b d designs

sterling silver with natural amethyst and peridot . (( Secret Garden Ring )) .
"My work is an accumulation of years of study, experimentation, inspiration and the JOY of working with metal! All of my work is created using traditional metalsmithing techniques, commonly called fabrication. These are the same techniques that metalsmiths have been passing down from generation to generation for hundreds of years. It is a legacy of metalwork and I am very proud to be part of that history. I hope you enjoy viewing what I enjoyed creating! I add new pieces each week, so stop back often! On the personal side, I am a wife (of 19 years) and a mother of two wonderful children, ages 14 and 7. They are the inspiration behind my Mother's line of jewelry and a source of joy and inspiration every day of my life. Everything I do, I do for my family and each piece of jewelry I make, I make as if it were for my own family...so you get the very best from me each time you order from me! I live in the woods in Ohio, and I grew up in the woods of Pennsylvania, so a lot of what you see in my shop is nature-inspired as well! I learned about perennial gardening from my mother at an early age and my love of all things green and growing finds its' way into my work constantly! I feel that a lot of my designs grow organically out of that love of nature."
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Binster Handmade jewelry

Rose Cut Garnet Ring - Sterling Silver Pattern Band - Custom created in your size
"Hi, And thank you for visiting Binster Handmade jewelry. A few years back I was introduced to the wonderful and colorful world of beads. Dealing with a variety of beautiful beads filled me with passion to create bold colorful pieces of jewelry. This was my first step into the multidisciplinary world of jewelry. Since then I earned my degree as a jeweler, certified for designing and making pieces of jewelry, mainly using silver and various other precious metals. As I have an in-depth knowledge of traditional jewelry and bead weaving I sometimes enjoy combing the two. My jewelry pieces vary from very basic classic pieces to fully designed lush bridal center pieces, And they will complement and enhance the beauty of any women living in our hectic world, as the pieces are easily worn and add a touch of finesse and color to any outfit. My Creations make me smile everyday all day long, I truly hope one of my Pieces will make you smile too :-)"
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Homespun Ireland

Miniature Irish Cottage Ring Hand Painted Paper Clay -- Handmade in Ireland
"I am a mixed media and textile artist, working from a studio in Ballinacurra, Co. Cork, Ireland. My work is inspired by Irish heritage, and Irish country life. My favourite materials are wool, lace, and paper. I am fascinated with vintage sewing paraphenalia, catholic iconography, and old photographs."
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Jayne Norvelle

Stack Rings Set of 6 Sterling Copper and Brass Custom Size
"I have always been driven to create art in some form, drawing and painting, an art handed down from my mom. When I discovered jewelry design I really found my niche. I create my jewelry as a piece of wearable art. Each piece is a careful blending of color and form, balancing both for an original work. Jewelry design has given me an outlet for both my creativity and the love I have always had for rocks, stones, gems, of all shapes and sizes. While I work mainly with silver and stone, some pieces use resin, copper, brass or 14k gold. My inspiration is found in those things at their natural state, in the texture, and color of the organic. The feel, weight, temperature, shape, and color of the stone itself often will inspire the end result. Many of the stones are found on my local beach while walking my dogs, I bring the stones home and polish them. I am a self taught silversmith and all of the silver is hand forged. Just as nothing in nature is ever exactly the same, no two pieces of my jewelry are exactly the same. While some I do try to duplicate as much as possible, most of my pieces are one of a kind. My Etsy Shop was started at the constant prodding of my daughter an artistic photographer and all around awesome person! HERE's a bit more about me with a photo of me in my workspace from our local paper"
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lumafina

Herkimer Diamond Ring, Gold Fill Rivet - Custom Stone, Sizing
"As a jewelry designer I carefully work a happy collaboration of the styles I cherish. I design pieces in a contrast of both elements and structure: organic and vintage, airy and funky, modern and natural. Creating jewelry with a unique self-expression is a joy to me. About the artist:I just couldn't take it anymore, sitting at a desk, shoulders aching from a bottom-rung job I despised yet felt I needed to do. Surely helping the needy and their children is a noble cause. So why was I so exhausted, depressed, bitter and unproductive? I became the worst version of myself, snapping at my lovely husband, withdrawing from friends and family, complaining, spiteful toward God. I would read the "Quit Your Day Job" Etsy bulletins and cringe with guilt and envy, self doubt even. I began to wonder what I was doing with my life, questioning the choices I made everyday that made me such a different person than I used to be. I couldn't have survived the changes I needed to make without the love of Jesus, so patient and encouraging, strong and sweet. Nor Aaron, my husband, the love of my life and best friend. With new ideas budding all around me, I took the plunge from non-profit work to stay-at-home, entrepreneurial, creative work with nothing more than a business plan, some set-aside money, and a random collection of jewelry tools and bits of knowledge. lumafina was born, my own creative company, but not by my merit. Without the source of strength in God, I don't know how I'd do it, day in and out. Please, please tell me you are finding strength outside yourself, that you are not doing this alone. Surround yourself in the loving Spirit of Jesus, with friends who give you life, with professionals who challenge and inspire you, with your family who loves and needs you. I am very blessed to be working a handmade life. I am girl who sketches and dreams and hopes. A cherisher of books, gardening and danish modern furniture. And french food. Oh, french food. Thank you for supporting my dream of working a handmade life. Thank you for investing your time and resources in what creativity I have to share with others. Thank you for being a part of my life in this season, I am truly thankful for each encounter! Note: It is important to me to use reclaimed and recycled materials. Whenever possible I buy from ethically aware and local suppliers and use environmentally caring techniques in my studio. I think carefully about where gemstones and materials come from - sometimes not using them at all if I feel an abusive system will be supported by their presence in my designs. I like to not only support art but people too! About the name: lumafina(lu-ma-fee-na). Luminous and fine. Jewelry that is softly aglow with warmth, structure and a fine sense of color."
bio written by Hilary Ann via the etsy profile

