...inspired by ancient spirits
Transforming Raven Bracelet, Design #11, is Hand Carved in Sterling Silver by Owen Walker of Walker Goldsmiths. Every Indian tribe on the Northwest Coast tells the story of Raven Stealing the Light from the Grandfather Creator. This Transforming Raven Bracelet shows Raven with both bird and human parts. He is […] Read more »
The Salmon is the staff of life for people in the Northwest and that includes us at Walker Goldsmiths! This Design #48, Hand Carved Sterling Sockeye Salmon Bracelet by Owen Walker is a celebration of the Salmon that sustain life and culture on the Northwest Coast. We who live here […] Read more »
This Hand Carved Sterling Alpha Wolf Bracelet by Owen Walker, Design #7 is a gorgeous bracelet. Some of our favorite friends are wearing it! It is a large bracelet for large personalities. The design itself is a large spaced design, not at all fussy, and it has the ability to […] Read more »
The Big Eagle Sterling Silver Bracelet, D1, is principally the first BIG Bracelet design that Owen Walker has hand carved for Walker Goldsmiths. Everyone can relate to eagles in some way so this hand carved bracelet design #1 has been in demand. After all, it is our national bird! Eagle […] Read more »
Walker Goldsmiths lost wax cast Sterling Silver Lovebirds Ring band#308 celebrates the custom of the Northwest Coast Native Indians. By recognizing the two most important clans, the Ravens and the Eagles in a time honored tradition. “In the last century when the Native cultures of the Northwest Coast were flourishing […] Read more »
Sterling Silver Lovebirds Wedding Bands It seems that this year we’ve made more Sterling Silver Wedding Bands at Walker Goldsmiths than ever before. Folks still want to get married even when they’re “challenged” for cash. Our Lovebirds Wedding Bands can provide what they’re looking for; Sterling Silver, heavy duty, durable, […] Read more »
I was commissioned by the Oak Harbor Lutheran Church to create two North West Coast themed crosses to be presented to the bishop of the Kazan, Russia, Lutheran Church and one of his assistants while they were visiting their sister church in Oak harbor, WA. I must admit I am […] Read more »
This was a fun and tricky set of wedding rings that we’ve just shipped to some folks getting married. Carved in wax by me, Janet Walker, and cast in Sterling Silver by Owen Walker in our Walker Goldsmiths Studio. These rings are a combination of Totem Symbols in Sterling […] Read more »
Walker Goldsmiths calls this lovely little Wolf the Timber Wolf just to differentiate him from the other Wolf bracelets that we do. Every thing that lives on the North West Coast lives in the timber or in the water, there just isn’t any other place to live. When I lived […] Read more »
Loon is rather rare in North West Coast art which seems a bit strange as there are so many loons living here. Perhaps it is because they spend so much time underwater. He appears as a kind of minor walk on character in a few stories, but nothing of a […] Read more »