Kenneth Redhorse
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Kenneth Redhorse is a talented Navajo silversmith. He grew up in White Cone, Arizona and was born in the Keams Canyon hospital. His loving family worked hard with their livestock, and his mom and sisters were weavers. His older brother Thomas Curtis was a big influence in his life. Thomas Curtis is widely considered one of the most renowned Navajo silversmiths of the 20th century. The family name is Redhorse, and in the 1960s when brother Thomas joined the Rodeo, he was given the name Curtis. Thomas taught Kenneth the art of jewelry-making using heavy gauge silver and expert stamping.
Kenneth was so good with metals that after making jewelry for some years he enrolled in a welding school in Tucson, Arizona. His expertise and talent with welding landed him an impressive job in San Francisco building skyscrapers. He was able to do the most intricate wiring. He would drive back to the Navajo Reservation every three months to see his five children. He retired after 25 years, and he is now back to his home and roots. Soon after he came home, a man that had worked hard all his life, he decided to start making jewelry again. The jewelry is beautiful.
He is so proud to be the uncle of Jennifer Curtis, acclaimed Navajo artist who is the daughter of Thomas Curtis. He wears her t-shirt proudly in his artist photo. Kenneth walks every day and loves being back in his home land.
Kenneth was so good with metals that after making jewelry for some years he enrolled in a welding school in Tucson, Arizona. His expertise and talent with welding landed him an impressive job in San Francisco building skyscrapers. He was able to do the most intricate wiring. He would drive back to the Navajo Reservation every three months to see his five children. He retired after 25 years, and he is now back to his home and roots. Soon after he came home, a man that had worked hard all his life, he decided to start making jewelry again. The jewelry is beautiful.
He is so proud to be the uncle of Jennifer Curtis, acclaimed Navajo artist who is the daughter of Thomas Curtis. He wears her t-shirt proudly in his artist photo. Kenneth walks every day and loves being back in his home land.
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