Mountain Themes - Rings Earrings Bracelets Pendant Necklaces
Lots of our updated jewelry and more On Our ETSY Store
We offer hand made reasonably priced sterling silver, and gold jewelry, as well as ladies jackets and vests. (most of our clothing is not offered online, it is one of a kind and only available by visiting the store physically) Our offerings of mountain lifestyles jewelry, clothing and gifts are inspired by the unique wildlife, scenery and activities occurring in and around the mountains and desert.
We incorporate unique minerals and gems such as azurite, malachite, gaspeite, and turquoise, we also use many raw materials collected from local areas and Wyoming and Arizona sources, those offerings may include elk ivory , agate, jade, opal and local petrified wood. We hand cut, polish and finish our stones from scratch starting with a piece of rough stone and ending with a beautifully finished gemstone.
We cut and polish most our own stones that you find in our jewelry. We often use reclaimed silver in our jewelry. Our scraps are melted down andhand wrought or cast into ingots that are then rolled in a rolling mill to form sheet and wire. Our favorite stones are ones we collect ourselves, but we have a great many friends that are rockhounds from which we purchase or trade for rough to cut from. We hope you enjoy our jewelry. More will be added as we have time to take photos. Thanks for visiting our home page.
Gerard and Karla Kindt are the owner operators.
Gerard designs and makes many of the silver and stone items while Karla designs and creates most of the earrings and necklaces. A Cle Elm Washington Native, Karla attended Washington State University. She migrated to Jackson Hole via working in Yellowstone several Summers. Her design background includes designing skiwear for several national outerwear companies like Serac and Powderhorn mountaineering. After graduating from Penn State he moved to Jackson where Gerard tended bar, installed carpet, and started a T-Shirt Company in the 1980’s. While his outside interests usually included some sort of artistic endeavors his real artsy side was not fully realized until he and Karla purchased the Teton Art Gallery business some 20 years ago. At that time Karla ran the store and Gerard was appraising commercial real estate, he would occasionally work in the store clerking and making jewelry. Included in the business purchase were silversmithing tools and findings which both Karla and Gerard utilized and taught themselves their current talents. We specialize in moderately priced sterling silver items incorporating turquoise, jade and opal as well as other local gems and stones. Our full time move to Arizona will not slow us down.