Helen Serras-Herman, a 2003 National Lapidary Hall of Fame inductee, is an acclaimed gem sculptor and gemologist with over 38 years of experience in unique gem sculpture and jewelry art. Visit her website at www.gemartcenter.com and her business Facebook page at Gem Art Center/Helen Serras-Herman.
Monument Valley is one of the most magical and majestic places I have ever visited. It is located on Native American Navajo land in the northeast corner of Arizona and southern Utah, at 5,564 feet elevation. The region is part of the Colorado Plateau. The Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park was established in 1957 and includes 91,696 acres within the approximately 16-million acres Navajo Reservation. The Navajo people prefer to be called Diné, which means The People. In their language, Monument Valley is known as Tse’Bii’Ndzisgaii meaning Valley of the Rocks.