http://www.westernbeltbuckles.com/index.php The Belt Buckles Blog Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:17:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Clint Orms Engravers & Silversmiths aren't your usual belt buckle makers.  Clint has elevated the craftsmanship of belt buckles beyond traditional rodeo trophies to heirloom-quality jewelry, without losing touch with the true Western heritage. Clint's learned much of his trade from his father, who retired from rodeo competition in the 1950s ... http://www.westernbeltbuckles.com/index.php/index.php/2008/07/27/traditional-western-with-a-refined-touch/ The Egokast is a video-playing buckle with 3" LCD screen.  Sure, you might be able to show videos on it.  Or maybe you can run their exclusive looping Egovideo graphics that look strangely like screensavers from the early nineties or lava lamps from the late sixties.  Or if you really ... http://www.westernbeltbuckles.com/index.php/index.php/2008/07/23/never-buy-another-belt-buckle-again/ Ric Charlie is an accomplished Navajo artist and jewelry designer of the Tsi'naajínii (Black-Streaked-Wood People) and Tábaahá  (Edgewater) clans of Arizona.  Ric's mastery as a silversmith adds a level of jewelry-like quality to his belt buckles and he has taken the craft of Tufa stone casting to a whole new ... http://www.westernbeltbuckles.com/index.php/index.php/2008/07/20/slip-into-the-turquoise/ Paul Pearman boasts a wide variety of creative talents, including graphic design, sculpture, stained glass, painting and mosaics.  He even made a living for a while knocking off the work of Van Gogh.   Inspired by art nouveau and impressionist styles, he carefully places the glass in his mosaics to emulate the movement ... http://www.westernbeltbuckles.com/index.php/index.php/2008/07/13/art-shards/ When most people think about cowboys and the wild west, they tend to think of the western United States.  However, the Canadian west has an equally rich cowboy heritage that is relived each July at the Calgary Stampede, a celebration of the early days of roping, riding, and rodeo.  Each ... http://www.westernbeltbuckles.com/index.php/index.php/2008/07/09/the-great-white-west/ It's a rumor that's been whispered by the Las Vegas cognoscenti for decades.  While no one has yet come forward who can attest firsthand, the evidence that remains today is incontrovertible.  Deep in the smoke-filled backstage darkness, in some quiet corner far away from the spotlights, Elvis and Liberace (or maybe ... http://www.westernbeltbuckles.com/index.php/index.php/2008/07/07/rhinestone-cowgirl/ Does your life need a little more hustle and a lot more groovy?  Do you think Peter Max makes Keith Haring look like Mark Rothko?  If you are trying to quell the psychedelic flashbacks in your head and find the perfect buckle for your bellbottom hip-huggers, then boogie on down to ... http://www.westernbeltbuckles.com/index.php/index.php/2008/07/02/tangerine-trees-and-marmalade-skies/ Looking like a cross between the lock on an outhouse door and the rigging you use to secure a vintage Harley in the bed of your Stepside F-150, designer Rivy Ng has created a distinctly hardwarean latch for those who require absolute assurance that their belt will never become unintentionally ... http://www.westernbeltbuckles.com/index.php/index.php/2008/06/27/148/ Today is the anniversary of General George Armstrong Custer's Last Stand at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876.  Custer led the 7th Cavalry of the United States Army in an ill-fated battle against Chief Sitting Bull and Lakota and Cheyenne warriors near the Little Bighorn River in what ... http://www.westernbeltbuckles.com/index.php/index.php/2008/06/25/dont-ask-people-if-they-want-to-see-your-little-bighorn.../ Hopi and Navajo silversmith Ramon Dalangyawma produces sterling overlay jewelry and belt buckles that reflect his Hopi culture and feature traditional symbols of their clan, including wolves, bears, and antelope.  In an arid high mountain community that grows their own food, their iconography also pays respect to clouds, lightning, and rain ... http://www.westernbeltbuckles.com/index.php/index.php/2008/06/22/144/