you can recycle too!

do you have some old gold jewelry lying around that you'll never wear? just like your bottles and cans, the materials in your jewlery can be recycled for cash or credit. bring the stuff you never wanna see again to your local jeweler (or contact me) and ask them what they would pay you for it. they will in turn send it in to a precious metal refining company which will reclaim the materials and prepare it for new jewelry.

how much have you got? do the math: 18k is 75% pure gold, 14k is about 58% pure gold, 10k is about 37% pure gold, dental gold is 12k which is 45% pure gold, but the refining process itself is costly so subtract another 10% from your karat and this is a rough estimate of your return.

wow earrings

look what i just finished for a friend!!

all designs copyright Alexandra Hart

orbiting earrings

check out these fun, new 18k earrings where the blue sapphire "earth" orbits around the yellow sapphire "sun". these are a custom order for a very lucky birthday girl!

all designs © Alexandra Hart

oceanography

have you ever heard of a nudibranch? nudibranch is a creature that swims gracefully around coral reefs and inspired this necklace. i hammered sterling and 22k gold to create the undulating curves in this piece.

photo by Robert Weldon
all designs © Alexandra Hart

jewelry fun with friends

just got back from a fun trip to arizona to visit friends and we spent 3 days making and playing with jewlery. look at how much fun they had!

what IS a bench?

a jewelers bench is a work bench designed specifically for a gold smith to use. this is a typical American style jewelers bench. see all the extra drawers and a tray to catch the filings.



this is my bench, messy when i'm busy. you can see i use a skirt to catch my filings.

radiant earrings

just finished these. 18k gold radiant errings with ideal cut (conflict free) diamonds for my friend

all designs © Alexandra Hart