Eveli Sabatie is a celebrated jewelry artist whose work bridges the worlds of fine art, spiritual expression, and cultural fusion. Born in Algeria and raised in France, Eveli’s journey into jewelry began not through formal training, but through a deep and transformative apprenticeship with the legendary Hopi jeweler Charles Loloma. In the early 1970s, she arrived in Hotevilla, Arizona, and soon became Loloma’s only non-Hopi studio assistant—learning firsthand the intricacies of tufa casting, stone inlay, and the philosophy that shaped his groundbreaking approach to Native American jewelry.
Under Loloma’s mentorship, Eveli flourished. She quickly developed a distinct voice of her own—deeply intuitive, spiritually charged, and visually poetic. While her early works reflect Loloma’s influence in technique and form, Eveli’s jewelry expresses a more organic, mystical narrative. Her use of turquoise, lapis, coral, shell, gold, and exotic woods is guided by emotion and symbolism rather than symmetry or repetition, resulting in pieces that feel ancient, yet timeless.
Eveli Sabatie’s jewelry is less about ornamentation and more about storytelling—each bracelet, ring, or pendant is a personal reflection of the artist’s inner world and connection to place, spirit, and transformation. Her works are often described as “emotional landscapes,” blending Native American inspiration with African, European, and metaphysical influences.
Though her time creating jewelry was relatively brief—spanning the 1970s into the early 1980s—Eveli’s work is revered today for its purity, originality, and rarity. Her pieces are held in major museum collections and are highly sought after by collectors of studio and Native American-inspired jewelry.