Our Octopus Ring changed his color

18kt Octopus Ring

Walker Goldsmiths has a wonderful Octopus Ring in our Potlatch Ring Collection. I originally carved the wax, lost wax cast it and made a mold of it for a wedding ring so this latest challenge was a perfect fit. Marisa contacted us through our website telling us that she had […] Read more »

Small Bracelets to Delight the Eye and Excite the Mind

Photo of small Orca bracelet

Walker Goldsmiths have over the years created quite a menagerie of ½ inch wide bracelets that because of the constraints of space are indeed small bracelets to delight the eye and excite the mind.  It is difficult to confine the personality of magical creatures into a 1/2 inch strip of […] Read more »

The Octopus Story told in a hand carved sterling silver bracelet by Owen Walker

photo of Hand carved Sterling Silver profile Octopus bracelet

         This is a classic Haida story illustrated in a Hand Carved Sterling Silver Octopus Bracelet by Owen Walker that carries a message about how we humans are meant to interact with our fellow creatures here on the Earth.  In Chinook Jargon it would start “Hiyu lally ankutie” Which in […] Read more »

Owen in his relm-carving

Owen In His Realm Carving

It’s 9:00 at the Walker Goldsmiths Studio and there’s incredible ZZ Top, LenneRockers and Wanda Jackson blasting out their tunes. Is this night or morning? What day is it? Rooster’s crowing and chicken politics makes a huge squabble as the neighbor’s cat wants some chasing fun. The compressor blasts off […] Read more »