Sporting a hand-stamped sterling silver and turquoise bolo tie, Eddington Hannaweeke's Bear is dressed for success. He comes from a family of jewelers so incorporating those skills in a hand-fabricated small bolo tie for this delightful carving is really unique. Early bolo ties originated in the 1900s by Indigenous men from Zuni Pueblo, Hopi Pueblo and Diné. They would tie bandanas around the necks secured with string and decorated with shell additions.
Standing at roughly 2 3/8" tall, 1" wide and 1 1/4" deep, this bellied bear has been carved from surfite and has jet inlaid eyes. Similar to Fordite or other motor agates, surfite is a by-product created during surfboard manufacturing. The process includes pouring resin over foam and fiberglass forms. The excess resin from multiple boards will pool and harden on the shop floor creating beautiful and dazzling patterns when cross sectioned. The resin will not decompose if thrown into a landfill so utilizing the material in Zuni animal carvings gives this material new life as a faux gemstone. Since the designs from surfite are organically created and unique, each piece carved from surfite is just as special.
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