James and Doris Coriz

James Coriz’s parents both were jewelers. He began making jewelry with his parents as a young child. He learned how to cut, shape and polish turquoise and shell as well as how to fabricate silver and set stones. Today, he works with his wife Doris, whose parents were also jewelers, to create hieshe necklaces, spirit necklaces with hand-cut fetishes, as well as multi-stone inlay pendants and earrings. The Corizes fashion beads and fetishes in the traditional Kewa method. Each stone is hand cut, shaped and polished to a smooth finish.