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Necklace and Bracelet by Sam Patania
I just got this necklace and bracelet back from being on display at the Jewish Community Center in Tucson as part of The Drawing Studio faculty show. Yesterday I sent it to Vicki Turbeville at www.southwesternjewelry.net to be on display and for sale.
I met Vicki last summer when my kids and I went to NYC for vacation. I had been refered to her by a friend and while I was in the city I went to visit her gallery and introduce myself. Vicki and I became friends right away. She is a poet as well as running her business selling jewelry. She had sold some of my family’s work which comes onto the collector market with regularity so she already knew my family name.
The day we went to her gallery it rained like crazy, it was the end of May ‘08. We took a cab from my cousin’s apartment which is in the East Village. I love NYC so much, my kids and I have gone two years in a row and stayed with my cousin who has been in the city for over 20 years. The East Village is so wonderful I feel very much at home there. I loved traveling in years past but I had to wait until my kids were old enough to take with me. We have been to California the previous summers until my cousin insisted we should come to NYC. NYC is my favorite place.
Vicki is a small haven of the Southwest right in the middle of the city. That is one of the great things about NYC, it is made up of tiny havens of places all over the world.
Pendant and Earrings by Sam Patania
I stayed in touch with Vicki after returning to Tucson and asked her if she would be interested in carrying my work and she said yes. She has been representing me in NYC and on her website since.
The pictures I am showing are pieces which Vicki currently has. If you are in NYC or planning on visiting soon please go to her gallery and look. Vicki’s address is;
40 W. 25th St, #204, NY, NY 10010. Her phone number is 347-256-0127
She has my “Coral Sea” necklace and bracelet which is made of beautiful branch coral and sterling, “Sapphire Flowers” which is made of sapphire cabachons set in sterling silver and 18K gold and my platinum and 18K gold pendant and earrings set with Bisbee turquoise. Each of these represents one of a three series I have been making recently. The platinum 18K and Bisbee are from my Flowing waters” series in which I have made 3 necklaces in sterling and turquoise. This pendant and earrings are the first of this series in gold and platinum
The Coral Sea is one of the branch coral and stelring pieces I started with my grandfather’s coral bought in the 1950’s. I have since had to purchase more coral to use.
“Sapphire Flowers” was one of a series where I went nuts and made it with some fantastic sapphire cabs I fell in love with. The blue in these stones is luminous and I made more detail in that necklace than any of the others in the series. Both the bracelet and necklace have a weight to them which gives them a great feel and motion. They really flow around the body.
Necklace by Sam Patania
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leessilver 12.13.08 at 2:58 am
Sam,
The coral necklace and bracelet are exquisite. As usual I am puzzled how you can assemble such an interesting piece. But that is what makes you a master.
Lots of good luck,
Your Orchid Buddy,
Lee