Recently I had the honor of being nominated by world-renowned jewelry artist Raymond C Yazzie to continue to carry his torch by showing ten works for ten days. Considering the long line of Heard Museum exhibitors here before me, as a big white boy with blue eyes I consider it a privilege showing in their...Read More

This gigantic Turquoise nugget is one of the largest ever found. Weighing in at a huge 97 pounds, this surreal piece features a light blue glossy band cutting across the piece of otherwise greenish-blue Turquoise. The surface texture is extremely intricate with an abundance of crevices and crenellations. Discovered in 1979, the nugget is one...Read More

Story of a Stone In 1966 something very special was unearthed one lonely wet night as the Arizona monsoons poured rain on the Bluebird Copper Mine.  Like a magic light show from the overhead halogen lights, the earth mover spotted a wet glowing blue and green stone. It was partially exposed in the mud walls...Read More

This 131-pound sculpture is a replica of the original turquoise sculpture,  Forefathers. This sculpture is a copy, 1 of 2 copies made of the original carving known as ”  fore father’s” by Winston. It consists of crushed turquoise mixed with resins and other ores. Then put in a mold and placed in an oven for...Read More

Our True Forefathers is a tribute to Native Americans forever captured in a rare turquoise stone. The turquoise stone is three feet tall and represents over 106,455 karats of natural gemstone. The sculpturing is by far the largest gemstone undertaking by WINSTON in his career. This three-foot-tall stone represents over 106,455 karats of gemstone and...Read More