Cross Necklace - #11

Compton said he has long wanted to craft a woman’s cross necklace for the Traditional Cowboy Arts Association Exhibition & Sale. So, drawing on his faith for inspiration, he designed this three-inch cross from a heavy sterling silver base which is fully filigreed and accented in the middle by a yellow and rose gold flower set with a natural green diamond. The cross is suspended from a twisted sterling silver wire collar.

Beau Compton, Silversmith (Member)
Tombstone, Arizona

Beau Compton was born and reared in a rodeo and ranching family. Though he was initially interested in bit and spur making, he started silverwork in 1997 after his father-in-law introduced him to Vic Vasquez, a saddlemaker, silversmith and bit and spur maker. In 2006, Compton started to pursue silverwork as a full-time business, and in 2015, he was awarded a TCAA fellowship, which — along with the TCAA Emerging Artists Competition — he credits for propelling his work to the level of TCAA membership. Compton currently resides with his wife and two children on his in-laws’ family-owned cow-calf operation. “It is a blessing to raise my children, who are the sixth generation on the ranch, in this environment,” Compton said, “and to perpetuate Western lifestyle and values.”