ThunderSky Jewelry
Hillsboro, WI
2023 Booth #69
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Handmade, one of a kind, silver jewelry using self polished gem stones & original designs. I use piercing as my main technique. It's the process of cutting out a design in metal with a jewelers saw by hand. It is a lengthy process using a blade the size of a horse hair, but yields a cleaner, crisper image as apposed to etching or stamping. I learned this process in undergrad at the University of WI- Milwaukee where I got my Jewelry and Metalsmithing degree. I design in a style that is close to my heart. Inspired by the first people of this land and the spiritual elements that accompany that way of life. All of the work that features animalistic iconography has an ancient story behind it. A mythology that has been handed down for thousands of years. I accompany those images with polished gemstones. Connecting with a love that I have had since childhood. The first collection I ever had was a rock collection. Rocks and minerals have always fascinated and memorized me.
© Phillip Troyer