topic Re: Bennie Ration and Alex Sanchez pieces in Jewelry

Bennie Ration and Alex Sanchez pieces

patbz — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 01:43:42 GMT

Here are 2 of my favorites. The first is by Alex Sanchez and the second is Bennie Ration.

Re: Bennie Ration and Alex Sanchez pieces

Kachina624 — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 05:04:38 GMT

Hi Patbz, love both of your kachinas but favor the Sanchez.

I too have a collection of kachina pendants. Wish I could afford to collect the real thing, museum quality of course.

Re: Bennie Ration and Alex Sanchez pieces

AliJoi5 — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 04:24:23 GMT

Hi @patbz - Wow, thanks for sharing! I'm in agreement with Kachina... both are uniquely beautiful pieces, but I'm especially fond of the Sanchez one. I just love the color and matrix of that turq (and, come on, it's wearing a tiny naja necklace!). But the Ration one has a little pot, which is equally adorable.

I wish we could get others to join in and share their favorite turq pieces as well!

Re: Bennie Ration and Alex Sanchez pieces

Kachina624 — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 07:10:09 GMT

@AliJoi5. Hi Ali, I think it was during one of your absences from the board some time ago, we got a thread going where we had dozens and dozens of people's photos posted. I thought of you at the time and wished you could join us. I wish the mods could reserect that thread. It's been less than a year ago. A lot of work went into it.

I think patbz's Sanchez kachina is a Hopi maiden. They always have their hair done in a bun over each ear. I have a small sculpture of one. They're both very nice pieces.

Re: Bennie Ration and Alex Sanchez pieces

patbz — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 14:25:38 GMT

Since I figured out how to post once I get home from Phoenix today I may post a few others. Maybe we can start another exchange of jewelry photos?

Re: Bennie Ration and Alex Sanchez pieces

AliJoi5 — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 16:36:07 GMT

@Kachina624 Man, I always miss the good stuff! I noticed some of the long-running older threads made it through the transition. Do you recall the name of the thread? Maybe it wouldn't hurt if I wrote the Q's technical support team and asked? I was thinking about writing them anyway, as a long shot, just to see if they could list my correct post count and date of registration. I hate looking like a newbie! lol I noticed some people kept their correct count and some didn't.

I must admit, I'm definitely a neophyte when it comes to kachinas and the like. I'm fairly well-versed in the meaning behind petroglyphs, etc., only because I research them any time I get a piece that has one I do not recognize. But thank you for explaining the Sanchez kachina. I find all of this symbolism fascinating!

@patbz Yes, please do post more! Maybe you could start a new thread that would be welcoming to everyone. You could include these two pieces again, along with your other pieces. It would be nice if others jumped in and joined us, but if not, we could still have a little party of our own.

Re: Bennie Ration and Alex Sanchez pieces

AliJoi5 — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 16:48:18 GMT

Maybe the thread could say something like... post pix of your favorite Native American jewelry/art (or simply "artisan pieces" to make it more inclusive). Or even just... favorite turq pieces. Or maybe something even more general. I just want to see lots-o-goodies! Kachina is far more adept at this than I. Which is why I never do it! So I'll leave it to you guys.

Re: Bennie Ration and Alex Sanchez pieces

patbz — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 21:40:49 GMT

I finally finished what turned out to be a 5 hr one way trip from Phoenix. I'll start a show your jewelry thread tomorrow.

Re: Bennie Ration and Alex Sanchez pieces

Kachina624 — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 01:10:22 GMT

@AliJoi5 Ali, I don't think they'll restore your post count as others have asked. It's a sore point with many, including me. I had just under 20,000 and my registration date was the original beginning for the forums.

I don't recall the name of the thread but it was long and had tons of pictures of SW jewelry. I'm going to guess first part of the year.

Re: Bennie Ration and Alex Sanchez pieces

Kachina624 — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 01:18:51 GMT

Here is my Alex Sanchez kachina. I don't have pics of my other pieces. I think he uses a lot of Royston turquoise.

Re: Bennie Ration and Alex Sanchez pieces

AliJoi5 — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 03:26:26 GMT

Love this one @Kachina624! She's beautiful. I like that the turq is the focal point (head) here. I have never before seen kachinas wearing squash blossoms/naja necklaces. It's just so darn cute.

Re: Bennie Ration and Alex Sanchez pieces

Kachina624 — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 03:56:13 GMT

@AliJoi5I just love the work of Alex Sanchez and his use of Petrogyphs and native symbols. Patbz introduced me to it and I've made him a rich man. She ought to get a commission.

I live only about 5 miles from Petroglyphs National Monument. There are some old volcanic cones West of Albuquerque and the monument is in that area. Apparently it was easy to chip the black rock that litters the area.

I just looked some pics I took for that jewelry thread and it was August 16, 2014. I think I posted them the same day. The thread would have been dated a little earlier.

Re: Bennie Ration and Alex Sanchez pieces

patbz — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 04:11:35 GMT

Oops I did it again! Just bought a Sanchez butterfly pendant with a coral body. Kachina for 25 years I worked at China Lake in the Mojave desert that has a field of great petroglyphs, so maybe that's why I'm also drawn to his work. Sometime when I'm down in Rio Rancho we'll have to get together.

Re: Bennie Ration and Alex Sanchez pieces

AliJoi5 — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 17:07:58 GMT

@Kachina624 And I like that his pieces are nice and clean too. Thank you both for the kachina lesson! I'm also going to look into having that thread resurrected, if it's at all even possible. Wow, it was already over a year ago. Where have I been?!

@patbz Congrats on your new beauty! If you feel like taking pix... slap them right up there.