AlchemieAdornment
Spokane, Washington ·
AlchemieAdornment
Hand-Crafted Adornment | Silver and Gold HeartistrySpokane, Washington 608 Sales On Etsy since 2012
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alchemy - A process of transformation, creation, or combination.
Alchemie is hand-forged, esoterically inspired adornment and art-to wear. One of a kind pieces with a story already, and yet to be, told.
Announcement
alchemy - A process of transformation, creation, or combination.
Alchemie is hand-forged, esoterically inspired adornment and art-to wear. One of a kind pieces with a story already, and yet to be, told.
Reviews
Carol on Jun 19, 2018
Beautiful ring, a true work of art! Fantastic customer service. Thank you!
Audrey Gates on Jun 1, 2018
This ring is so beautiful, and the metal work is astoundingly beautiful. And soft. How can metal be so soft and smooth like satin?? I love this ring as well as all of my other Alchemie Adornment pieces!
About
alchemie - to find, through processes of heat, stress, cold, fractures, pressure, and refinement, the precious substance within.
To me, adornment is an anchor.
I was in the Marines, and served in Fallujah during some of the worst times to serve there. I still have dreams every year from the end of February to about the beginning of April, of being there, or weird military dreams that are nonsensical, like flying a rocket ship through the desert, or being caught on a runaway bus hurtling over the sand dunes of Iraq, with a cartoonishly evil looking driver who won’t slow down or let me off.
The military doesn’t allow a lot of adornment. The goal is conformity; the attempt to take a lot of different people from a lot of different backgrounds and make them all work as a team. The day I was released from active duty, I double pierced my earlobes and my cartilage. I stacked rings. I wore bangles and chain headpieces. I still find myself dealing with conformity in its many faces. What is a wife supposed to wear? A mother? A yoga teacher? A businesswoman? A daughter? A friend? Even a silversmith? What implied pressures do we face every day, to conform? To make others comfortable? To enhance the illusion of safety and control?
Adornment is an anchor to my Self; the me who lives underneath the masks and the uniforms and the roles that I play. The me who wants to raise a son in a world of hope. My dreams, in rocks and silver and gold. I hold them out, for you; and encourage you, to keep finding yourself. Keep finding hope.
Shop members
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Katie Elizabeth
Owner, Designer, Metalsmith
Katie Elizabeth is a silversmith, electrosmith, and metal-worker based in the Pacific Northwest.
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- Accepts Etsy Gift Cards and Etsy Credits
Returns & exchanges
- Custom or personalized orders
- Perishable products (like food or flowers)
- Digital downloads
- Intimate items (for health/hygiene reasons)
- Items on sale
I accept returns I do not accept returns
I accept exchanges I do not accept exchanges
I accept cancellations I do not accept cancellations
Because of the nature of these items, unless they arrive damaged or defective, I can't accept returns for: