I grew up in Santa Fe, (still here 😊). My dad was an artist from Zuni Pueblo. His name is Van Paquin. He realized the talent he had in making a stone into art, and became a full time artist in the 80’s, early 90’s. He participated in the Indian market from 1983-1994. ( He passed in 1995.) He won first place ribbons the majority of those years. He also has a sculpture representing the United States at Buckingham Palace that Princess Ann took back to England. I grew up being an Indian Market kid, lol! 😊❤️

@lapidarydave

Жыл бұрын

that is so amazing is there anywhere online i can find your fathers work

@trulonewolf5056

Жыл бұрын

I'm here in Santa Fe tooooo 😂💯👍

@lavitapadilla

Жыл бұрын

Not that I know of, maybe if you looked under his name and his information. I’ve done it before but got just a few things, but that was about 7 years ago. You never know there might be something now.

@mawi1172

Жыл бұрын

Lucky you! Must've been a rich childhood! I wish I had learned from your father! 🤔🤔🤔

@BMarie774

Жыл бұрын

Oh the super cool things you must have!

I wish we had watched your videos before we went to Tucson years ago You are very knowledgeable. Thanks!

What an experience. I love events that celebrate indigenous people. To get to speak to the artists is an incredible opportunity. Just wow. Thanks for great content. Rachelle, Australia 🦘.

@rachelleandrichard

Жыл бұрын

The singing and drumming is powerful. So beautiful. What a great soundtrack for this video as we get to view beautiful jewellery and objects and listen to the makers.

Thank you for this. Longing for Santa Fe and the smell of roasting chili in the air. Indian Market in the fall…..memories. The burning of Old Man Gloom!! Miss Santa Fe so much. Thank you 🙏🏼

I've spent time with Nakotah LaRance ... here in Missouri...I loved his father... Nakotah forgot his moccasins & bought a pair of my hand made ones to dance...how cool is that... it's sad that he is no longer with us...😢😢😢

In that brochure, that " tortoise and the hare piece" is so amazing. They took a thin cabochon and cut it in half lengthwise so that it mirrors itself. That is an amazing piece!!

This is one of my favorite vacation places!

Love turquoise and enjoyed this vlog so much. Thank you

Of all the gem shows you’ve shown us, this was my absolute favorite. Thank you Dave for your wonderful videos!✌🏻😊

@Gems-of-Hope-Rocks

Жыл бұрын

I have to agree. I've already watched 4 times and added 3 comments with several time stamps each to make watching easier.

Love this video, makes me feel like I was there. I love the respectful, enthusiastic way you engage with people. So much fun and so interesting and informative! Thank you so much!

I Love Santa Fe and Indian Jewelry ❣️❣️❣️

Brilliant artistry!! Talk about a focal point for conversation. Fascinating!! 🤩

I don't think I can say Thank You enough for this video! We didn't get to go to Indian Market this year, your video was such fun. I am always blown away by the amount of skill and artistic talent you can find there! Way too much to see in one day, or even two! Thanks again!

@lapidarydave

Жыл бұрын

tha k you for watching my friend

I was walking the Santa Fe square 3 weeks ago, we were too early for the Indian Market. I have a pendant with Super X, but I haven't seen any stone like the piece I have. I have been in love with turquoise and Native American jewelry since I was 6 or 7. I love that you talked to the artists, I don't think people realize the work and artistry that goes into creating those pieces. They are worth every dollar they charge. I just subscribed!

@lapidarydave

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for subscribing Dana i really appreciate you super ask you something really special I would love to cut some

I absolutely love your videos, so much artistry

@lapidarydave

Жыл бұрын

thank you so much for watching my friend

Thanks for posting this. You spent some time with some wonderful artists and their pieces.

@lapidarydave

Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching :)

every single piece was absolutely incredible God I wish I was there

@lapidarydave

Жыл бұрын

thank you for watching :)

Great video Dave! Your the best Thanks

@lapidarydave

Жыл бұрын

no you are scotty

This gave me great joy.

Thank you so much for sharing!

Absolutely incredible art work🌵🦂🦅👍

OHHHH LOVE THE CROCODILE JEWELLERY IN STERLING SILVER.

