Handmade Jewelry

We have created a great new informational page on Handmade Jewelry that we think you will enjoy and gain some useful knowledge from. This pages has many great photos with descriptions of what the photo represents, you can view this page at Handmade Jewelry.

Durango Silver Company has been in business making handmade jewelry for nearly forty years now. We built our historic Trading Post that sells our Jewelry as well as handmade Jewelry from different artisans from the Southwest in 1976. We specialize in high quality Sterling Silver Jewelry in contemporary and Southwest design with exceptional authentic gemstones, most of which we cut in our lapidary shop.

Handmade Jewelry by Durango Silver Company

Handmade Jewelry offered by Durango Silver Company is many levels above the general Silver Jewelry that is seen in department stores or typically for sale online. We produce and handle authentic handmade Jewelry this is unique and for the most part one-of-a-kind pieces of Artisan Handmade Jewelry.

We specialize in Turquoise authentic and natural American Turquoise. We have collected American Turquoise from historic American Mines, mined with the old Turquoise miners and have mined Turquoise in our own mines for over 40 years. We hand cut most all of our own Turquoise that is used in the handmade Jewelry that we offer and we only use the finest quality Turquoise gemstones in our Jewelry. We also use many other quality gemstones such as Coral, Lapis, Sugilite, Opal, Gaspeite, Spiny Oyster and other bold colored stones that gives our Jewelry a festive, lively and organic appearance.

Handmade Jewelry from the Southwest

Handmade Jewelry from the American Southwest in unique from any other Jewelry that is or has been produced worldwide. Southwestern Silver Jewelry has an organic appearance like no other and individuals who appreciate a natural lifestyle tend to migrate towards Southwestern Silver Jewelry designs as they are vibrant in color, handcrafted, made in USA and are artistic pieces of Handmade Jewelry.

The Navajo's began making Southwestern styled Jewelry around 1865 when a Navajo Blacksmith named Atsidi Sani learned how to work with Silver from the Spaniards who were in this are in search of Gold and Silver. Atsidi Sani's Silver Jewelry was an immediate hit with the Navajo people and soon people from the western United States began to appreciate it as well. Today, Southwestern Silver Jewelry is collected by individuals throughout the world and it has also become a national treasure on the United States.

Be sure to check out our new informational presentation on Handmade Jewelry, we are certain you will enjoy and get a lot of useful information from it. You might also like to view Handmade Silver Jewelry and Handcrafted Turquoise Jewelry.

Handmade Jewelry is our specialty, we hope you will visit Durango Silver Company online often.