Shell and Lapis Cuff
by Joe Reano, Santo Domingo
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Description: Shell cuff with lapis, mother of pearl, and red spiny oyster shell inlay.
About this Award: Awarded to acknowledge excellence in craftsmanship, originality, design and use of materials in jewelry.
Jurors’ Comments:
Gerald Dawavendewa: This is a great, classic, traditional style with the shell inlay as part of the bracelet. Then you have the mosaic of lapis, spiny oyster. It just has that classic look to it.
Ryan Huna Smith: I love the use of the shell. I also like the use of the color, the lapis. It’s just just a nice, clean, very nice piece.
White Swann: I liked it because it’s a traditional style, the lapis and other stones are stone on shell; that’s pretty much what caught my eye.