Meet the Maker: Raised by bikers, hippies, and cowboys. Forged by fortitude.
I always used to joke I knew how to ride a horse before I knew how to walk. My grandparents owned a Morgan horse ranch and my mom dedicated her life to showing and training horses and running barns since well before I was born. I grew up riding those horses and playing in those barns. It was the coolest childhood.
My dad was a farrier (hence the name) and I spent the greater part of my childhood tagging along with him to work. I got the very important job of quenching the horseshoes when he was finished and I used to love the sound of that sizzle when the hot metal hit the water. My dad learned from a master blacksmith and he never once used blank horseshoes (as many farriers did and still do). Each shoe was carefully crafted and custom fit from individual bars of steel and he was sought after from people all over California. I watched him unload that 200 pound anvil thousands of times. I watched him get up at 4:30 every morning, lift weights, and then work in front of that hot forge pounding steel in 115 degree weather. I watched him build a name and make a living for himself and I watched him build a legacy.
Little did I know then that life would lead me here. To my tiny anvil. To using the same skills and the same tools my dad used 30 years ago. Hearing that same sizzle with every quench of hot silver. I am still the same messy-haired little girl, playing in the dirt and working with my hands. I am here to master my craft. To live in his example, his work ethic, and to build a legacy of my own. I am so proud to come from these humans.
I am a self-taught silversmith and each tiny little silver accent, leaf, feather, and flower have been created by my own two hands sterling silver sheets and wires. All stones are genuine, vetted, and hand-picked by me. Each piece is lovingly designed and created by yours truly from start to finish which means each one is truly one of a kind. I sure hope you’ll follow along with me and I especially hope you love each piece I create as much as I do!
Photo by the wonderful and talented Heather Gwerder Photography.
My dad was a farrier (hence the name) and I spent the greater part of my childhood tagging along with him to work. I got the very important job of quenching the horseshoes when he was finished and I used to love the sound of that sizzle when the hot metal hit the water. My dad learned from a master blacksmith and he never once used blank horseshoes (as many farriers did and still do). Each shoe was carefully crafted and custom fit from individual bars of steel and he was sought after from people all over California. I watched him unload that 200 pound anvil thousands of times. I watched him get up at 4:30 every morning, lift weights, and then work in front of that hot forge pounding steel in 115 degree weather. I watched him build a name and make a living for himself and I watched him build a legacy.
Little did I know then that life would lead me here. To my tiny anvil. To using the same skills and the same tools my dad used 30 years ago. Hearing that same sizzle with every quench of hot silver. I am still the same messy-haired little girl, playing in the dirt and working with my hands. I am here to master my craft. To live in his example, his work ethic, and to build a legacy of my own. I am so proud to come from these humans.
I am a self-taught silversmith and each tiny little silver accent, leaf, feather, and flower have been created by my own two hands sterling silver sheets and wires. All stones are genuine, vetted, and hand-picked by me. Each piece is lovingly designed and created by yours truly from start to finish which means each one is truly one of a kind. I sure hope you’ll follow along with me and I especially hope you love each piece I create as much as I do!
Photo by the wonderful and talented Heather Gwerder Photography.