Joy Parton
Rez Hoofz is an independently owned business, specializing in painted contemporary and custom made Native American design work. The conception of Rez Hoofz started in 2006, when artist Joy Lynn Parton (Oglala Lakota/Ft. Sill Apache) received her artistic vision to put fourth painted dolls of the Lakota persuasion. The dream as she would interpret it, coincided with a traditional lakota story as old as time. In coming, the tale of the "No Face Woman."
For generations, the Lakota elders would sit and tell the story of the woman with "no face" to their children. The story as passed down, would remember a beautiful woman who was unable to get passed her own appearance of good looks. The woman could be found day after day, looking at her own reflection in a neighboring river that ran along side the camp. Each day, year after year, as she grew more beautiful she would taunt and tease those whom she felt were less attractive, with how gorgeous she was. One day, as she was sitting by the riverside, a spirit appeared to this beautiful woman and warned her that vanity had no place in the camp circle. He told her, if you continue to sit here and admire yourself in the reflection of the water, instead of being a good relative and helping those in the camp circle, the spirits will take what you value the most. The beautiful woman paid no attention to what the spirits told her and continued to taunt and tease the others and returned to her daily ritual of sitting by the riverside admiring her great beauty. This angered the spirits who had warned her, so they appeared to her once again and said, we told you that if you did not listen, we would take what you valued most, so from this day forward you will walk in this world with no face and be a keeper of the children. As promised, the spirits took her face. She was no longer the most beautiful woman in camp and she became humbled. The once beautiful woman grew very angry, alone and with no beauty to boast, she found herself weary until one day, a child in the camp approached her and asked, why do you not have a face? The woman told the child, it is because I did not listen and because I had a mean heart to those who had less then me. The child then told the woman, you have a lot to teach us. It was then, that the woman decided it was time to forget her once beautiful face and dedicate herself in teaching the children the value of having a good heart and being a good relative.
The moral of the story is to let your inner beauty shape the change you want to be for yourself and those in the world. This is the vision behind Rez Hoofs. The mission being, through creative expressionism we can all have the inner beauty we seek. One that matches the inside of who we are, on the outside.
All Sales are Final there are no refunds or returns. Every boot is custom made and hand painted. Please Include your style number or style name, size you desire, your email address and where you would like the boots to be shipped. Turn around time is between 3-6 weeks . We must receive full payment via our Pay pal account before proceeding with your order.
Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
1.How do I order?
Go to my online shop at www.etsy.com/shop/rezhoofz
if your size is not there I can do custom orders.
Message me through ETSY or Facebook.
2. How long do custom orders take?
Depending on how many orders I have before yours could be anywhere from 3 to 6 weeks.
3. Is your paint water proof?
Yes the paint is water proof.
4.Where are you from?
We are from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota .
5. Do you ship to Canada?
Yes we will ship to Canada, the cost to shipping to Canada is high and takes longer to get there but we will ship, message us for a price quote.
6. Do you ship internationally?
Yes, we will ship internationally, just message us for a price quote.
7.Why is it when I go to one of your etsy listings, I get an "OOPS" message?
If you get the oops message that means that item has SOLD.
8. Will you be making this purse again?
I do make some purses more than once as long as I can still get them it in stock. However, all our products are HAND PAINTED and will NEVER be exactly the same.
9. Do you have lay-a-way? Or can I make payments?
No sorry we don't have lay-a-way and we do not have a payment plan. We are a small business and we reinvest everything we make back in to the company.
10.Can you hold this for me until next payday ?
Sorry we would like to offer this option but more often than not, when we hold something then it sits unsold and never picked up. So we discontinued this option.
11. Do you set up at pow wows or art shows or any other events?
Sorry we don't travel or set up at pow wows, as it takes time away from the studio.
12. Can we visit your shop and purchase items?
Yes, everyone is welcome to stop in. We operate out of my cousin’s basement in Pine Ridge, it is our workshop.
13. How do you make payment? Checks, money orders, etc.
We only take Paypal through our online Etsy shop. (You can use your debit card or credit card with Paypal.)
14. What do I do to make a custom order? Do you need the pic and style you did from your beautiful photos?
How a custom order works is that I make you a “custom order add” on my etsy shop with your order. What I will need from you is your size a pic of what you want. you can send me a message through Facebook or Etsy. Please attach the photo and size.(Please note, all custom orders must be prepaid.)
15. Do you guarantee your work?
We do guarantee that we can repair any paint that may have chipped off or worn off with normal wear and tear. We do not however, return any payment for our original artwork. Keep in mind the paint is waterproof but do not chip or peel at it as it will cause damage to the product.
16. Do you have a catalog?
No, we are a small business and everything we do is hand painted and one of a kind. However we do recreate some designs but they will never be exactly the same.
17. Do you wholesale?
No,not at this time. We do however, keep our prices low enoughso the every one is able to afford our products. You are more then welcome to buy and resell however we stamp all our goods and you must sell them under the Rezhoofz name.
We have too many orders at this time to wholesale. If that should change in the future, we will make an announcement.
18. What kind of paint do you use?
Sorry, we do not share that information.
19. How much are your items?
Prices are listed at our online shop. www.etsy.com/shop/rezhoofz
20. How often do you ship?
We ship on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. All orders will be shipped priority USPS and a tracking number will be provided upon request.
If you have more questions or did not find the answer you were looking for, we would like to welcome you to message them to us through our Etsy online shop at www.etsy.com/shop/rezhoofz or on our facebook page. So we may add them to this list of frequently asked questions. Although we would love to answer each and every question personally, please keep in mind this is a two person company and we are trying our best to get our orders out promptly.
Wopila (Thank you) and have a good day.
The Rezhoofz staff,
Joy & Gabe
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