Like so many Navajo Indian silversmith jewelers, Jennifer Curtis learned her skills from her father. In this case, it was the famous silversmith Thomas Curtis.

Jennifer and Thomas work in difficult and time consuming very heavy gauge silver, without assistance from anyone else.

From the Dine Navajos, Jennifer won the Division A Category (traditional metal jewelry with stones, shell or organic material - silver, brass, copper) at the 2005 SWAIA Indian Market Awards.

Click HERE for examples of Thomas and Jennifer Curtis' work at the Robert Dean Collection