Torevia Crespin

(Santo Domingo) (Kewa)

Torevia and her husband Delbert Crespin live at Santo Domingo Pueblo with their family. They are famous for their multi color necklaces, earrings, and large inlaid pieces. The materials they use in their jewelry are jet (black), pipestone (brown), Melo shell (white or orange), spiny oyster shell (dark orange or red) turquoise and anything green is usually serpentine or turquoise.

Due to the handmade nature of bead work, all bead sizes are approximate. Most Santo Domingo artists do not use calipers – the work is sized by eye.