love struck soul

Rustic Romance - Sterling Silver and a Copper Heart - Stacking Ring Set of 4
"I'm a single mom and a metalworker, and I live in sunny Florida. This is what I do to support us:) My background is actually in fashion design, but somewhere along the way I bought two kilns and a torch, then just fell in love with metal. Everything in my shop is hand forged by me, out on the back porch. (no more indoor studio in NY winter!)"
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Rejoice the Hands

the Turquoise Diamond Ring
"Rejoice the Hand’s vision is to produce jewelry that gives the impression of having been created in a different time, for the jewels to appear as if they were discovered in lost burial grounds, or dug deep from within a tomb. Drawing from her own Aztec roots, Rejoice the Hands’ designer, Ana Saldana creates everlasting culturally inspired pieces to keep you internally united with Father Sky and Mother Earth."
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lynn cobb

silver castle ring, two towers, two turrets, made in america
"I will start by saying how thrilled and honored I am to be named a finalist in the prestigious Saul Bell Design Award competition for 2011, sponsored by Rio Grande. I have been designing fine silver jewelry using metal clay for several years and I just love it! Metal clay is a fantastic medium which, after firing in a kiln, is .999% silver or 22karat gold. The silver is made from partially recycled silver! My background in fine art painting and designing polymer clay jewelry made my transition to metal clay a natural. I am inspired by the natural world, sea life, organic flowing abstract forms and even architectural structures in my "Castles and Huts" ring series. I also teach classes to students around the San Francisco Bay Area. I am a Certified PMC Artisan, Level 2 and am currently working toward the Metal Clay Masters Registry professional development program. Coming full circle, recently, I have been "painting" on the silver by adding vitreous enamel to the fired silver for a splash of color which really pops on the silver! My work has appeared in Metal Clay Beads by Barbara Becker Simon, Jewelry, the 'zine by Catherine Witherell (see her wonderful jewelry at her HappyDayArt etsy store) and in Mixed Metal Jewelry, a Lark book due out in Spring, 2010. You can also find me at www.lynncobbsilver.com and at fine craft shows around the San Francisco Bay Area."
bio written by Lynn via her etsy profile

HoKiou

Ring Snow-covered landscape-Little house and white clouds- Winter Terrarium ring.- Glass globe

Laine Benthall designs

4 Stone Sequence Ring (Emerald) Size 5.25
"Even as a youngster in Indiana, Laine Benthall enjoyed making jewelry for herself and for her Mom. With the help of a scholarship to swim, she graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2007 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts for Metals and Jewelry. Shortly after graduation, Laine moved to Honolulu, Hawaii and worked as a bench jeweler whenever she wasn’t surfing! After 18 months in paradise, she decided to start her own business as an artist. Laine is now a designer and goldsmith who lives in Evansville, Indiana. Her work can be described as contemporary and classy. She primarily uses sterling silver or 14K and accentuates her work with pearls, precious and semi-precious stones. “The patterns and shapes created by the natural universe is what inspires me. I believe nature’s beauty is pure and immaculate. I aim to intensify this universal beauty as a way for me to indulge in extravagant visual bliss, and to show appreciation for nature’s unparalleled delicacy.”
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Shop Clementine

14k Gold Filled Twist Stacking Ring
"Clementine is pretty and wearable handcrafted jewelry. I create limited edition and one-of-a-kind pieces in my studio in the Berkshire hills of Massachusetts.
Inspired by a childhood spent collecting minerals and rocks, I create jewelry in which metals and gemstones flirt and combine, emphasizing the feminine and the dramatic. Beauty in form and comfortable wearability are hallmarks of Clementine design.
I love drinks in big glasses, watching the sunset as often as I can, finding my next favorite song, weeding the garden (seriously, it's therapeutic), and really bad tv (Dancing with the Stars? Yep. Sister Wives? For sure. The Bachelor? Hells, yeah.)"
bio written by Cassie via the etsy profile
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abra kadabraua

Handmade "Ring Cat" Black
"Hi there,
My name is Abra Kadabra.
I live and work in Kyiv, Ukraine, Eastern Europe.
I make jewelry.
Some of my jewelry are one-of-a-kind.
All the pictures I draw by hand. All the sculpted miniatures I make by hand.
My chief assistant - my siamese cat Nicotine. He often sits on my desktop, and he works as a model for cat's portraits :)"
bio written by Abra via the etsy profile
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Zunette Mulder Jewellery

