Handmade Artisan Jewelry
by Diana Kirkpatrick
Why would you
prefer handmade artisan jewelry? Handmade jewelry is one-of-a-kind
– you won’t see two pieces that are exactly alike in any of my
designs. Many people believe that handmade jewelry has a certain
vibe that mass-produced jewelry cannot match. You see the “soul of
the artist” in every piece of my unique handcrafted jewelry.
My handcrafted jewelry story began years ago when I was designing
jewelry from stones that I had tumbled to a high polish. Although
I was creating interesting pieces of artisan jewelry, I tired of not
being able to determine the size and shape of the final finished
stone. This desire to control the design and its outcome
encouraged me to learn more about gem cutting. In order to be able
to create my own settings for the stones I cut, I also studied
silversmithing and worked with wire wrapped designs.
Today
one-of-a-kind handmade art jewelry in silver and gold is my
specialty - I design unusual handmade jewelry pieces inspired by a
variety of motifs: plants, interesting landscapes and seascapes,
textures that can be translated to silver or gold, unusual
gemstones, and even fascinating color combinations. My unique
handcrafted art jewelry includes dramatic, exotic, and fanciful
designs – something for your every mood.
What do you look
for in handcrafted jewelry? Quality? Beauty? Elegance? My
artisan jewelry provides all of that and even more. My handmade
jewelry is all unique one-of-a-kind designs. The handmade jewelry
for sale on this site is guaranteed to be handcrafted from the
finest materials. I use sterling silver, pure silver (called fine
silver), 14/20 gold-filled and karat gold along with precious and
semi-precious gemstones.
I include lots
of gemstones and beads in my unique handcrafted bracelets and my
handmade necklace and earring designs. Some of my bracelet designs
involve yards and yards of coiled silver wire which is wound around
a silver bracelet and accented with gemstone beads. I create
handcrafted wound silver beads for my necklaces and some earrings,
too. My handcrafted artisan jewelry is high quality jewelry that
will last a lifetime.
I love to work
with crystals – clusters of crystals as they occur in nature or
individual crystals wrapped in silver and gold. I place crystals
in handcrafted silver or gold settings then mount them in my
one-of-a-kind pendants or weave them into exotic earrings or my art
jewelry necklace designs. Each piece of jewelry is handmade –
lovely handcrafted jewelry using gemstones, Swarovski crystals, and
freshwater pearls in hand-woven silver and gold settings.
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