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- 210108-18 Navajo Lapis and Turquoise Inlaid Earrings: 1 1/4" long x 1/2" wide by Teddy Draper, Jr.
210108-18 Navajo Lapis and Turquoise Inlaid Earrings: 1 1/4" long x 1/2" wide by Teddy Draper, Jr.
Late 20th century
Private Estate Collection
TEDDY DRAPER, JR.
Navajo Artist and Jeweler
Teddy Draper, Jr., the son of a WWII Navajo "Code Talker" is a holder of many prestigious awards for his art. He is a master of pastels, watercolors, oil painting and traditional and modern design Navajo jewelry. His techniques, constantly refined over thirty years, have grown into a personal style which he attributes to a feeling for "unseen colors."
In this community on the Navajo reservation, Teddy Draper, Jr. devotes his free time and efforts to the Chinle Youth Athletic Club. Garnering many championships. He enjoys working with the Navajo youth, giving them guidance and inspiration. He encourages the next generation of Navajo artists by teaching them to excel in academics and athletics while retaining their rich culture and traditional values that have sustained the Navajo in their desert homeland for centuries.
Teddy lives near his DeChelly Art, LLC. studio with his wife, noted jeweler Ophelia Garcia, in Chinle, Arizona on the rim of the beautiful Canyon De Chelly.