Leonard Gene, a Navajo, born and raised on the reservation, is a self-taught silversmith. Mr. Gene's jewelry depics the Navajo traditional stampwork combined with contemporary patterns. To acquire new and original patterns, he designs all of his own stamping tools, often from old chisels and files. Mr. Gene also works with gold and does precious gem settings. His gold works are from fabrication and also from castings.

Silversmithing is more than just a craft for Mr. Gene. He strongly believes that it is a way of maintaining his native heritage and enjoys sharing this with others. In that spirit, he also enjoys learning about different Indian cultures and traditions.

Rosie Taylor is a Navajo, born to Khiyaani, the Towering House people, and born for Totsohnii, the Big Water people. She is the daughter of a master weaver, Lillie Taylor. As a young girl, she took care of the sheep and later at 8 years old, she learned how to shear and to card spin wool. Her mother showed her how to do simple straight line design and later started to put in step design. Later on, she learned how to gather plants to dye the wool with its extract. To date, she still uses the same techniques that was given to her to create traditional and contemporary designs that have artistic meaning.