Silver Heart LOVE ring
"Hi, my name is Zunette and I live in the beautiful city of Cape Town, South Africa.
I have had a passion for jewellery for as long as I can remember. Even as a little girl I can remember getting so excited by standing at shop windows looking at all the shiny pieces!!
So at the age of 40 i decided to follow my dream and went and did a course in jewellery making.... i love working with the metal - filing, sawing, bending and seeing it being transformed from little silver or gold pebbles into a ring or bracelet.
I find inspiration in movies, walking on the mountain or beach, history books, trees, people ... and design and create these pieces myself.
I also love sourcing antique pieces and utilising them in new ways, i.e. an earring is granted new life as a ring or a brooch as a pendant."
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Likhomanova Jewellery

Black silver Ruby Ring LAPIDE
"From Barcelona I create contemporary jewellery.
Treating with sterling silver, gold, copper, brass, oxidation, a variety of textures, precious and semi-precious stones, my work covers numerous aspects of jewellery making: from sober wedding rings, earrings and pendants, to one-of-a-kind pieces as well as necklaces, bracelets and brooches.
From the bold and contemporary to the delicate and romantic, Likhomanova jewellery has something to suit every occasion and any look."
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Aurum Jewelry

Ring - 14k Gold And Peridot Gemstone Ring
"Aurum Jewelry was founded in 2010 when my passion for fine craftsmanship and jewelry design were combined.
I fell in love with jewelry-making and the arts a long time ago, but it took me a while before I actually started designing and creating my own art. I enjoy art and history which are the chief sources of my inspiration when creating jewelry. The jewelry is designed to have a clean and simple look as I respect the materials that I work with.
All of the jewelry is one-of-a-kind, hand crafted, using silver or gold (14k, 18k, 22k or 24k) in conjunction with precious stones, gems and ancient coins. I strive to preserve the natural, unprocessed and non-synthetic appearance and properties of the resources that I work with so that they remain true and accurate. I take pleasure in the unity of old and new - luxurious precious stones, ancient stones and coins - with their authentic finish, to achieve a modern urban look."
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MARY JOHN

Fantastic Ring of Sterling Silver and Faceted Stones
"Hello, my name is Mary John Slaughter. I am a glass and metal artist, and I was born in 1982 in the small town of Laurinburg, North Carolina. After bouncing around for years, I finally moved to the mountains where I began to teach myself glass blowing. In 2004 I moved to the Outer Banks where, while still practicing glass work over the years, I earned an Advanced Certificate in Professional Crafts: Metals. In 2012 I plan on earning a BFA at East Carolina University, where I hope to utilize my knowledge of glass and metal in the world of Ceramics"
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Paulla Tewksbury

SHE'S A KINDRED SPIRIT Sterling Silver Cocktail Ring with Peridot and 14k Gold
"Aside from doing a bang-up job of being Paulla, my additional roles in life are mother of two, lover of coffee and all things jewelry.
I am a self-taught silversmith and find inspiration in the patterns of nature, ancient symbols, life experience, and sometimes fleeting images when I close my eyes right before I drift off to sleep at night.
In everyday life, I work full-time in the buying office of a large membership-based warehouse club where I have spent 20 wonderful years. I utilize every spare moment between work, popsicle bribes, and admiring various Lego creations to make fabulous jewelry.
I work in silver, gold, precious and semi-precious gemstones, pearls, lampwork, and precious metal clay. I welcome custom orders and enjoy challenging myself with new techniques and styles."
bio written by Paulla via her etsy profile

Janish Jewels

Rose Cut Amethyst Ring - 18k Gold and Sterling
"I have always had a passion for jewelry. In 2002 I began studying at the Jewelry Arts Institute (formerly Kulicke-Stark) in New York City which specializes in ancient goldsmithing techniques, granulation, enamel and chain-making.
Prior to becoming a jeweler I began my career as a graphic designer. I am a graduate of School of Visual Arts in NYC. I subsequently began my own publishing company creating illustrated maps for the hotel and airline industry. I am also a web designer/developer and paint portraits and murals."
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one garnet girl

Signature Garnet Ring with a Slim band
"Working with metals and delicious gemstones is pure heaven to me and brings me a great amount of happiness. In my world a perfect day would consist of a few hours in my studio, a long walk with the family and a fresh burrito. Or two.
I love what I do, and I hope you will too. Because of the effects of mining on our planet I make every attempt to use recycled metals. All of the gold I use is recycled, as well as the majority of my silver. I use only fair trade and conflict free diamonds. I select gemstones from a local wholesaler whose owner and gemstone buyer holds a Graduate Gemology degree from the Gemological Institute of America. Each stone they receive is checked to be natural and they only detail in natural stones.
My number one inspiration for a design concept is color. I love bright, rich hues coupled with smooth lines- bringing out the beauty in both. I offer you elegant jewelry that you won't worry about wearing."
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indigo silver studio

Summer Hummingbird Ring Set - Pretty Green Prehnite and Raspberry Garnet