Great Blue Heron sterling silver hand carved pendant#418. There are hundreds of herons living and nesting near us so we get to know them very well. I guess you would say we are in the flyway, because when they are nesting we often see several hundred flyovers in one day. […] Read more »
Jumping Salmon hand carved salmon Pendant
Jumping salmon pendant hand carved in sterling silver is the ever popular design of the Jumping Salmon and seems to be worn equally by men and women. Is it a Sockeye (Red) or a Coho (Silver) or a Chinook (Spring) or a Dog-Salmon (Chum) or a Humpy (Pink)? It seems […] Read more »
Kingfisher Hand carved sterling silver pendant
Kingfisher sterling silver hand carved pendant represents one or should I say another of my favorite birds! We have several families of kingfishers living near us and love to watch them fishing. They are like jewels flitting about. I have seen one flying to the nest with 3 little fishes […] Read more »
Sun Mask hand carved Pendant
Sun mask sterling silver hand carved pendant is a representation of the sun which as you can imagine is very important in an area like this that gets from 50 to 200 inches of rain per year. The sun was placed in the sky by our famous cousin Raven and […] Read more »
Raven Feather hand carved Sterling silver pendant
Hand carved sterling silver Raven feather Pendant #413. I always picture Raven in some kind of action so I shaped the back of his neck to be a Chilkat dance robe. This raven may be flying, dancing, telling a story, or resting between dances at a big Potlatch. I grew […] Read more »
Raven Dancing Hand Carved Sterling Pendant
Raven Dancing hand carved sterling silver pendant by Owen Walker design #402. Owen’s got a favorite story that he likes to relate about Raven that he read in the National Geographic many years ago concerning the intelligence of the Raven. A piece of meat was hung on a string from […] Read more »
Trade Beads and a Prehistoric Artifact
Here at Walker Goldsmiths I love to create Trade Bead Jewelry especially with Prehistoric Artifacts, because Trade Beads are themselves artifacts from bygone eras. That’s not to say that they aren’t collected and sold and traded today, but they are more a beautiful historic curiosity than a currency of sorts. […] Read more »
Sharon’s Choice Trade Bead Necklace
I display Trade Beads on our Walker Goldsmiths website to introduce the collections that are for sale and to highlight some wonderful history. I can say that each necklace that I’ve created is a collection of authentic antique beads with amazing histories. The posts here on Walker Goldsmiths and on activeartist.net […] Read more »
Raven Steals the Sun Amber Trade Bead Necklace is always a favorite
I love making Bead Trade Necklaces and this one, Raven Steals the Sun, Amber Trade Bead Necklace, TB473, is right up there on Walker Goldsmiths favorites list. This 20 inch necklace is ALL Amber except for a few inches of small glass beads and the black lip shell button […] Read more »
Owen Walker Hand Engraved crosses for Kazan, Russia
I was commissioned by the Oak Harbor Lutheran Church to create two North West Coast themed crosses to be presented to the bishop of the Kazan, Russia, Lutheran Church and one of his assistants while they were visiting their sister church in Oak harbor, WA. I must admit I am […] Read more »