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 the beach when the tide was very low […] Read more »
Hand carved sterling silver raven bracelet
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 »
Octopus hand carved sterling silver pendant
Hand carved sterling silver Octopus pendant #409. Octopus were often called devilfish by the early settlers and by many natives. I couldn’t tell you why as I think they are one of the most fascinating creatures on the planet! I told the story of the children tormenting a baby octopus […] Read more »
Little Octopus hand carved Pendant
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 »
Our Octopus Ring changed his color

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 »
Cast Sterling Octopus Ring

Walker Goldsmiths lost wax cast Sterling Silver Octopus Ring #317 was designed by Janet Walker originally for a friend who loved to dive and hunt for these delicious creatures. This Octopus ring was so well accepted that we decided to make it available to all. This is a sweet ring […] Read more »
Small Bracelets to Delight the Eye and Excite the Mind

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

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

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 »