Monty Claw is a Navajo artist from the Gallup area of New Mexico. Monty began his jewelry journey in 2011, and is mostly a self taught artist with some studies from The Institute Of American Indian Arts. He is an artist of many talents including jewelry, metal smithing, painting, bead work, and feather fan making. Monty has been featured in numerous publications such as, The Smithsonian Magazine, and Native Peoples Magazine, as well as having his works in many museums including Nelson Atkins, The Nerman Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The Denver Art Museum, The Sam Noble Museum, and Musee Du Quai Branly in Paris, France.
Monty mainly works now with precious metals creating wonderful works of wearable art. His jewelry creations are usually silver, but sometimes he works in gold, and when used he only works with the finest gems from around the world. Monty has also received awards for his jewelry at the Santa Fe Indian Market, The Heard show, and the Cherokee Art Market in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The jewelry Monty creates is always of the utmost quality, he has an eye for perfection in everything he designs! Please don’t miss out on owning some of his amazing jewelry!
Handmade by Navajo artist Monty Claw
This is a pair of sterling silver, handmade tufa cast contemporary dangle earrings, with handmade french hooks.
The silver work on these earrings was done in an extraordinary contemporary style. Monty carved the amazing design for these flower design earrings onto a tufa stone and poured molten silver into the cast to yield this amazing work of wearable art. Monty completed them with a high shine.
These earrings measure 2-3/8 inch from top of hook to bottom and are 1-9/16 inch across.
This pair weighs 20.2 grams
Monty carved SS and Mclaw to the backs
