{"title":"Favorites from the Studio","description":"\u003cp\u003eA small group of pieces we keep coming back to. Chosen by hand out of the studio, not ranked by sales. Navajo and artisan silverwork, natural stone, and every maker credited by name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are in stock today. Most are one of a kind, so the list changes as pieces find homes.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"santa-fe-set-white-buffalo-ring-turquoise-studs","title":"White Buffalo Ring and Turquoise Stud Earrings in Sterling Silver (SET)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA complete Santa Fe look, priced as a set. The White Buffalo statement ring in Navajo sterling silver, with its striking black-and-white stone, paired with our everyday turquoise studs in your choice of size. A bold ring, easy studs, one polished pairing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis coordinated southwest-style jewelry set is designed as a bundle for anyone who loves Santa Fe-inspired White Buffalo and turquoise together. It’s a simple, minimalist ring-and-stud combination that works beautifully for everyday wear, and an easy way to get a pulled-together look without shopping separate pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStud size options\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmall: 3mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMedium: 4mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLarge: 5mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe smaller 3mm and 4mm studs create a dainty, understated look, while the 5mm option offers a touch more presence and still feels clean and wearable day to day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis set is an especially thoughtful choice if you’re looking for a Santa Fe-style jewelry gift for her that includes both a White Buffalo ring and turquoise stud earrings in one coordinated southwest bundle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrefer them on their own? 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The man who set it signs his work Don Lucas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSleeping Beauty turquoise comes out of Globe, Arizona, and it is known for one thing above everything else: that clean, even, robin's egg blue with almost no matrix running through it. No webbing, no brown spidering, just color. It is the turquoise most people picture in their head when they hear the word. Production stopped in 2012, so every piece of true Sleeping Beauty on the market today came out of the ground before then. Nothing replaces it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis bangle is hallmarked Don Lucas, a name collectors of Southwestern jewelry watch for. A row of square cabochons runs the length of the band, each one bezel set in its own frame with silver beadwork on either side. The recessed silver between the stones is oxidized dark on purpose, which is what makes the blue read as bright as it does. It has that clean, continuous row design that bracelet and bangle shoppers look for when they want an everyday-wear piece with strong visual impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt wears slim. On its own it gives you one clean line of blue, and it layers easily with silver you already own. The sterling silver construction and low-profile row of stones make it an effortless fashion accessory you can reach for often, and a standout piece in any Sleeping Beauty turquoise or Don Lucas collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWill it fit you\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe bangle measures just over 7 1\/2 inches around in total, and that figure includes the 1 inch opening. So it suits a wrist of roughly 7 1\/2 inches. Wrap a soft tape measure or a strip of paper around your wrist where you would wear it, and compare. The back is open, so it slides on and adjusts a little, but a cuff should not be forced. 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You can watch the whole transition happen across this cabochon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe setting stays out of the way: a clean sterling bezel, and a matching Royston teardrop set into the bail so the stone carries all the way up. Turn it over and it is signed Martinez, sterling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWear \u0026amp; styling\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis pendant is designed as a single, one-of-a-kind piece in sterling silver that hangs on your own chain. The classic teardrop shape and blue-to-green Royston turquoise with golden matrix make it easy to wear as an everyday pendant, to layer with simple chains, or to dress up for special occasions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet it sit on a fine silver chain for a clean, minimalist look, or pair it with other delicate necklaces so the Royston stone becomes the focal point. 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Through the 1950s it produced some of the finest material ever pulled out of American ground, including the largest gem quality turquoise nodule on record at over 150 pounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTurquoise production stopped in 1976, and the property was later worked for gold, which ended any possibility of going back for more. That is a different kind of scarce. Plenty of mines close and sit there. This one was dug up and repurposed. Every piece of Number 8 in existence was already above ground fifty years ago, and the ground it came from does not exist in that form anymore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat makes it worth chasing is the web. Look at the pattern: fine dark lines threading through soft powder blue in a pattern that looks drawn on. That is spiderweb, and it is the pattern collectors rank above everything else, because it only happens when the host rock fractures into a fine enough network for the turquoise to fill. It cannot be manufactured, and this stone is a textbook example of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet as a square, turned on point, in a clean sterling bezel with a wide flat bail. The setting is deliberately plain, because a stone with a pattern this busy does not need help. It wears comfortably as a pendant and has enough presence to act as a necklace centerpiece, whether you put it on a simple chain for everyday use or on a heavier chain or beads when you want more of a statement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSigned Martinez, sterling, on the back, so you know exactly what you are getting: hallmarked sterling silver and a documented artisan behind the work. This is intended as a one-and-done kind of piece, something you can reach for daily, but also the sort of pendant collectors keep for decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStone: Number 8 spiderweb turquoise, Nevada, powder blue with fine dark webbing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetal: sterling silver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHallmark: Martinez, sterling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSetting: square set on point, clean bezel, wide flat bail\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChain: not included, hangs on your own\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne of a kind: yes, a single piece\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you only ever buy one piece of collector turquoise, most people who know the mines would tell you to make it Number 8 spiderweb. 