BEADED CUFFS | NEW MEXICO
Beadwork
Each cuff is loomed bead by bead by one Diné artist, in her own home, to a pattern she composed. Over 1,200 intricate glass beads strung one at a time on a loom.
- BEADS PER CUFF
- 1,200+
- MADE BY
- Navajo artists
- MADE IN
- New Mexico
Etkie
We are a studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico, working with beads, wool and leather.
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WOOL | KING RANCH, NEW MEXICO
Wool
Fleece from King Ranch in New Mexico. Spun and woven at American Woolen in Connecticut, one of the last working woolen mills in the country.
AXIS DEER HIDE LEATHER | MAUI NUI
Leather
Axis deer hide from Maui Nui, a partnership that turns an invasive species into something worth keeping.
Our Collaborators
Every material in an Etkie piece has a maker with a name. Diné artists, enrolled members of the Navajo Nation, loom the beads at home in To’hajiilee, more than 1,200 to a cuff. The wool is King Ranch fleece, spun and woven by American Woolen in Connecticut The hide is sourced in partnership with Maui Nui Venison in Maui, Hawaii. The common thread is that nothing here is molded, cast, printed or ready-made. Every piece is designed with the people who make it, built by hand one pass at a time, and carries the name of the person who made it.
The Artists
“I’ve worn mine every day for four years. It only looks better.”
“You can feel that a person made it. That is the whole point.”
“I bought one as a gift and immediately ordered a second for myself.”
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Worn for a gift, a milestone, an ordinary Tuesday. We'd love to see how you wear yours.