Born in 1966, Andy Cadman is the older brother of well-known silversmith Darrel Cadman and a half-brother of renowned smiths Gary and Sunshine Reeves. This group of relatively young smiths (35 to 40 years old) all learned much of their trade from David Reeves (Gary and Sunshine's full-brother who is now deceased). The Cadman brothers and the Reeves brothers, therefore, share a common element of apprenticeship and exhibit certain similarities in their work. Andy is a jovial big bear of a fellow and his friends and family call him "Ben."

This is one of Andy's "thunderbird" bracelets suggesting the silverwork of the twenties and thirties when thunderbird appliquées were common features of the era's tourist jewelry. This bracelet holds an oval of Kingman "Birdseye" turquoise set in a straight-edged bezel wrapped with twist wire. This bracelet has a sculpted-edge cuff highlighted by scallop stamping along the edges near the stone and grooved horizontal stampwork near the terminals. Starred buttons mark the intermediate directions around this stone.

Hallmarked "A. CADMAN" and stamped "Sterling" inside the cuff behind the stone.

Stone: 3/4" x 7/16"

Width of cuff at terminals: 9/16"

Terminal to terminal: 5 1/8"           Gap: 1"

Total inside circumference (including gap): 6 1/8"