Oscar Alexius (b.1949 -)

Oscar Alexius has been a Navajo silversmith for over 25 years.  He is best known for helping to revive traditional, old-style Southwest Indian Jewelry.  His stamp work is especially beautiful.  He formerly worked for Chet Jones at Zuni and later Don Tanner at Shush Yaz in Gallup.  Jewelry specialist Jay Evetts once commented “He does nice, heavy work with deep stamping.”  Alexius was awarded Best in Category, 1^st Place, fabricated matched sets, at the Gallup Inter-tribal Indian Ceremonial in 2002.  Schaaf

Reference and Recommended Reading: American Indian Jewelry I: 1,200 Artist Biographies by Gregory Schaaf.  This book is currently not available from Adobe Gallery