Totem is a word that comes from the Eastern side of this continent so it is not an accurate word to describe the poles that we now call Totem Poles here on the North West coast.  A Totem in its original use was a spirit helper or animal spirit that belonged to one person.  It ...

This Celtic Twisted Braid Diamond Wedding Ring is finally finished at Walker Goldsmiths and off to our customer who had big plans to propose to his sweetheart. She had told him what style she liked and they had even chosen a picture of a ring they’d found on-line, then he sneaked over to see us. ...

This Hand-carved Sterling Silver Small Whale Bracelet is another design where I had a hard time compressing a whole whale into a ½ inch strip of silver, but I really like the results even though it is hard to cut and get the tail perfect.  This whale can either be an Orca or a baleen ...

Here we are at Step Two at Walker Goldsmiths with this Celtic Twisted Braid Diamond Ring. I’ve asked Owen to make a rubber mold of this ring this morning so the next time something similar to this design is requested I can speed up the whole process with a wax from the original mold.  I’m ...

  This was a fun and tricky set of wedding rings that we’ve just shipped to some folks getting married.  Carved in wax by me, Janet Walker, and cast in Sterling Silver by Owen Walker in our Walker Goldsmiths Studio. These rings are a combination of Totem Symbols in Sterling Silver. One is a Raven ...

Celtic Design jewelry is pretty popular around our Walker Goldsmiths Studio these days.  Maybe we’re just warming up for the local Highland Games the first weekend in June or maybe because our name is Walker and that’s definitely Scots. I don’t know, but it sure is fun!  This is another wedding set carved by me, ...