San Felipe (New Mexico)
Medium: Jewelry
Charlene Reano was born Charlene Sanchez in 1960 in San Felipe Pueblo. She married Frank Reano of the Santo Domingo Pueblo. She first started making jewelry while working for a jewelry company doing inlay, stone cutting and setting. Her own work was influenced by her mother-in-law Clara Reano. She first started making jewelry with her husband in the 1980's and specializes in “sandwich inlay” using an “age-old step design” in their work.