Creating thoughtfully handcrafted jewelry with reclaimed sterling silver in the beautiful Black Hills.

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the We Want to Live Like Trees Collection 

DROP 2 || Saturday September 7

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the Ponderosa Rings

The Ponderosa Ring is a love offering to the Ponderosa Pine. On warm days their bark perfumes the forest with the sweet smell of vanilla, or butterscotch. During stick season when the mountainsides are tan, grey and dreary, they remain a visual reprieve of green through the long winter months. 

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the River Collection

Rivers have universal themes that cross cultures and are part of our ancestral connections to the earth as human beings.  They are in our DNA.  Whether it's the innate human desire some of us are simply born with to swing flies on their waters in search of fish, or that yearning to dip and submerge our bodies in them... rivers are in our blood.

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the Assemblage Collection

assemblage (noun)

a
: an artistic composition made from scraps, junk, and odds and ends (as of paper, cloth, wood, stone, or metal)
b
: the art of making assemblages
Made from the leftovers after cutting intentional pieces from sheet silver, each piece was created in size, shape and design within the boundaries of these scrap pieces of sterling silver. 
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SALE

A handful of handcrafted pieces that have the old Urban Hippie Studio makers mark need homes so I can make space for what’s next.

30% OFF select pieces.

No code necessary, discount is automatic when you add the piece you want to your cart.

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Meet the Artist

Hey, I’m River and I’m happy you are here.  I live and create in the beautiful Black Hills of western South Dakota on Oglala Sioux ancestral land.  My wife and I live a slow, simple life here with our two rescue pups...and that’s exactly how we like it.  Spending time in the mountains I am surrounded by not only inspires my work, but it restores and recharges me.  When I’m not tinkering away in the studio you can find me outside trail running, hiking, tenkara fly fishing, camping or just sitting by the water somewhere sipping a beer and enjoying the beauty around me.

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Sustainably Made

The time has finally come when I’ve been able to check another sustainability goal off my list. Recently, I sent all the scrap silver I had to be recycled. Any new sheet silver I purchase going forward for hand fabrication will be reclaimed/recycled sterling silver. Now you can feel even better about purchasing a mindfully, sustainably handcrafted piece of wearable art from The Urban Hippie Studio.

My Commitment to Crafting Sustainable Jewelry
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Behind the Scenes

Images, stories, and inspiration from behind the scenes in The Urban Hippie Studio.

For those who want to dig a little deeper into the creative process with me.

Behind the Scenes