Christine Bartling

I am a solo artist, designing and making my jewelry by traditional goldsmithing techniques. I first develop a design on paper and determine the materials I will use. I enjoy combining metals of different colors and finishes, a single stone as a focal point, or a suite of stones in complimentary colors and shapes, and sometime inlay materials such as ebony or Corian Marble for additional detail. I then sculpt my model in wax, designing and cutting each mounting to fit the stone to be used. The finished model is then sent to a casting house to be cast into karat gold alloys by the lost wax process, then returned to me in the form of a rough casting for all assembly and finishing.

Reproductions – a number of my pieces are one of a kind, but I will reproduce many of my designs one at a time as they sell. Frequently I may add or alter a detail of modify a mounting for a different stone thus producing a series of related design but no two exactly alike, however, I find that some pieces have a single best solution and I will duplicate that solution in very limited edition.