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And this one is Fox, out of Nevada, a deep teal that sits somewhere between all of them, speckled through with pale cloud and dark flecks of the rock it grew in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSame mineral. Five completely different stones. That is the part most people never get told: turquoise is not a color, it is a map. What shade a stone lands on depends on what else was in the ground with it. Copper pushes it blue. Iron pulls it green. Zinc can send it yellow. The mine is the recipe, which is exactly why collectors buy by mine name instead of by the word turquoise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFox material has a density to it that photographs quieter than it wears. In person the teal is deep and a little moody, and the pale mottling gives it movement that a flat stone never has. For turquoise collectors deciding between stones, this pendant is the compact, deeply teal Fox option in the Martinez lineup, an easy everyday choice that still reads as a standout piece in a stack.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the most compact pendant in the collection, a touch shorter than the others, which makes it the easiest of them to wear under a collar or layer on a shorter chain as an everyday necklace or a distinctive accent in a stack.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClean sterling bezel, matching Fox teardrop set into the bail so the color carries up. Signed Martinez, sterling, on the back. Designed as a single-variant pendant that hangs on your own chain, it also works beautifully as a charm-style drop for pendant collectors and gift givers looking for a one-of-a-kind piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStone: Fox turquoise, Nevada, deep teal with pale mottling and dark flecks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetal: sterling silver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHallmark: Martinez, sterling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePendant: just under 1 inch long, approximately 1 1\/2 inches including the bail\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBail: set with a matching Fox teardrop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChain: not included, hangs on your own\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne of a kind: yes, a single piece\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eLearn the mines and you stop shopping for turquoise. You start shopping for a specific stone, which is exactly where this Fox turquoise teardrop pendant belongs in a collection or as a thoughtfully chosen gift for someone who lives in their everyday necklace and loves unique, hallmarked silver.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Martinez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48447833800926,"sku":"20260717-PEN-005","price":405.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0791\/2538\/1342\/files\/fox-turquoise-teardrop-pendant-in-sterling-silver-by-martinez-desert-plaster.png?v=1786493403"},{"product_id":"sonoran-mountain-turquoise-triple-teardrop-pendant","title":"Sonoran Mountain Turquoise Triple Teardrop Pendant in Sterling Silver, by C. Wylle","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne stone is a decision. Three is a negotiation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA single cabochon only has to be good on its own. Three stacked down your chest have to agree with each other, and that is a much narrower target. They have to come from material close enough to belong together and be different enough to be worth stacking. Get it wrong and it reads like leftovers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis one gets it right. The top stone is the lightest, sage green washing into pale blue where the vein changed. The middle is bright, almost lime, with soft brown flecks. The bottom is the deepest, a saturated green with dark matrix drifting through it. Your eye travels down the piece instead of stopping at the first stone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach teardrop sits in its own bezel wrapped in twisted silver rope, hinged so the three sections swing independently. It moves when you move, so it reads as a focal, statement pendant without feeling rigid or heavy on the chest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is 2 1\/2 inches of stone and silver, 3 inches with the bail. This is not a quiet piece. Wear it against something plain and let it do the work as your everyday signature or the bold center of a Southwestern-inspired outfit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStamped on the back: C. Wylle, sterling, and a Zia, the sun symbol that flies on the New Mexico flag. The hallmark and Zia mark it as a single, finished piece, not a mass-produced part, and it was made to hang on the chains you already reach for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStone: Sonoran Mountain turquoise, three graduated teardrops\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColor: natural greens, sage through deep, with brown matrix\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetal: sterling silver, twisted rope bezels, hinged sections\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHallmark: C. 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On the wrist it reads as a bold, bangle-style cuff that stands out immediately.