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6.1" sz5 Sam Patania Modernist sterling silver/18k gold coral cuff bracelet/ring. Tested and guaranteed solid sterling silver 18k gold accents on ring with weight and measurements in pictures. No issues, new old stock condition.
Sam Patania - Third Generation Artisan in Jewelry
Sam Patania, as the third generation of Patania artisans, has followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather before him. In 1969, at the age of ten, he began his apprenticeship at the Tucson Thunderbird Shop. For the next decade, his after-school training would be a major part of his daily routine. But Sam followed his own path, having sought instruction outside the traditions of the shop.
In his 1977-78 school year, Sam enrolled in a jewelry-making course at Catalina High School where he met his future wife Monica Borquez, and explored new approaches to his craft. In 1979, he became a full-time employee of the Thunderbird Shop.
Handcrafted Silver Jewelry
Feeding his need for knowledge he would attend the University of Arizona in 1988-89, where he studied with jewelry instructor Michael Croft. “Michael got me to design wildly different work than at the shop,” Sam said, in reflecting on the influence that Croft had on him in the Tucson Museum of Arts exhibition catalogue 'The Patanias: Legacy in Silver and Gold'. The multifaceted work that Croft inspired in Sam included the techniques of lost wax casting, and the Japanese technique of monkume, (a fusion-layered patterned laminate).
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