Description
Bruce Morgan Navajo 14K & Sterling Silver Heavy Cuff Bracelet 6.5" inside<br>diameter including the 1.5" gap 13/16" wide at widest point near gap. 106.3<br>grams, really solid with very thick layer of 14k gold. Most of the Bruce Morgan<br>cuffs you will find online in this price range weigh about half as much or less.
Bruce Morgan (b. 1957) is an award-winning Navajo silversmith. He is well known<br>for his use of both silver and gold in his pieces and his iconic gold overlay.<br>Born in Rehoboth, New Mexico and raised in Brimhall, Morgan made his first piece<br>of jewelry while in high school. His aunt made jewelry and was sadly killed in<br>an accident. His grandmother gave Morgan her tools in hopes that he would make<br>use of them, which he gladly did.<br><br>After graduating in 1976, he moved to Phoenix, Arizona and began making jewelry<br>for others in 1978; however, it was a slow start for Morgan and in order to<br>support himself financially, he took a job as a miner in the Uranium Mine and<br>began training to become an electrician. After a year of training, he got laid<br>off and continued on to school for commercial electrician and planned on<br>becoming an electrical engineer. After realizing that it was too much physical<br>work, he went back to jewelry making and found a way to stand out from the rest.<br><br>Morgan started out with traditional style jewelry making conchas and turquoise,<br>but in 1983 he was one of the first artists to use the two tone method of silver<br>and gold. In 1982, he made a silver cane for the Prime Minister in Egypt and in<br>1983 began using “traditional and simple” stampwork and creating his signature<br>gold overlay. Although he admires the traditional pieces, he has said he will<br>continue to only make his gold overlay jewelry, because it is quicker to make<br>and allows people to have a one of a kind piece that can be worn daily or for a<br>special occasion. His rings are often used as wedding bands for that very<br>reason.<br><br>Morgan’s exceptionally clean lines and renowned gold overlay has brought<br>attention to his work in not only the US, but worldwide. He has been featured in<br>“Arizona Highways” and “Southwest Art” magazines and continues to create<br>beautiful pieces of jewelry to this day.
