How Do You Design Indian Gem Jewelry?
Designing Indian gem jewelry is a wonderful way to pay homage to the richness of Native American art and culture while also expressing your own creative vision. Follow the steps below to fuse your innovative design perspective with traditional Indian jewelry-making materials and techniques. Different Native American groups are associated with different jewelry-making techniques. Today the most popular Indian jewelry styles are Navajo, Hopi and Zuni. Consult http://www.native-languages.org/jewelry.htm to find photographs of jewelry produced in these styles, and use these pictures to inspire your own designs. Make a rough sketch capturing the look and feel of your finished piece. Using photographs or other pieces of jewelry for reference, make the sketch as close as possible to actual size. At this point you should concentrate on the size and shape of the overall piece. Focus on producing a design that is well-proportioned and that has symmetry or balanced asymmetry. Also, begin to consi
