...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 »
Bears are noted for loyalty to one another and for having loving families. Bears care well for their families, especially children, and are good providers to the whole clan. Bears are often described in native legends as big, strong, loyal and fierce, symbolizing supernatural strength. Women endowed with the spirit […] Read more »
This is a split design that really should be called “Sea Bear” North West peoples didn’t have lions so to them the creature we call California Sea Lion or Stellars Sea Lion was a Grizzly bear that lived in the sea. I finally just gave up arguing with people about […] Read more »
This cute little bear cub is a profile design that wraps around the wrist. Cute, yes, but like it used to say on the Matanuska Maid milk carton “Remember ALL bear and Moose are dangerous”. You can be cute and dangerous wearing this bear cub. Hand carved sterling silver […] Read more »
This small whale can be either an Orca or a baleen whale.This is another design where I had a hard time compressing a whole whale into a ½ inch strip of silver, but I really like the results even though it is hard to cut and get the tail perfect. […] Read more »
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 »
This Sterling Hand Carved Bear Bracelet is my iconic design #20, I use it as an avatar on the Internet, and it is on Walker Goldsmiths’ business card. This Bracelet design’s origins are lost in the mists of time, which simply means I do not remember what year it […] Read more »
Owen Walker describes why his Hand Carved Sterling Sea Bear Bracelet, design #18, is called a Sea Bear, “ If you lived in a lovely green land that was filled with bears both black and grizzly and did most of your traveling on the sea you would call the animal […] Read more »
The Flying Frog Bracelet, Design 14, is Hand Carved in Sterling Silver by Owen Walker at Walker Goldsmiths. “The idea that Frogs could fly is so absurd that I had to carve it on a bracelet just to see what it would look like.” Frog’s appearance in ancient Haida Art […] Read more »
The Sterling Northwest Totem Bracelet, Design #9, hand carved by Owen Walker at Walker Goldsmiths is a very interesting bracelet. It has Raven, Eagle, Salmon and Bear all depicted on this one bracelet. We call it a Totem Bracelet because it is very like the Totem Poles seen in the […] Read more »