...inspired by ancient spirits
Trade Beads …Salish Sea with White Caps, Necklace and Earrings set was a joy to make here at Walker Goldsmiths. Creating this trade bead necklace design had me remembering my childhood chasing around in little speedboats on the Salish Sea. I grew up on the Tulalip Reservation in Port […] Read more »
Our good friend Anita had shown me her wedding ring and commented on how she was getting ready to have a Walker Goldsmiths redo into a custom ring, as her ring was wearing thin. Owen and I were at dinner with friends and family in Anita and Pat’s beautiful new house […] Read more »
Walker Goldsmiths has made some Trade Bead Bracelets. We have an extensive collection of antique beads used during the Fur Trade Era in the Pacific Northwest, from Russian Siberia over to Alaska and down into all the North American Continent, that are beautiful and oozing with history. These beads are not […] Read more »
Walker Goldsmiths has been privileged to create these 14kt White Gold Wedding Rings for Abbie and Joe and their wonderful day is today, May 4th! We’ve posted the creation of Abbie’s Engagement Ring here on the blog, Celtic Style Twisted Braid Engraved Diamond Wedding Ring…Done, and now I’m presenting Abbie’s […] Read more »
We’ve made the lost wax cast Sterling Raven at Walker Goldsmiths for many reasons. Owen claims Raven as his Totem and we love the many stories and depictions of Raven as a magic, shape shifting, and creative being. Raven has a wealth of myth and lore surrounding him and they […] Read more »
Walker Goldsmith’s lost wax cast Sterling Salmon Pendant is the first design that we ever made. It’s the King of fish is our eyes and most other people in the Pacific Northwest. We celebrate Salmon every year by smoking lots of fish in our smoke house and sharing all we […] Read more »
Walker Goldsmiths lost wax cast Sterling Silver Bear Ring #302 is a very graphic depiction of a Grizzly Bear or Brown Bear. The Indians of the Pacific Northwest believed that before the first people were created the world was inhabited by the animals and the birds who lived and […] Read more »