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 »
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 and the Moon hand carved Pendant
Raven and the Moon hand carved sterling silver pendant #408. This is one of the designs that was born from the challenge to put a design into a circle. It is very pleasing when you get it done.This looks like two Ravens surrounding the moon, just as many bracelet designs […] Read more »
Raven and Sun hand carved Sterling Silver Pendant
Raven and Sun hand carved Sterling Silver Pendant #403 By Owen Walker. The story of how Raven stole the sun, the moon, and the stars from the creator is well known in our part of the world and there are many variations of the theme so I will just give […] Read more »
Raven Dancing Hand Carved Sterling Pendant
Raven Dancing hand carved sterling silver pendant by Owen Walker design #402. Owen’s got a favorite story that he likes to relate about Raven that he read in the National Geographic many years ago concerning the intelligence of the Raven. A piece of meat was hung on a string from […] Read more »
Custom Wedding Band Surfer Ring – Replacement
Brandon got a hold of Walker Goldsmiths singing the blues, “I lost my previous wedding ring two weeks ago while swimming in the Pacific Ocean – I still can’t believe it. My ring was engraved with ocean waves- symbolizing the Oregon Coast where I met my wife.” I told him […] Read more »
February On The North West Coast
February It is […] Read more »
Blue Russian Trade Beads and Dentalium Shell are a Classic Combination
Both Owen and I at Walker Goldsmiths are nuts about Trade Beads. We’ve been collecting, learning, trading and creating jewelry with trade beads for over 40 yrs. We’ve seriously focused on faceted Cobalt Blue Russians because we love the […] Read more »
Hand Carved Sterling Flying Frog Bracelet
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 »