The Art of Design for Handmade Artisan Jewelry

From earrings and necklaces to rings, bracelets and pendants, each piece of handmade artisan jewelry showcases the skill of an artist while making a unique statement about his/her design style. Before you can be effective at jewelry design, whether you are going to replicate your designs or are producing one-of-a-kind pieces you need to have a background in the basics of construction and also understand the materials you will be using.  Through...

The Value of Wire Wrapped Jewelry and is it considered a real art form.

  I’m often asked by people who silversmith/metalsmith “C’mon now, is wire wrapped jewelry “real “jewelry. You know you don’t use any metal smith techniques in it.” I always answer with an unequivocal “Yes”. Even though metal smith techniques may not be incorporated into wire wrapped jewelry, it does not diminish its value as an art form nor the effort and time it take to make it. It can take anywhere from a couple of hours to dozens...

Shipping Rate increase due to US Postal rate hike

To our Valued Customers, Well, it's been a long time in coming but the United States Postal Service has finally raised shipping rates on most services within and for countries outside of the US. Unfortunately, we cannot absorb these cost increases into our price structure and provide free insured shipping. Effective as of January 17th, 2016 we have had to increase our shipping rates for items purchased in our store. Rate increases are...

New Gallery of Past Works

We have finally gotten a new Gallery integrated into the blog showing my past works. It has been a long time coming as I know some of you do not have accounts on Pinterest, so it makes it difficult to see what I have been doing lately. We will be posting photos to the gallery as pieces become available. Thanks for everyone's support over the last year as it has been an exciting time for me and my wife as we travel down the path of discovery into...