More about Alloys

Sterling and red gold Bear bracelet

Now that Walker Goldsmiths has explored Sterling Silver let us explore a rather more complex set of Alloys, those referred to as “karat gold”. Just like sterling we have the stamping laws to contend with. The law was designed to appeal to the vanity of artists so that if you […] Read more »

Old Memories Recycled with Custom Jewelry Creations

Garnets and Gold in Custom Ring

Here’s another example of Walker Goldsmiths working with a friend to recycle her beautiful old memories and broken jewelry into more modern wearable Custom Jewelry. Kathy came to us a while back with her little bag of broken and not wearable jewelry that she just couldn’t toss out or sell […] Read more »

Beautiful Custom Hand Carved Wedding Ring that few will ever see

Walker Goldsmiths had a bit of fun with a Custom Hand Carved Wedding Ring with a secret trick. The customer, Arin, came to us to get a Custom Hand Carved Wedding Band that he knew Owen Walker could make for him.  Arin works for the Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Program and […] Read more »

Custom Salish Salmon Ring is delicious

View of Tail End of Salmon Ring

Smoked Salmon is very dear to our hearts and stomachs here at Walker Goldsmiths.  Owen is an excellent chef with our backyard “Smoker” and we try to fill it up with Salmon at least once a season.  We accomplished that this year and I took the opportunity to become inspired […] Read more »

Make Recycling of Your Old Gold Into New Jewelry A Reality

Recycled Gold made into Swirly Ring for Penny

  Years ago Walker Goldsmiths redid the “just about worn out”  Wedding Ring for a friend that we’d known for some time. Our kids and their kids all grew up in the same area and schools. It’s been a lovely friendship. They’ve since moved to another state to be nearer […] Read more »

Fall in love with this Challenging Design for a Wedding Ring.

Custom Wedding Band made in 14kt White Gold

We love a challenge here at Walker Goldsmiths and Custom work always is just that. Creating a Custom Wedding Ring to fit an Engagement Ring is a fun challenge. We like to include the customer in the process and really get a vision of the personality of the person who […] Read more »

The Best Custom Graduation Ring you will see this year!

Sterling Silver Graduation Ring with Sapphire and custom carving

Owen and I at Walker Goldsmiths have told all our grandchildren that we would make them a Custom Graduation Ring when they graduated from High School. Grandson Matthew definitely came up with a humdinger of an interesting design! He wanted “something different” and he got it. Matthew graduated from Irmo […] Read more »