Julie Merrill

Specialty: The products I make consist of a collection of adornment pieces, including necklaces, earrings, belt buckles, rings, and bracelets. I also produce a variety of useable items, including utensils, tools, and small furniture pieces. I incorporate sterling silver, steel, brass, and copper, commonly from recycled materials into my hand-made and old-fashioned, yet modernized designs. The use of recycled materials allows me to fully explore my creative powers to create unique, one-of-a-kind, impassioned designs, as well as reducing extra energy emissions to refine and form new material. The techniques I use in my crafting are soldering, forging, fusing, welding, fabricating, riveting, and etching. I also provide repair services and commissioned pieces, working one-on-one with customers to design and construct a product to their standard and required use. Commissioned pieces range from hand forged railings or fabricated steel signs, to wedding rings or talisman pieces.