in the mid range both in price and complexity of design and the mate to the eagle we just wrote about. Split from tail to beak so he appears to be two ravens curving around your wrist, his eyes are too far apart to support abalone inlay. One of my […] Read more »
Young Eagle hand carved sterling silver bracelet
This is a small Eagle for those Eagle people who don’t want to make a huge statement, but want an easily recognized eagle. Split from tail to nose so that both sides show an Eagle in profile. It bothers some people to think that the eagle has been split into […] Read more »
Sassy Raven hand carved sterling silver bracelet
This is another version of Raven a little smaller than the transforming Raven. This one is all Raven, he shows no human parts and is split so you see both halves of him on the bracelet. This is a very common practice in North West Coast art, in order to […] Read more »
Whale hand carved bracelet
Hand carved multi-species sterling silver whale bracelet. Whales, powerful hunters of the sea, were given much respect by native people. They were believed to have their own villages on the bottom of the sea. The Haida people believed that any Whales appearing in the sea in front of a village […] Read more »
Brilliant Ideas
Brilliant Ideas That Went Nowhere Quite a few years ago I had the great idea of carving some bracelets that were not bracelet shaped but were shaped more like the creatures that were depicted on them. So I went right to work and designed two Orcas, a Loon and a […] Read more »
Golden Eagle Hand Carved Sterling Silver Bracelet
. Golden Eagle has kind of become an obsession over the last few years, I have several golden eagle feathers and have seen several here. We live in Bald eagle country and seldom does a day go by that we don’t see several bald eagles. But spotting a golden […] Read more »
More about Alloys
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 »
Sterling Silver From Scratch
Here at Walker Goldsmiths we make our Sterling Silver from scratch. Silver is one of the noble metals along with gold and platinum, the chemical symbol is Ag, which stands for argentium. Silver is the most conductive (of both heat and electricity) substance at normal temperatures and pressures, it […] Read more »
Hand Carved Sterling Bear Bracelet
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 »
Hand-carved Sterling Silver Little Raven bracelet
This is another Owen Walker bracelet that could have been dancing raven or swimming or whatever, we called it Little Raven because it was one of the first 1/2 inch wide bracelets we designed. It is fairly easy to fit a creature onto a bracelet that is 1 […] Read more »