...inspired by ancient spirits
Grizzly In the Cedars, Trade Beads with Handcarved Sterling Silver Grizzly Bear Pendant created by Walker Goldsmiths. The authentic, antique Trade Beads in this necklace are Carnelian, Coral, Orange Padres, Jasper, Jet, Onyx, Jade, Horn, Amber, Watermelon Chevrons and Venetian Fancy’s, all strung up with a Black Lip Pearl Shell […] Read more »
Walker Goldsmiths was called upon to make a custom Handcarved Sterling Silver Eagles with Trade Beads Necklace for a friend of our friend, Monica Decker, at Crazy Wolf Gallery in Ketchikan, AK. Monica wanted to know if Owen was willing to carve these 1 inch Sterling Eagles for earrings. and […] Read more »
This Sterling Silver Handcarved “Raven and the Moon” Pendant was carved by Owen Walker for a Christmas gift to Ingrid’s daughter. Ingrid came to us with the carved 12 mm Tahitian Pearl and the beautiful grey/silver 10 mm pearl with an idea for a gift for her daughter. Her daughter is […] Read more »
Walker Goldsmiths often get asked if we can create a Custom Prong set Pendant so a stone can be worn by it’s owner. Of course we can! Sometimes folks get a stone when they’re traveling to S.America or on a cruise to the Caribbean and when they bring it home […] Read more »
Recycling Family Gold for a special Christmas gift is one of Walker Goldsmiths’ favorite jobs. Donna had arranged for Walker Goldsmiths to recycle family gold for her own ring and there was gold left over from that experience. She had us hold on to it until she could figure out […] Read more »
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 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 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 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 »
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 »