Creatively Designed and Crafted Silver, Turquoise, and other Gem Jewelry
I will show my jewelry during CAST at the studio of Linda Dillenback
118 Camino Rayo del Sol
(Site #28 on your CAST map)
About
The Artist
Born and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico, I have lived in Corrales, New Mexico since 1984. Growing up in a very traditional extended Hispanic family with grandparents, parents, and siblings all living in the same home, I valued our traditional ways and the values they were based on. Family and culture were most important then and continue to be now.
I began as a silversmith when I was 20 years old, having been taught by my brothers. During those early years, the proceeds of my sales contributed to financing my undergraduate and graduate education. When I began my professional career as a clinical child psychologist, I stepped away from active silversmithing, only making pieces for family gifts and contributions to non-profit organizations. I retired in 2017 and began again to actively craft in silver.
As a native New Mexican, I have embraced and lived the familial and cultural values, traditions, and rituals I grew up with, all of which find their way into my jewelry. Incorporating the healing properties of turquoise, a mineral that has been used by ancient civilizations, with the chemical element of silver, open a world of creativity and exploration.
Today, 52 years after I began to silversmith, I continue the family tradition of creating silver, turquoise, and other gem jewelry by teaching a new generation of family artists.
My pieces incorporate traditional and contemporary styles which highlight the natural beauty of turquoise and other precious and semiprecious gems I work with.
I am a member of the Corrales Society of Artists and Immediate Past President of the Corrales Historical Society.
Click the following link to see me at work: https://youtube.com/shorts/UhnOlZF9H8k
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