6.5" Bruce Morgan Navajo 14K & Sterling Silver Heavy Cuff Bracelet

Description: Bruce Morgan Navajo 14K & Sterling Silver Heavy Cuff Bracelet 6.5" inside
diameter including the 1.5" gap 13/16" wide at widest point near gap. 106.3
grams, really solid with very thick layer of 14k gold. Most of the Bruce Morgan
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
for his use of both silver and gold in his pieces and his iconic gold overlay.
Born in Rehoboth, New Mexico and raised in Brimhall, Morgan made his first piece
of jewelry while in high school. His aunt made jewelry and was sadly killed in
an accident. His grandmother gave Morgan her tools in hopes that he would make
use of them, which he gladly did.

After graduating in 1976, he moved to Phoenix, Arizona and began making jewelry
for others in 1978; however, it was a slow start for Morgan and in order to
support himself financially, he took a job as a miner in the Uranium Mine and
began training to become an electrician. After a year of training, he got laid
off and continued on to school for commercial electrician and planned on
becoming an electrical engineer. After realizing that it was too much physical
work, he went back to jewelry making and found a way to stand out from the rest.

Morgan started out with traditional style jewelry making conchas and turquoise,
but in 1983 he was one of the first artists to use the two tone method of silver
and gold. In 1982, he made a silver cane for the Prime Minister in Egypt and in
1983 began using “traditional and simple” stampwork and creating his signature
gold overlay. Although he admires the traditional pieces, he has said he will
continue to only make his gold overlay jewelry, because it is quicker to make
and allows people to have a one of a kind piece that can be worn daily or for a
special occasion. His rings are often used as wedding bands for that very
reason.

Morgan’s exceptionally clean lines and renowned gold overlay has brought
attention to his work in not only the US, but worldwide. He has been featured in
“Arizona Highways” and “Southwest Art” magazines and continues to create
beautiful pieces of jewelry to this day.