Where to buy handcrafted jewelry
“Yuletide 2004,” Spokane Art School, 920 N. Howard St., 328-0900; today, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Price range: $12 and up.
What you will find: Designer/goldsmith Jody Sahlin in “Regional Showcase” in Huneke Gallery. Jewelry makers with booths include: beaded works by Pat Boyd and Amy Mickelson; fabricated jewelry by Laura Dahl, Kris Howell, Jon Lepper, Margot Casstevens, Kurt Madison and Sandy Mooney; glass beads by Janet Crosby.
Argentum Aurum Fine Art Jewelry, Auntie’s Bookstore, second level, 402 W. Main Ave., 455-6158, Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Price: $16 to $2,000.
What you will find: Owners T. Brehren and Debra Brehren design and create fine art “that is made to be worn on the body.” Items include earrings, charms and pendants. They specialize in custom-made wedding rings.
Art Works Gallery, 309 N. First Ave., Sandpoint, (208) 263-2642, www.sandpointartworks.com. Open Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Price range: $15 to $300.
What you will find: Baltic amber in silver by Mary Alderete and Derk Klein of Careywood, Idaho; beaded jewelry with old coins and seeds by Betty Billups of Sandpoint; silver and gemstone jewelry by Jan Dobrowolski of Pullman; fine silver by Deborah Ellis of Mead; beaded jewelry with crystals by Mark Frates of Spirit Lake, Idaho; pearl adornments by Teresa Harkins of Pullman; silver and bone bracelets by Daris Judd of Bayview, Idaho; silver and other metal pieces by Marty Neelandand Brit-Simone Sutter of Tacoma; and fused glass jewelry by John Stokesberry of Chattaroy.
Cheryl Burchell Goldsmith, 1524 Northwest Blvd., Coeur d’Alene, (208) 676-1645. Open Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Price range: $29 to $10,000.
What you will find: Northwest-oriented art jewelry. Master goldsmiths Cheryl Burchell and John White design and fabricate “anything” from earrings to belt buckles. Burchell has been making jewelry for 30 years. The shop specializes in custom, handcrafted pieces.
GoodWorksGallery, 1019 W. First Ave., 462-3643. Open Tuesday to Thursday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday to Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Price range: $20 to $1,000.
What you will find: Organic-inspired metal objects by Laura Dahl of Nine Mile Falls; fine silver and pearl pieces by Deborah Ellis of Mead; metal, beads and paper earrings by Michelle English of Spokane; silver and semiprecious stone jewelry by Desirée Hosner of Deer Park; fabricated sterling silver and semiprecious stone pieces by Kris Howell of Spokane; metal bracelets by Daris Judd of Bayview; beaded jewelry by Amy Mickelson of Spokane; sculptural pieces by Margot Casstevens and Kurt Madison of Spokane Valley; fused glass by Louise Telford of Post Falls; and metal and gemstones by Vinosusof Seattle.
Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, 2316 W. First Ave., 363-5356, Tuesday to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
What you will find: Handcrafted necklace bags of seed beads and beaded key rings with deer hide fringe by Lisa Radeen Hart of the Spokane tribe. Price range: $40 to $139. Traditional dentilium shell wedding earrings; and beads, coins and silver bracelets and chokers by Heather Binkley of Juarez/Nakotatribes. Price range: $15 to $40.
Tinman Gallery, 811 W. Garland Ave., 325-1500, www.tinmanartworks.com. Open Monday to Thursday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Price range: $12 to $250.
What you will find: Hand-carved turquoise leaf and silver earrings and pendants by Erlina Coriz of Santa Domingo Pueblo; chunky necklaces and bracelets with semiprecious stones and silver by Desirée Hosner of Spokane; beaded bracelets, earrings and pendants by Amy Micklesonof Spokane; origami earrings by Patti Reiko Osebold of Spokane; silver and beaded earrings by Passiko True of Indianola, Wash.; and slumped glass earrings and showy danglers by Brigita Wohlseen of Kalispell, Mont.