My name is Ryan Day Thompson. I’m Dine and Bilagaana.
I silversmith, make beads, make moccasins, once in a while fire a few traditional pieces of pottery in the old style, and spend as much time as my schedule allows in the hooghan. I was an adventure and architectural photographer for 20 years. Three generations ago there was an atsidi in my family but I learned what I know from the mentorship of friends.
I’m a student of both the styles and methods of the First Phase in silver and the styles and methods of a thousand, thousand years ago in stone and shell necklaces.