@phillipm1451

Жыл бұрын

Thanks thats my work:) medicine Man Collective

Thank you for the video! Sad I didn't make it out there.. wired that artist don't want to video there art pieces..keep up the great work Dave!

Happy 100 year Anniversary 🥂

Such talent ..WooW

Thanks for doing this video. I’m just now getting into collecting. I hope I can make it to this someday! Like I said am just now getting into it, but just commissioned my first cuff from Curtis Pete. Actually never heard of him, but am in love with his work.

Absolutely amaizing 😍

Bulford Queen here ! AKA JANE ❤️

It's all beautiful.

Beautiful🤗

I thought I’d scour KZread for videos of Indian Market and I found your video. I enjoyed it immensely. I also subscribed to your channel. 👍

@lapidarydave

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and thank you so much for subscribing. It really means the world to me.

thanks dave , wow what a show.

I'll go crazy in an idian market like that! Hopefuly for my bank accompt we don't have those in France 😅

I wish I could go there!

OHHHH ID LOVE TO GO THERE. MAYBE ONE DAY 🙏🥰.

looked like a real fun show and some of those necklaces were really epic! wish i had the skills to make something like the ones you showed or the money to buy them jajaja.

As a Native American artist myself. I hope to be as good as these artists one day. Really cool 😎

@lapidarydave

Жыл бұрын

I believe in you my friend

@iiniijewelry

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏾

I LOVE turqouse! I unfortunately lost all mine that was passed down...... it was just a few peices of jewelry but meant alot to me. Im looking to buy a mens silver turqouse ring.....but scared to buy online......and in stores here in Pittsburgh they are crazy prices if u even find it....

Hey Lappy D! I hope that you are well, my friend! Is grandma with you? The music has been therapeutic. Thank you for your content its fantastic!!!

@lapidarydave

Жыл бұрын

thank you so much my friend i really appreciate you

0:47 Two Gators 🐊 🐊 Followed by a single Gator 🐊 Again 56:12 39:10 Inlaid Turtles 🐢 54:12 DA' BEARS 🐻 🐻‍❄️🐼

I'm new I really enjoyed your content on stones. Amazing how many stones their are in the world. Beautiful jewelry. 🙏

I have never gotten to see anything like this David thank you from the bottom of my feet to the top of my crown for filming this magical place. My family on my mothers side are all dark hair dark skin mostly native and my fathers side also were some dark hair dark skin mostly native yet they bother were whitewashed and had no knowledge of what their heritage was. on my fathers side there were mostly men and only a few of my cousins are women who seem to care more about where we came from and what our ancestors knew... My mothers side however were a bunch of women and my aunt Victoria has a family lineage map showing exactly what tribes we come from... I want to take an ancestry DNA test yet I also don't want to share my DNA I'm so conflicted lol.... Ok i said all that to say this I am so excited to see all these beautiful pieces and honestly it makes me want to work harder and learn more techniques because I make crystal jewelry to sell to wear and I sell it last night I was able to Vend at a local small music event where I sold my very first necklace for $50... I was so proud of it and proud of myself. Now here I am seeing some of the most beautiful hand made pieces I have ever seen in my life. I cannot wait to learn what sort of string or wire I should be using and how to make my own beads... I love you for you and I love you for doing this for all of us out here. Peace Love and may the odds be ever in your favor my friend.

@lapidarydave

Жыл бұрын

thank you for your super kindness i deeply appreciate you

That’s a beautiful bracelet Dave my brother-in-law used to live in Apache Junction he made me a beautiful squash blossom necklace unfortunately one of the squash blossom is broke on me and I haven’t been able to get anyone to fix it and all the turquoise is Morenci turquoise

@lapidarydave

Жыл бұрын

that’s odd it should be easy to find someone to fix it in AZ

@flashbackactivator6565

Жыл бұрын

Ask Richard at Alltribes off Baseline. I think he has several silver smiths to call upon…

So beautiful!❤

Seems nice

Witajcie Drodzy Native przepiekne wyroby ,i bizuteria oraz mineraly pozdrawiam serdecznie duzo zdrowia oraz blogoslawienstw Weronika Sito Polska 👍🦅🦅🦅🪶🪶🪶💙💙💙❤❤❤

Beautifull stuff. I woulde love to visit a Native American market one day

Gorgeous

14:00 Window Shopping at GEMSONG 18:48 Vajdite Exclusive to GemSong 21:00 1lb Bags of #8 Turquoise 22:20 Pseudomorph Specimens

Great video!

