Toro Viejo - #13

Compton designed this unique 2-inch by 3 1/2-inch oval buckle with a border comprised of fully filigreed scrolls and leaves creating various dimensions. The rose gold flowers, yellow gold centers and yellow gold horns complement the heavy gauge sterling silver base with an eye-pleasing mix of metals.

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.”