About BJ Erickson

 

BJ Erickson is an artisan gold-silversmith in Columbus and has made jewelry for many jewelry stores in Central Ohio for over 28 years. Her teacher was Russell Colley, the engineer and artist who made the first silver nylon pressure suits and therefore enabled human space travel most notably the space suits worn by the NASA astronauts on the first manned space flight to the moon. At his home in Cuyahoga Falls, BJ honed her craft to the exquisite work she creates today. Working mostly with sterling silver and stones, she designs original necklaces, rings, pendants and bracelets.

 

BJ uses two methods to make her jewelry. The first method is construction which is the process of sawing, filing, sanding and soldering of sheet and wire to create the design. The second is the lost wax process which involves carving a wax model which is then cast in silver or gold.

 

Her latest passion is lapidary work (the art of cutting, polishing and engraving stone). BJ's stone collection includes rare and unusual agate and jaspers which are hand cut by her. Stones range in cut, and BJ uses either a cabochon cut -- round stone with a flat bottom -- or faceted stones that are cut like a diamond. As BJ says, 'It's so much fun to look at a piece of rough rock and envision what it will turn into."

 

Most pieces are all sterling silver combined with stones. She will make make pieces in gold. BJ's work has been admired, appreciated, and owned by well-known Author Tom Clancy and England's legendary and former Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. Contact BJ via email at bj@echoesoftheheart.com

 

 

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