The Legacy of the Golden Thread with Andrea and Ansula Usai

620 Cerrillos Road,Santa Fe NM 87505

15 November, 2021

Description

“The art of filigree will only survive by providing enough exposure internationally to create a marketplace for this dying art.” IFAM welcomes Andrea and Ansula Usai to the IFAM Center! Join us as they explain the rich history behind the labor-intensive craft of making finely designed heirloom jewelry. Today, the Usai family uses techniques which have remained unchanged for hundreds of years to create achingly beautiful, delicately configured arrangements of fine metals and gemstones. For all of the breathtakingly elegant jewelry they produce, the Usai family exclusively uses 18-karat gold and sterling silver, together with precious and semi-precious gem stones like rubies and carnelian. Tools used are traditional and simple, per ancient techniques first introduced by the Phoenicians who came to Sardinia thousands of years ago, bringing their artistic techniques and sensibilities with them.