Shared Images: The Innovative Jewelry of Yazzie Johnson and Gail Bird: The Innovative Jewelry of Yazzie Johnson and Gail Bird

by Diana F. Pardue

Overview

Gail Bird (Santo Domingo/Laguna) and Yazzie Johnson (Navajo) have been making jewelry together since 1972 and are considered among the first rank of Native American artists. Shared Images is a retrospective of their careers in the decorative arts, spanning the early 1970s to the present. Drawing inspiration from prehistoric pictograph and petroglyph sites, Johnson and Bird have developed a distinctive set of designs that continue to inspire contemporary creations. The book documents their collaborative process and features a range of exemplary pieces shown in museums and galleries across the country.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780890134962
Publisher:	Museum of New Mexico Press
Publication date:	03/16/2007
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	9.20(w) x 11.20(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Diana F. Pardue is the Curator of Collections at the Heard Museum. She is the author of Native American Bolo Ties: Vintage and Contemporary Artistry (Museum of New Mexico Press) and coauthor of Inventing the Southwest: The Fred Harvey Company and Native American Art.