...inspired by ancient spirits
This Sterling Silver Handcarved “Raven and the Moon” Pendant was carved by Owen Walker for a Christmas gift to Ingrid’s daughter. Ingrid came to us with the carved 12 mm Tahitian Pearl and the beautiful grey/silver 10 mm pearl with an idea for a gift for her daughter. Her daughter is […] Read more »
When Julianna and Doug came to us for Custom Handcarved Wedding Rings Owen was very pleased to be able to make them for their Wedding. Julianna wanted the Sterling Silver Raven and the Sun with the Sun being 14kt Red Gold making it so pretty. The Northwest Coast Native myth […] 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 »
Custom Thor’s Hammer and Raven Ring is a result of a previous post about “Krumi”, old Norse for Raven on this Walker Goldsmiths website. The Hammer of Thor is a powerful symbol in Old Norse mythology. Our daughter, Nalani, has a half-sister, Leilani, who’s married to a Norse fellow who subscribes […] Read more »
In the 18th century when the Native cultures of the Northwest Coast were flourishing and the wealth of the fur trade was flowing throughout the world, a curious custom was born. When a man was mature and wealthy enough to seek a wife he had to look outside his clan, […] Read more »
It was Raven, with both human and bird qualities, who placed the sun, the moon and the stars in the heavens. First, that sly character, would devise a way to trick Grandfather Creator into letting him play with the glowing orbs in his magic box. Succeeding that as human, he […] Read more »
Small lovebirds D#45 maybe a misnomer as no love is small even if the birds are. Lovebirds are always Raven and Eagle because these are the two moieties or clans on the North West Coast. If you are an eagle then all eagles are your family as in brothers and […] Read more »
. It is fairly easy to fit a creature onto a bracelet that is 1 and 1/2 inches wide or 2 inches wide, but it has proved much more difficult to compress the personality and ego of a Raven in 1/2 inch, and that goes for other creatures too, not […] Read more »
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 »
This is another version of Raven a little smaller than the transforming Raven. This one is all Raven, he shows no human parts and is split so you see both halves of him on the bracelet. This is a very common practice in North West Coast art, in order to […] Read more »