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 »
Handcarved Sterling Silver Eagles with Trade Beads
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 »
Sterling Silver Handcarved Raven and the Moon Pendant
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 »
Great Blue Heron hand carved pendant
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 »
Octopus hand carved sterling silver pendant
Hand carved sterling silver Octopus pendant #409. Octopus were often called devilfish by the early settlers and by many natives. I couldn’t tell you why as I think they are one of the most fascinating creatures on the planet! I told the story of the children tormenting a baby octopus […] Read more »
Little Octopus hand carved Pendant
Little Octopus hand carved sterling silver pendant #411. Octopus is an enigmatic character who plays minor roles in several stories but only stars in one that comes to mind at the moment. it is a simple morality tale about not doing harm to our fellow creatures. Children were playing at […] 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 »