...inspired by ancient spirits
Adam Mills has been hand engraving and learning from Master Engraver Owen Walker now for over a year and has come up with a wonderful line of NW Totem motif Sterling Silver Dog Tags. They’re fun to see and attractive especially for guys, but not only guys! This Wolf design […] Read more »
Dentalium is everywhere and yet, as a Trade Bead researcher and jewelry designer at Walker Goldsmiths, it’s been my experience to find that so few people even know what it is. Dentalium is a seashell harvested on the Pacific coast of western Washington and southern British Columbia in waters averaging […] Read more »
Awesome Thunderbird! This is the first of the new hand engraved tags being carved by Adam Mills in Sterling Silver at Walker Goldsmiths. The Tag features a Thunderbird. Adam has been learning and working at hand engraving with the assistance of Owen Walker, Master Engraver, for over a year. This […] Read more »
Walker Goldsmiths were privileged a couple of weeks ago to be involved with making Custom Wedding Rings for a couple of special people. It was very much fun! They came to us highly recommended by a dear friend and mother of the groom. They had found on the internet a ring […] Read more »
Walker Goldsmiths did the Seattle Gift Show again this year and it’s been fun to see lots of old friends from AK and the lower 48. We definitely noticed that the buying was slower and more cautious in volume and that folks are totally sick of having to be this […] Read more »
We use the Lost Wax process a lot here at Walker Goldsmiths. I really enjoy knowing that it’s an ancient procedure that, of course, has been upgraded to meet the modern tools, but all the same, it’s still an ancient practice. Metal casting has been archaeologically found to have begun […] Read more »
More interest about one of my favorite subjects, Trade Beads, is always a treat for me. I’ve received quite a few questions about Trade Beads in the last few months and have determined that we really need a blog post about them on Walker Goldsmiths not just on Active Artists . […] Read more »
This post is not only about my mom, but about recycling jewelry, so I thought I’d post it here on our Walker Goldsmiths blog page. Mom left a western themed Sterling Charm Bracelet when she passed away and I’ve always wanted to do something with it to remember her and share […] Read more »
In our Walker Goldsmith Studio recycling can mean cleaning, restringing and redesigning 5 new pearl necklaces from Great Grandmother’s pearl necklace probably from the 1950’s. The original pearl necklace from Great Grandmother was a type of cluster necklace that looped and draped around her neck and was broken, ancient with […] Read more »
Owen Walker wrote a blog last week about the Potlatch and what it is today and historically on the North West Coast of North America. Last night we attended a kind of Potlatch. Saturday night, December 10th was the annual Stonington Gallery Celebration of the Holiday Season in downtown […] Read more »