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SkyStoneTrading.com is owned and operated by

Julia Audrey in Santa Fe, New Mexico 

Thank you for visiting my web site and taking the time to read this about  page. Skystone has been an online business for twelve years specializing in fine turquoise silver jewelry. It began in 1998 in Ketchum, Idaho, on  with Zuni fetishes and Native American jewelry left over from the brick-and-mortar store's going out of business sale. All the pieces sold in six weeks, so a trip to the Southwest was required. After about eight trips back and forth between Idaho and New Mexico every two months, I moved to Santa Fe and have been here since 1999.  There is no retail storefront in town, and paper catalogs are not available.  I've been a member in good standing with SWAIA and IACA for at least ten years, both associations promoting and preserving the authenticity of Native American art and jewelry.  While Skystone started out specializing in unique Zuni Fetishes carved from rare, high-grade materials, the business has been carrying mainly jewelry since 2005.

the early, early days of the biz                          Original website design

BACKGROUND

Way back in the 1980's I received an Assoc. Science in Computer Information Systems from El Camino Comm. College in Los Angeles learning how to program mainframes with languages like Basic and C.  My background has always involved working with people, usually in some form of sales, with a few detours at  pre-med and acupuncture college in Santa Monica, Calif.,, running my own watch store in Ketchum, Idaho and other endeavors that were challening but not bufulfilling enough to keep me interested for very long.  In many respects, Skystone created itself, and I was just along for the ride.  It has been my blessing, like coming home; I finally knew what I wanted to do when I grew up.  Too bad there wasn't 'turquoise trader' as an option on career day in high school...