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Carson grew up on a dude-ranch in Arizona with supportive and energetic parents. He later attended the University of Oregon where he studied engraving, drawing, and sculpture. Influenced by his childhood the themes in his work include the southwest, cowboys, Art Nouveau, desert animals, dragonflies, and the Day of the Dead.
Kit Carson creates one-of-a-kind jewelry hand-engraved in sterling silver and 18k gold often with colored gemstones. Carson’s work includes earrings, necklaces, rings, buckles, cuff-links, and bracelets with messages such as “Life is Good” and “Don’t Fence Me In.” Carson uses “rusty relics” found in old ranch dumps, abandoned mines, and tractor graveyards and transforms them to give them new life and function. Influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement, his work pays homage to the romanticism of the 1950s American West. Kit Carson currently lives and works in New River, Arizona with his wife, artist Aryana B. Londir. |
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