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is channel inlay, which means each piece of stone was cut to fit its own silver channel and set flush with the ones beside it. The seams are where this kind of work shows its quality, and on this one the lines stay straight the whole way around. That is hours of hand fitting, not machine work. It has the presence of a statement bracelet, but the smooth, flush inlay makes it comfortable enough to wear as an everyday signature piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost people think turquoise is blue. Sonoran Mountain is the reason collectors know better, and pairing that green against red opal is a choice most makers would not risk. It pays off. The mix of green turquoise, red opal and sterling silver creates a striking look that works for special occasions, dressy nights out, or as the kind of piece you reach for when you want your jewelry to do the talking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is hallmarked twice, WG and SG.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWill it fit you\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cuff measures just over 6 1\/2 inches around in total, and that figure includes the 1 1\/4 inch opening. So it suits a wrist of roughly 6 1\/2 inches. Wrap a soft tape measure or a strip of paper around your wrist where you would wear it, and compare. The back is open so it slides on and adjusts a little, but a cuff should not be forced. Unlike a closed bangle, this open-back cuff lets you slide it on from the side of the wrist for an easier fit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis makes a strong choice if you are shopping for a one of a kind gift for a jewelry lover. 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Everything else in this collection is a single piece in a single size. If it did not fit, it was not yours, and that is the honest tradeoff with one of a kind work. This is the exception. Three of these came through, in a 7.5, an 8.5 and a 9, so for once the question is not whether it fits. It is whether you want it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a contemporary oval turquoise ring in sterling silver, built for people who actually wear their jewelry. The wide flat shank sits comfortably on the hand for everyday wear, and the low, clean setting makes it easy to live in. It stacks smoothly with plainer bands and does not fight for space or snag on everything in reach. If you want a modern turquoise fashion ring you can wear every day instead of saving for special occasions, this one is made for that job.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe design is the same modern thinking as the square band ring: a wide flat shank rather than a rounded one, and the oval set off to one side instead of centered. It reads clean and architectural next to traditional Southwest silverwork, and it stacks well with plainer bands because there is no ornament fighting for room. The overall effect is minimalist and modern rather than ornate, a good fit for someone who likes distinctive, artsy pieces with a contemporary edge or a clean, modern profile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stone is a strong even teal green, glassy polished, with barely any matrix. Where most of this collection is about character and webbing, this one is about clean color. Different job, different piece. The blue-green turquoise tone gives you that bold, colorful focal point without feeling loud, so it can be worn solo as a statement or paired with simple silver bands as part of a stack.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStamped inside: BALAAM, 925. This is hallmarked sterling silver, a quality metal choice for a fashion ring when you do not want anything that feels like costume jewelry. The modern styling, bold oval stone and clean lines make it a natural gift for someone who loves contemporary jewelry, turquoise, or rings with a strong, modern profile. It works just as well as a minimalist gemstone ring to stack with other bands as it does as a stand-alone focal piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRing: contemporary \/ modern oval turquoise ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStone: turquoise, oval cabochon, even teal green with a glassy polish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetal: sterling silver, wide flat band with an off center bezel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHallmark: BALAAM, 925\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSizes available: 7.5, 8.5 and 9. One of each, so once a size sells it is gone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you have been watching this collection go by wishing something came in your size, this is the one. 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A 17.5 carat round cabochon, blue-green broken up by heavy black matrix, bezel set in silver. This is the largest stone in this group and it wears like it. It is built to be a bold, everyday statement ring that can move from jeans to a jacket without disappearing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlack Jack is the high-contrast one. The blue in it comes from copper and the green from iron, and running through all of that is a bold black matrix that cuts the color into panels instead of drifting across it in fine lines. It is the opposite of a quiet stone. At 17.5 carats in a round cut, it covers the finger and it is meant to be seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSize 8 1\/4 with a stone this size puts it comfortably in unisex territory. It reads as a men's ring on a larger hand and as a serious statement ring on a smaller one. If you are shopping for someone who already owns delicate jewelry and wants one piece with real presence, this is it. The look leans Southwest in its color and silver setting, so it pairs easily with Santa Fe and other Southwest-style outfits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery Black Jack cabochon is cut and backed at Cutting Edge Turquoise before it goes into a setting. 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That is not how most turquoise jewelry gets made. Usually the rough passes from a dealer to a cutter to a silversmith to a gallery, and nobody along that chain has seen both ends of it. Here the same hands chose the rough, cut the cabochon, and set it in silver.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat makes this ring a true one-of-a-kind artisan piece for someone who wants a distinctive turquoise ring with a clear Southwest story behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWill it fit you\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis ring exists in one size only: 8 1\/4. There is no second one in another size, because there is no second stone. If you are unsure of your size or you are between sizes, message me before you order and I will help you work it out. If you are buying it as a gift and are not certain of their size, get in touch before you purchase so we can talk through options.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare\u003c\/strong\u003e: Wipe with a soft cloth. 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