Ruddell and Nancy Laconsello

Ruddell and Nancy Laconsello are a husband and wife team of Diné–Zuni jewelers working in lapidary arts, inlay and silver work. Nancy Haloo Laconsello is A:shiwi (Zuni) and was born in 1952; and Ruddell is Diné (Navajo) and was born in 1959.^[1]

Work

Nancy learned lapidary and inlay from her father, Jake Haloo, starting in 1972.^[2] The Laconsellos have been making jewelry together since 1976. In general, Nancy does the stone and shell inlay, and Ruddell does the silver-working.^[3][1] They are known for their finely detailed pictorial, channel inlay in stone and shell.^[4]

Collections

Their works can be found in the permanent collection of the British Museum, ^[4] the National Museum of the American Indian of the Smithsonian Institution,^[3] the School for Advanced Research's Indian Arts Research Center Collection,^[1][5] among other venues.