Very Cool video. How do they get the turquoise to stick to other stones for the veneering or stick to the silver or gold wristbands? I assume a strong epoxy? Not exactly stone setting.

Lol I live here in Santa Fe tooooo 😆💯🌠🌄

As Maravilhas das turquesas 🤩

💎👍

Could some tell me if the little turtles were only made from natural stonework. Or were they held in place with resin too? I'm asking because I've recently gotten into craft resin & I've seen stones on AliExpress. I wondered if the crushed garnet flakes would work in resin. I doubt I'd ever make anything as wonderful as those turtles though.

Man it was pouring rain like 6:00 in the morning when I was helping my brother set up at his booth

@lapidarydave

Жыл бұрын

it was crazy but lots of people anyway wish i could have stayed longer

Nice !

Bde durbhagy ki baat he indian traders or manufacturer india me acchi quality ka saman nhi dete or videsho me bhut behtarin dete he.

Hi Dave, I watch many of your videos but I usually don't comment. I just want to say that really like above everything you do, the way you offer these hidden nuggets of information that only someone with your experience can provide. An example in this video is the notion that cutting cabs into designer shapes is more lucrative that cutting standard rounds or ovals. I would even guess that goes for squares and rectangles too. I mean would a trapezoid or non-symmetrical angular shape also sell better that a square or rectangle?

@lapidarydave

7 ай бұрын

Hey my friend, I’m actually going to make a video on this topic sometime soon yes trapezoids are good stuff. I take back a lot what I said about ovals ovals are great sellers because they’re really unisex I mean biker rings are usually oval or square, but having too many is not good a lot of people back in the day just cut ovals and didn’t really do anything else, anyway thank you so much for watching. It really means a lot to me.

Ask for the price so we can know if we can afford those beautiful pieces of Native American art.

What day was this shot?

@lapidarydave

Жыл бұрын

yesterday my friend :)

Good vid dave. I want to get a Dp Pixie any idea when they will be availible?

@lapidarydave

Жыл бұрын

they could be available soon text me 7722844459

I don’t know how I ended up on your channel, but I’m glad I did!

@lapidarydave

Жыл бұрын

thanks maya i really appreciate it :) it’s tough doing youtube rock stuff

Me gusta mucho

I would be completely broke after this day

7:44 Business Card for THE BEST NÀTIVE JEWELRY

😂😂😂Fantastic ✌️

thanks for your time and sharing this incredible video , is any other festival indian expo Market on the next two months?

@lapidarydave

Жыл бұрын

i don’t know my friend the august marker is the biggest and don’t know of any others thank you for watching

That’s interesting the sign says no animals allowed I have a service dog are they gonna make that exception

Yoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyo

What a place thank you for sharing! #stevenschoolalchemy

He's not singing, Pale Face. He's CHANTING! 😂🤔🤔🤔😂😂😂

@shiverarts8284

Жыл бұрын

it's singing... i would know i'm native, it's not chanting whatsoever.

I wish they were links to the sellers

Stunning! Hey Dave, could your refer me to some place where you get lepidolite? I'd like to work with it and add it to my repertoire. I would also like to get my hands on some of that Ricolite(?) serpentine. Also, if you are going to NY for Herkimers, and find yourself driving through Ohio, you should check out Flint Ridge and Mrs. Nethers' farm.

@lapidarydave

Жыл бұрын

how big of a piece are you looking for i haven’t some here in Taos NM and would def sell you some my friend

@jenconnolly37

Жыл бұрын

@@lapidarydave I'd love like 5 lbs of lepodite and 5 lbs of serpentine. If the price isn't bad, I may go for 10 lbs. I have serpentine but it sucks. If you don't have some for sale, where should I go online. And don't forget to try to hit Flint Ridge if you go through Ohio. Lots of native american history there!

Is this a yearly festival? Dates?

