From the legendary stone carver Winston comes another beautiful skull buckle, made of hand carved mother of pearl carved into a skull and then hand finished by hours of sanding, buffing and polishing the rock into a majestic piece of art. What kind of rock does Winston use you may ask? That's just part of the secret of skull artist Winston, this particular carving is one of Winston's newest carvings made of mother of pearl and sterling silver the silver around the buckle is also hand made and one of a kind and numbered 1 of 3,225 original piece is set to be sold at the up coming store or it is already sold. The best nature of this carver is his ability to be creative with precious stones such as turquoise , crystal, mother of pearl and Opal. He is best known for his buckles but Winston has had a life's work as a carving artist. He has in his possession two large sculptures that will in time become priceless according to this article in the Robb Report November 2006 page 329, If his belt buckles go up in price every year than who's to say about the price of his sculptures (follow this link) http://www.robbreport.com/Style-Bang-for-the-Buckle.aspx
Winston's original art catalog can be viewed on his website can be viewed on his website at www.winstonbuckles.com
Winston's turquoise sculptures and art/jewelry have been included in numerous
MUSEUM AND GALLERY SHOWS:
J.W.COOPER GALLERY
TIME WARNER BUILDING, NEW YORK
The six and one half year long work of art by Winston "True Forefathers" Currently is on display at J.W.Cooper in the front entrance of the Time Warner Building at Columbus Circle in downtown New York
WESTERN HERITAGE GALLERY
SCOTTSDALE ARIZONA
"True Forefathers" a three foot tall turquoise eagle with eight famous Native Americans was shown Fall of 1996.
GENE AUTRY MUSEUM
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Carefully selected works from the Spirit of America Gallery in Beverly Hills were auctioned at major celebrity charities in the Gene Autry Museum in the early 1990's
TOM CHAUNCEY MUSEUM
SCOTTSDALE ARIZONA
Chauncey Arabians purchased from Winston the thirteen pound turquoise eagle seen on the front cover of Rock and Gem Magazine Aug 1987. The sculpture was later retired to a museum by his family in Scottsdale. It sat along side of the larger than life sculpture Number 2 of John Wayne.
FISHER DIVING COLLECTION
SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI
Winston's large 75 pound turquoise eagle sculpture "True Forefathers" was shown with the famed Fisher Diving Collection – a collection of gold and gems.
GILBERT ORTEGA MUSEUM AND GALLERY
SANTA FE NEW MEXICO
Shown was the first casting of "True Forefathers" a one hundred and thirty pound crushed turquoise molded copy of the original.
PUBLICATIONS
There have been numerous articles in national magazines including:
Robb Report NOV 2006 page 329
RR listed his buckles: one of a hundred most tasteful ways to celebrate the holiday season.
winstonbuckles.com created in 2004
Rock and Gem Magazine AUG 1987 Front Cover
Rock and Gem Magazine APR 1981 pages 56-59
Jewelers Keystone Magazine
JKM listed him in the top 10 carvers in the US Mid 90 retail stores.
WINSTON’S FORMER RETAIL STORES
Winston Minerals – Fountain Hills, AZ
Studio Winston – Laguna Beach, CA
Winston the Carving Cowboy – Ruidoso, NM
