These are all the photos that exist of my first career as a commercial silversmith.
For several years I worked for Broken Feather in Lubbock, Texas. The feather at center in this photo was our logo.
Sizes range from 3/4 inch to just under 3 inches. There were several other variants, including a ladies' ring.
These are fabricated from sheet and wire sterling and hand stamped.
The stamping goes much more quickly than you might think.
Pendant, actual size about 1 inch high.
I don't remember the name of the stone, only that it was irradiated to get that color.
I got that goldish patina by slightly overheating the silver during soldering.
It's not one of my favorite pieces, but it is the only color photo left from that period.
A couple of my cutesier designs.
I did several variations on the heart pendant with the hanging center
stone. This particular one
was a fire agate. Overall, the pendant is about 1 1/4 inches wide and nearly 2 inches tall.
The piece on the left was made for a friend who had one of the first navel rings I'd ever seen. The stones are 2mm round opals,
which gives you an idea of the overall size. The whole ball fit neatly in her belly-button.
Opals that small are usually very fiery, and these were no exception.
Below, a natural smoky quartz capped with a 20-point diamond, about an inch and a half from diamond to point.
I hung it on my earring some days.
Sterling twisted wire on twisted wire bracelet
It weighs about 4 ounces Troy.
was a fire agate. Overall, the pendant is about 1 1/4 inches wide and nearly 2 inches tall.
The piece on the left was made for a friend who had one of the first navel rings I'd ever seen. The stones are 2mm round opals,
which gives you an idea of the overall size. The whole ball fit neatly in her belly-button.
Opals that small are usually very fiery, and these were no exception.
Below, a natural smoky quartz capped with a 20-point diamond, about an inch and a half from diamond to point.
I hung it on my earring some days.
Sterling twisted wire on twisted wire bracelet
It weighs about 4 ounces Troy.