About
Krystal LaForme Jewellery began at my workbench, first as a hobby, then as something I kept feeling called back to.
What started as curiosity slowly became a practice — one shaped by patience, pressure, and the quiet satisfaction of working with my hands. I was drawn to the way raw materials transform through time and care: metal changing through heat and force, and stone and shell revealing themselves through cutting, grinding, and polishing.
That process became the foundation of my work.
As an Indigenous artist, I work with traditional materials while creating pieces that feel contemporary, refined, and wearable — honouring the materials while enhancing and elevating them through thoughtful design.
Each piece I create is made by hand in my studio, where jewellery is formed slowly and intentionally. My work brings together silver, stone, shell, texture, movement, and weight — allowing each material to become part of something meaningful and lasting.
I like jewellery that feels grounded — pieces that carry a sense of strength, softness, and story all at once.
Krystal LaForme Jewellery is about transformation. It reflects both the making process and the personal one: being shaped through pressure, refined through patience, and made stronger over time.
My work is for people who are drawn to meaningful objects. Pieces that don’t feel mass-produced. Pieces that feel considered, tactile, and made to be worn, kept, and remembered.
Every piece is created with care, from my hands to yours.
The Process
Each piece begins at my bench with a quiet conversation between metal, stone, and form. I start by sketching loosely, then move into hands-on exploration—sawing, filing, and shaping silver until the lines feel honest and alive. From there, I refine the structure, checking balance, weight, and how the piece will sit on the body so it feels as good as it looks.
Once the form is right, I bring in stones and shell, drawing on my growing lapidary practice. I cut, shape, and polish each piece to reveal its character, then set it carefully into the metal. This stage is slow and precise: tiny adjustments, repeated checks, and a lot of time under magnification to make sure everything is secure and aligned.
The final steps are about finish and feel. I sand and polish by hand, leaving subtle marks of process where it makes sense, and softening edges so the piece is comfortable for everyday wear. Before anything leaves the studio, I inspect it closely, clean it, and package it with care—treating each object as a small, complete world shaped by attention, time, and earth-sourced materials.
Handmade vs. Mass-Produced
Handmade jewellery begins with a single pair of hands, a bench, and time. Each piece moves through the tools slowly—sawed, filed, soldered, and finished with attention at every stage. Small variations in texture, line, and form are not flaws, but traces of process that make each object one-of-a-kind and connected to the person who made it.
Mass-produced jewellery is designed for speed and sameness. Pieces are cast in large batches, finished quickly, and repeated across thousands of bodies. While this can make jewellery more accessible, it often means less time spent on each object, less connection to the maker, and less space for the material to guide the final form.
My work sits firmly in the handmade tradition. I design and build each piece at my bench, allowing for subtle differences and small decisions along the way. The result is jewellery that carries the marks of process and care—meant to be lived with, repaired, and cherished over time, rather than treated as disposable.