Down to Earth Creations is me, Anne Keller-Smith. I create handmade jewelry from fine materials such as sterling silver, Czech glass, Swarovski crystal, semi-previous stones, copper, Japanese glass and wood. This is a bracelet made from Bali sterling silver beads and brown agate rounds. It is one of a kind and not for sale but I could make you a similar one, just ask me.
My background is eclectic and self-taught. I have studied Anthropology, Interior Design, web design, and jewelry-making. I have lived in Pennsylvania, Jerusalem, New York and Chicago.
I love combining all kinds of materials. This is a wonderful sterling silver celtic triskele pendant that I have hammered and textured and strung on dyed colorfast silk. It is currently available for $80 at Out of Our Hands Gallery.
This is a one of a kind pair of earrings made with handmade blue ceramic face beads. I was inspired to wrap the copper wire around the beads to form a hair motif. You can buy this for $36 at Out of Our Hands Gallery.
A major interest of mine is making my Jewish traditions beautiful. This is a one of a kind kippah, or headcovering to be worn during prayer. It is beadwoven from Japanese Miyuki beads/cubes and Czech crystals. The centerpiece is a solid copper button with a leaf motif. I sell several designs of kippot for $50 each at my Etsy shop and I can also create a custom design for you.
I love the way sterling silver wire stretches and curves while working with it. Here I have wound heavy guage wire into a Roman knot ring with a double shank. I then antiqued and polished the silver to a high shine. Both a double shank and single shank version are available for $28 at my Etsy shop.
This is a lovely sterling silver dragonfly pendant hung on a necklace beadwoven from Miyuki Delica beads and sterling silver tubes. Delicas are the finest of seed beads, very uniform and with wide holes. I fell in love with the various greens, from aqua to chartreuse, of these beads. It is currently available for $100 at Out of Our Hands Gallery.
A large Swarovski ring with all colors of the rainbow hangs on a textured sterling silver chain. It is now for sale for $112 at Out of Our Hands Gallery.
Made from Swarovski and Czech crystals, sterling silver star beads and sterling silver Hebrew letter cubes, this bracelet says "eshet chayil" or "woman of valor" words from a song-poem sung to the lady of the house on Shabbat eve. I can make them with any letter combo in English, Hebrew or Greek. This one is now on sale for $60 in my Etsy shop.
Freshwater pearls are another love of mine. More interesting I think than cultured pearls and definitely more affordable, they are dyed in many colors and become wonderful jewelry. These earrings are three colors of these pearls with Czech crystals and sterling silver. The earrings match, but don't. A pleasant surprise! Find it for $22 at my Etsy shop.
This is a beadwoven ring made from Miyuki triangles in browns and various shades of blue and teal. I love to make these rings using an ancient beading stitch called Peyote. It takes a little while to do, but I find if I've had a rough day, doing this kind of hypnotic craftwork calms me completely. Find these for $50 each in various sizes at Out of Our Hands Gallery.
Workers in little villages in the Czech Republic make all the wonderful molded glass designs for Jablonek. I especially love the technique used to make these beads, called "Picasso." The glass is formed, then coated with a different color glass, then cut to reveal the original color below. The clasp and spacers are solid copper. There's one Tiger Ebony wood twist bead in this. I have to make up more of these for Out of Our Hands Gallery, but in the meantime if you want one just ask me.
This is a pendant from a fellow artist on Etsy, Lawanda, who makes lampwork glass. This glass is melted with a torch to create a bead, then fired in a kiln at high temperatures. A handmade lampwork bead will not break when cheap glass beads do. I strung the pendant on a necklace with carnelian and sand colored seed beads. Findings are sterling silver. This one is at my studio right now, waiting for autumn :@D. It's $95, just contact me to buy it.
Molded glass in blues, aquas and greens, one of my absolute favorite color combinations. All the sterling silver is hand-formed by me. I made this at Christmas/Hanukkah/Diwali/Solstice/Kwanzaa time. $38 at my Etsy shop.
A choshen is a replica of the breastplate the Cohen, or High Priest, wore in the Ancient Temple. It contained a stone for each of the 12 original tribes of Israel. There are several traditions on what the order of stones was in ancient days, since some of the names for stones are no longer used. I went with the order as given in the Talmud. This is Swarovski crystal cubes and sterling silver strung on a 20 inch snake chain. This was sold for $36 in my Etsy shop. Contact me to order one.
Three little Czech Picasso nautilus shell-shaped beads in different colors - pink, green, wasabi - attached to 3 strands of the most unique copper-plated chain make this bracelet really different. It's a great summer bracelet and goes with everything. $25 at my Etsy shop.
A necklace celebrating the native peoples of the American Southwest. Sterling silver, brass, turquoise. Leaf charms are Thai 99% fine silver. I never put this out for sale, it was too beautiful. Well, I might be persuaded to part with it. $100 and just contact me to buy it.
This sweet pair of earrings is beadwoven from Miyuki Delica beads into a Star of David shape and hung from brass earwires. I sell these in various color combinations for $18 each at my Etsy shop.
This bracelet was made to honor the fight against cancer. My husband died of brain cancer, I have battled breast cancer. My sister's friend died of breast cancer. The bracelet is made of Bali sterling silver spiral-decorated beads and Swarovski rounds of colors that represent the different cancers. This is available now for $145 at Out of Our Hands Gallery.
An amazing necklace custom-made for a friend who is Israeli Sephardic. It is made from hand-formed by me sterling silver links, blue goldstone, evil eye beads and dark red Czech crystals. This is one of a kind and not for sale but I could make you a similar one, I would charge about $150 because of current silver prices, just ask me.
This is a dramatic statement necklace made from peach jade, freshwater pearls and sterling silver formed by me into leaf-shaped links. Find it now for $150 at Out of Our Hands Gallery.
Evil eyes are a talisman against envy known throughout the Middle East, Turkey, Greece and the Mediterranean. These multi-colored glass eye beads are directly from Turkey and were hung from my own hand-made sterling silver links along with Swarovski crystals and Czech glass beads. It is one of a kind and not for sale but I could make you a similar one, just $50, ask me.
Marvellous earrings made from rare Czech Picasso table cut and twisted oval beads hung on solid copper spacers and hand-formed copper earwires. I have only one left! $30, just ask me.
These wonderful pewter charms are hung from silver plated circles along with Czech beads to form a delightful way to honor your Shabbat table. There are 8 in this set, $32 at my Etsy shop.
A Peyote-beaded ring with Czech crystals and Miyuki transparent AB cubes. Very comfortable and lovely. This is now for sale for $50 at Out of Our Hands Gallery.
