Ray Tracey, Diné Silversmith

Diné Silversmith Ray Tracey is known as one of the early innovators in modern Native American jewelry. He has been creating masterpieces for thirty years. His creative technique and designs are groundbreaking. The winner of multiple awards, his work has been featured in magazines and publications and shown in galleries and museums worldwide.

Ray Tracey was born on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona in 1953. He began making jewelry when he was nine years old. One summer, he complained to his mother that he was bored. She enrolled him in summer school where he immediately was attracted to the arts and crafts room and the silversmithing table. He made his first ring that summer and gave it to his mother.

Relative Links: Southwest Indian Jewelry, Diné of the Navajo Nation