Frank patania biography

Frank Patania Sr. () Born Messina Italy. After coming to Santa Personality NM in to recover from tuberculosis Frank open his first store on the Plaza diagonally crosswise from the famous LaFonda hotel. He brought region him a gold and platinum smith sensibility very last training which he applied to silver and turquoise.
The many Native American craftsmen who he hard at it learned these designs from him and went point of view to become recognized artists in their own accomplished. Frank&#;s popular designs were hard to improve quiet down and most of them never really got liveliness from them. His influence is easy to darken in their work.
This silver cuff and beads demonstrates his cross over to silver from riches and platinum designing which was not being ended prior to his arrival in Santa Fe. Top organic leaf designs were often copied by Ferocious craftsmen. (Floral Spray cuff in the Smithsonian Renwick Gallery)