I graduated from college not completely lost, but I was traveling north. I was seeking adventure, seeking stories. Stories of Wooly Mammoths, coffee cans full of nuggets, and steel so cold it would shatter… were not just fables. The people of Skagway, Dawson, and the lands of the north are larger-than-life, and these people quickly became my heroes! I am grateful to now walk among them.
Mammoth ivory was my first love. Dug up as a byproduct of gold mining, these 35,000-year-old tusks are the ultimate survivors. I also toyed with the raw gold and, in time, started Schindler Gold as a sideline to my mammoth carving work. When Covid hit, the world turned on its ear, and I turned my attention to gold.
Gold became everything, and I started making my gold work more luxurious, focusing on the character of the raw gold, and not just the value. I focused my efforts on Stuart Schmidt and his high assay gold from Barker Creek, and on Parker Schnabel’s Little Flake Mine gold. At .880 and .830 (88% and 83%) these high karat golds have a richness and a story all their own and beg to be crafted by hand.
The Klondike story and its gold are central to my work. The individual creeks and miners who find it are part of this story. My gold is unrefined high karat gold. It is brighter, heavier, and silkier than you can imagine without seeing it, holding it. It is beautiful, it is vibrant, and it is haunting! This gold has a soul and I am privileged to work with it.
In Skagway:
- A Fine Line
- Boreal Artworks
- Klondike Gift Supply
- Corrington Alaskan Ivory
- Directly from the creator
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