Kingman Turquoise Ring

Artist Lyle Piaso

“I was born in Albuquerque, NM. When I was 2 years old, we moved to Chinle, AZ where I grew up until my 19th birthday. After I graduated from Chinle High School, I attended Dine College for 3 1/2 years for business management and accounting. During Summer breaks I had a part time job working for a small jewelry company, at the time I picked up silversmithing. My ideas and designs come from weather and nature of things. Example of how lightening strikes or how wind blows plants and trees in different directions in which I see lines or shapes form. In my spare time I like to take walks regularly. Make my own jewelry when I have new ideas. I enjoy playing chess and have a small card collection of different anime. I read books when I have time. I like adventure and suspense novels. I’m single, living with my dad and his two grandkids.” Lyle signs his work “LP”