About the Artist

For Emily Hickman, the passion to create uniquely beautiful jewelry started as a small child making rings from aluminum foil and rhinestones, to metalsmithing in high school. She ignored her creative nature for a while, but came back to it after realizing there were just too many design ideas always floating around in her head. She studied jewelry fabrication at North Seattle Community College and at Danaca Design Metal Crafting Center, taking as many classes as she could to rapidly perfect her skills.

She is inspired by her love of water and primitive hand-forged jewelry. Simple classic shapes characterize her timeless jewelry collection, but the real signature of her work is the hammered textures. Through hammering, her pieces take on a depth and uniqueness that can’t be achieved with a flat finish. When these hammered pieces are given a high polished or brushed finish, they take on a whole new look and life.

“My goal was to design a line of jewelry that would feel equally at home with blue jeans as it did with a little black dress.”

Photo by Sarah Middleton