@lapidarydave

Жыл бұрын

yes annual in august

who made that bear relief carving? would like to buy one but I'm here on the east coast and we have nothing like this market here.

@lapidarydave

Жыл бұрын

not sure who made it my friend i believe it was hopi or zuni

very strange to see so much stuff from China in Santa Fe! Hope the native material does not disappear in next few year!

OK did you say Tim Washburn on that alabaster piece

@lapidarydave

Жыл бұрын

i didn’t i said tim washbum but the name was tim washburn

11:40 The Chanting Calls 53:40 It's Out of this World 1:00:56 www.OuraeCreations.com 47:21 Be a ROCK Star 🎸

Those cords on the statue are his religious vows. They have nothing to do with whipping anyone.

When is this???

@lapidarydave

Жыл бұрын

august every year

@kathycouch8273

Жыл бұрын

All month of August?

@lapidarydave

Жыл бұрын

nope just a weekend

At the very end of the video, when you are discussing the artwork that you don't want to explain how it was an ancient good luck symbol, UNTIL the worst villain in modern history, Ill just him H, stole the image for hatred and separatism.

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I notice, you always hold a card up as if you're letting us read it. But you won't hold it still long enough for us to do so. The pamphlets, same thing. You fidget and spin it and thumb it some more, but you refuse to let us have a good look at anyone's business name. Why is that? Just asking....

@tvdvd8661

Жыл бұрын

Hes walking and filming probably not looking at the card but at the stands around him

@lapidarydave

Жыл бұрын

You’re supposed to pause the screen

Bro you need to quit feeling so comfortable grabbing everyones stuff. Leaving your prints and oils and shit. Promise you pissed off a lot of people they just didn't speak up 😂

@lapidarydave

Жыл бұрын

blah blah blah 🐍

Great video brother! Who is your favorite native lapidary artist right now? I know there is so many top shelf these days but I still got to go with Jesse monyongya. A few years back when I did my first winter market this dude wearing a black cowboy hat strolled up to our booth he checked out one of my rings " yeah my daughter likes these gaudy type pieces,I'll take it" " No prob sir,thank you appreciate it, Anthony Romero ,what's your name ?" " Jesse " " Oh nice to meet you sir , hopefully she will like this ring,it's natural Chinese,I try to stick with domestic myself but hey this stuff kicks butt so I ,yeah , hopefully it's not some kind of blasphemous thing but yeah ,long as it's natural and I like it ,heck I'll use it. You ever done any jewelry yourself?" " Yeah , my booth is right over there around the corner a bit." " Oh nice sir ,didn't catch your name, well your last?" " Monyongya ." " Oh ,wait your Jesse monyongya,thee Jesse monyongya, inlay master in thee flesh?" " Yeah ,that's me." " Oh wow ,what an absolute honor sir,I've been a huge admirer of your work sir , it's really given me so much inspiration and just an absolute huge amount of wow how he do that moments,you ever work with maw sit sit ?" " Oh hell yes !" Just one of them I'll never forget type moments, being an up and comer and just the whole , everything about that experience is something I will never forget,those little things make all those hours of failure so much worth it. he is my favorite and that sale really didn't make him a favorite he just does his thing and I've always liked his designs,just just a whoa wtf experience I hope all up and comers and experience. If you ever want some pseudomorph clams hit me up , Montoya has some killer stuff from carico but it's very pricey. I have some from MM mine they just as good but just don't carry that mystical appeal of the ...lake stuff. Have some high end CL and Damali but I'm just watching that stuff appreciate in value ,maybe one day I'll be good enough to use them in my work but for now I'll just use regular stuff , natural if possible,I'll use stabilized but I don't cut and polish myself. Great video sir,not bragging or anything just sharing a cool story I'll never forget,it really made me wanna do more work and whatnot.

Lapidary Dave! Do you have an email address? One of your vids said you gave your number out, dunno where. Please, let me DM you.

@lapidarydave

Жыл бұрын

7722844459 is my number

PILES AND PILES OF THE SAME JUNK, WHERE EVER YOU LOOK ,,,,,,,,GIMME THE INDIAN TRADING POST DAYS !

@lapidarydave

Жыл бұрын

🤷🏽‍♂️

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