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Chevron Trade Beads

Written by Janet Walker · 1 Comment
Chevron Trade Beads

About 20 years ago our friend, Scott Jensen, called us up and said, “Hey, come on, there’s a NW Mountain-man Rendezvous out at Jarman’s Prairie!” So we all drove out the[...] Read more »

Kate’s Hawk Spirit by Walker Goldsmiths

Written by Kate Benzel · Leave a Comment

“It is one of the joys of creating jewelry, which is always an emotional thing, to make something that commemorates events or experiences in someone else’s life. I have neve[...] Read more »

Wild and Colorful Beaded and Appliquéd Jean Jacket

Written by Janet Walker · Leave a Comment

My dear friend and very talented artist, Melonie Anchetta, created this wild and colorfully beaded and  appliquéd jean jacket.  She came by for a visit one day and showed me a scarf [...] Read more »

Recent Posts

  • Chevron Trade Beads
  • Kate’s Hawk Spirit by Walker Goldsmiths
  • Wild and Colorful Beaded and Appliquéd Jean Jacket
  • Exploring Traditions through a Jewelry Making Experience
  • China Travels & Chinese Traditional Food
  • 4 Native Paint Revealed, Vegetable or mineral
  • 3 Native Paint Revealed: The everlasting power of red ochre
  • 2 Native Paint Revealed, Red ochre
  • 1 Native Paint Revealed: Prehistoric Red Paint on the Northwest Coast
  • The Zen of Haida Formline
  • Looking for Crazy Horse – Custom Feather Pendant
  • Printmaking Limited Edition Alaska
  • Story Rings are Walker Goldsmiths’ Newest Custom Ring Adventure
  • Chanchun Lectures
  • Exhibition Gallery Zajezdnia

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1 Native Paint Revealed: Prehistoric Red Paint on the Northwest Coast

Written by Melonie Ancheta

Recently I spent the afternoon at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC with lots of rocks. I’d been invited up by Dr. Roy Carlson, an archeologist who has been working digs in the Fraser River […] Read more »

The Zen of Haida Formline

Written by Melonie Ancheta

The Zen of Haida Formline All summer I was on call while a friend of mine carved a Shovelnose canoe. I had documented the first Shovelnose he carved the year before and we decided the […] Read more »

Looking for Crazy Horse – Custom Feather Pendant

Written by Janet Walker
Photo of Kate's Custom Feather Pendant

At Walker Goldsmiths we’ve been making a Fantastic Custom Feather Pendant for a lovely lady who’s been looking for Crazy Horse! She had a collection of jewelry and stones that she wanted used in a […] Read more »

Printmaking Limited Edition Alaska

Written by Chris Nowicki

This was a busier summer than usual in Haines Alaska. Prints for Allie High, Preston Singletary and Jeff Skaflestad took up most of the seven weeks I was there. In all ten editions were printed […] Read more »

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