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Interviewing Navajo Jewelry Makers Sarah & Harrison Tom.

Harrison and Sarah Tom can be reached at: Phone: 928-313-4310 & Email: [email protected] About the Artists Sarah Tom, started making jewelry back in the 1990s. It was her son that encouraged her to take up this craft after she retired. She picked up the jewelry making craft quickly and has been making amazing pieces ever since. She now travels around the country with her son selling her beautiful artwork throughout the Southwest and California. Harrison Tom is a Native American artist of the Dine (Navajo Tribe) from Indian Wells, Arizona. Harrison comes from the Coyote Pass clan, pronounced "Ma'ideeshgizhini" in the Navajo language (maternal). He was raised on and off the Navajo reservation and spent most of his childhood in the Los Angeles, CA area. He returned to Arizona during his teenage years and began doing art by drawing pen and pencil sketches of Native American scenery and wildlife images. In February 2006, Harrison relocated back to the Navajo reservation and currently resides in Window Rock, AZ. In 1991. Harrison's uncle Leroy Tom taught him the basics of pottery. He was inspired and developed his own unique contemporary style. His pottery collection is enhanced by an array of earth tone colors and designs featuring wildlife animals and petroglyph images, detailed with eagle feathers and inlaid with semiprecious stones. Each piece is a unique, one of a kind, irreplaceable piece of art. Enioy the beautiful pottery created by Harrison Tom. Significance of Harrison Tom Designs Eagles and hawks are very powerful birds they signify power and spirituality. Their feathers are utilized for blessings and prayers. The eagle carries the prayers of the Great Spirit and watches over us, seeing all and carrying our spirits to the Creator. • The sacred buffalo gives endurance and stability, and the arrowhead provides protection. The bear represents power and strength, the heart line in the bear indicates the breath of life. The wolf signifies loyalty, success and perseverance, and the coyote are characterized as a trickster. Hummingbirds represent harmony and joy, turtles signify long life and wisdom, the butterfly shows beauty and the dragonfly symbolizes magnificence and glory. The some Dine (Navajo) believe that the Kokopelli was a medicine man instead of a flute player, and carried healing herbs, maybe in a backpack like pouch. They believed he is smoking a medicine pipe, rather than playing a flute. The Kokopelli is an intertribal design and has several beliefs. The sun swirl petroglyph design represents the continuation of life and the hand print represents signature of life. The Navajo wedding basket design is used in matrimonial ceremonies. The shape of the wedding Vase vessel represents unity; each spout represents the female and male adjoining at the top as one. In Harrison's words: "As a contemporary Native Artist I am thankful and feel the creator has blessed me with this gift. My art keeps me in balance with Mother Earth. Not only is it a blessing for me but also my livelihood. I will continue my skill in pottery and aspire to become a fine artist. Health and happiness to all walks of life." Harrison Tom You may order their artwork by Phone at: 928: 313 - 4310