chinookhugs

My name is Crystal. I work in my studio in Los Angeles. I have a background in the fine arts, mostly self taught. I took a jewelry classes at college and fell in love with making jewelry. Continue working with metals in machining.

Using my art background for composition and design, I find and make parts for jewelry that tells a story. Most of my inspirations and themes are base on nature and my love of animals. My jewelry are torch solder/brazed or fused together, and lost wax casting. And then it goes through a cleaning process to remove the oxidations from the heat of the torch. Burrs and sharp edges are rounded smooth for comfort. The piece is then hand patina and hand aged to bring out the beauty of the metal and the piece. Some piece are lightly lacquered to bring out the patina.

Each piece is carefully package in a complementary jewelry gift box. I take great care in making each piece of jewelry and take extra care in shipping them to my customers.