reflection interacts with the materials I utilize. I’ve found that polished<br>silver takes in the colors and the light of the world around, and through the<br>use of surface texture a dynamic play of light is created across the surface of<br>my designs. I further enhance my work thought the use of semi-precious stones<br>(agates, quartz, jades, etc.). However one of the most important qualities in my<br>selection of stones is often translucency. I’ve found that by allowing light to<br>shine though a stone an overall rich and warm effect is created in the overall<br>design.<br><br>Along with my yearly schedule of shows where I sell my designs, I’ve also made<br>it a point to educate the public about my work. Growing up in my father’s<br>studio, I always saw just how much of himself he put into his designs and how<br>sometimes he was met with disbelief as to how much work was put into his pieces.<br>I found this to be a similar case when I entered the business, as the general<br>public only sees the finished piece. For that reason, though in person<br>demonstrations and self-produced video mini-documentaries, we’ve made it a point<br>to show the skill, time, and passion that goes into every design. I continually<br>strive to evolve my work and hold every design to the exacting standards that my<br>father established when he created Chavez Studio 50 years ago.<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. Anything marked is guaranteed to be what<br>it's marked, most bracelets are photographed on a 6" wrist (non hairy), rings<br>photographed on the appropriate sized finger when possible. With bracelets if<br>the measurement is not given in the description then inside circumference is<br>shown where the metal meets the number on the the cloth tape measure.
