Tuesday, October 27, 2020


Raven Meets Mink, red cedar panel is finished and ready to go to its new home. 

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A work in progress - Eagle pendant in silver with 24K (pure gold) inlay. 



Ready to shape and polish, a Dragonfly and Hummingbird wide bracelet. 

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Sunday, September 27, 2020

 
 


 
Wide Eagle Ring, 14K gold with a diamond eye.


 
Hummingbird Necklace, in 18K gold with diamond
and abalone shell inlay.
 


Dragonfly bracelet, 2 inches wide with oxidization


Detail of a mask for the Denver Art Museum. Indian head

pennies in the eyes.


Thursday, September 17, 2020

Dragonfly Gold Bracelet
    


Hummingbird Gold Ring



Supernatural Loon Bracelet 


 

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A special 60 wedding anniversary gift - Dragonfly & Hummingbird Bracelet 



Thunderbird who Came Down from Above Bracelet




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Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Hummingbird & Frog bracelet, 14K gold & abalone shell. 






Hummingbird Necklace, 18K gold, diamonds and abalone shell. 





Diving Killerwhale bracelet, 14K gold. 

 


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Thursday, July 16, 2020

Beaver Ring, Silver & Gold 



Eagle Transforming, Gold Bracelet 



Hummingbird Gold Bracelet



Supernatural Loon Bracelet, Silver & Gold 



Raven Ring, Platinum & Diamond



Sea Bear Bracelet, Silver with Oxidization.



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Wednesday, July 1, 2020

I don't get to do this design too often - Halibut Bracelet, 1-1/2" wide. 



A unique piece - Wolf Bracelet, 14K gold with turquoise. 



A wide Eagle Ring that I made for a customer's tenth anniversary. 


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Sunday, June 21, 2020

Happy Fathers Day to all the dads and father-figures. 

Dave Neel Sr. as a young artist / Mourning Mask for Dave Neel Sr.



This Silver Eagle Transforming Pendant I want to make in 18K gold. 




A Wolf Ring in yellow and white gold. 



A Supernatural Loon Bracelet, 14K Gold. 


Octopus with Salmon bracelet, 14K Gold. 



A Bear Bracelet, silver with oxidization. With a wide bracelet it is nice to have space to be creative.







Friday, May 29, 2020

Mask of Racism (1992). This piece was created in response to the Los Angeles riots, which followed the acquittal of four police officers who were videotaped beating Rodney King. Almost three decades later and what has changed?  


Thursday, May 28, 2020

A Hummingbird design on a 18K gold two-tone gold ring


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A different approach to Northwest Coast Native design - Owl Wide Gold Ring


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Sunday, May 10, 2020

A one of a kind piece - Dragonfly Pendant
silver with 24K gold inlay



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Wolf Pendant
Silver, Gold & Sapphire


Globalism Mask, with gold, silver copper & international currencies.


This mask was carved to represent Globalism, which sent North American factories (more than 50,000) to China along with the jobs. I carved this mask in 1998 for an exhibition in London England because I saw that it was going to be one of the most important issues of our times. Today with the global supply chain breaking down due to the Covid-19 lock-down, there are shortages in everything from medical supplies, to automobile parts to fertilizer for farms. It has become apparent that the globalism is falling apart before our eyes.



Thunderbird that Came Down from Above
Silver Bracelet, 1" Wide 





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Thursday, April 23, 2020

Making a pedant for myself, using a tiny yellow cedar totem pole 
carved by my grandmother, Ellen Neel, 75 years ago. The case is silver and
will be hand engraved on the side with a glass cover. 



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Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Dragonfly pendant in progress, silver with 24K gold inlay


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Hummingbird & Orchid Bracelet 




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Covid-19 Virus Mask


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Thursday, February 27, 2020





                     The legend of Bear and Raven in an 18K gold pendant

New work - the story of the Eagle that came down from the world above and transformed into a human, to become one of the first ancestors, in 18K gold.





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Sunday, February 9, 2020

In progress - The Hummingbird transforming into a Man. In myth time humans could transform into birds and animals. 


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