The Art of Jewelry specializes in fine jewelry featuring the local rarity, the Ellensburg Blue Gemstone, which is found only in this area of Washington state. Each piece of jewelry is designed around the unique Ellensburg Blue stone using the lost-wax method - making each piece distinctive and truly a work of art. The Art of Jewelry is a small, family-owned business that has been making jewelry for more than 40 years.
Our store first opened in Ellensburg and operated there until 2016. Now we've moved exclusively online for the next chapter in our business. The Art of Jewelry began as the vision of jeweler and founder Frank Erickson, who wanted to create Ellensburg Blue jewelry with an artistic touch. We started small as a one-man operation beginning in the 1970s.
Frank mastered fine jewelry and lost-wax techniques while working as an apprentice jeweler in Sausalito, California. He returned to Washington to open his own store focusing on the rare Ellensburg Blue agate. The Art of Jewelry grew with the added the talents of Cristina Erickson, Frank's wife, who became part owner and jewelry designer in the late 80s.
Our store first opened in Ellensburg and operated there until 2016. Now we've moved exclusively online for the next chapter in our business. The Art of Jewelry began as the vision of jeweler and founder Frank Erickson, who wanted to create Ellensburg Blue jewelry with an artistic touch. We started small as a one-man operation beginning in the 1970s.
Frank mastered fine jewelry and lost-wax techniques while working as an apprentice jeweler in Sausalito, California. He returned to Washington to open his own store focusing on the rare Ellensburg Blue agate. The Art of Jewelry grew with the added the talents of Cristina Erickson, Frank's wife, who became part owner and jewelry designer in the late 80s.
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The Ellensburg Blue Agate is unique in the gemstone world.
It has a definitive color and a one of a kind internal structure called the "turtle back."
This structure gives the stone a liveliness that rivals fine blue jade.
The Ellensburg Blue Agate is extremely hard and durable.
The Ellensburg Blue is more than a 7 on the hardness scale, making it ideal for jewelry.
It is as hard as steel and is valued for its rarity, presence of beauty, and liveliness.
This is determined and modified by color and either clarity or massing of color.
It has a definitive color and a one of a kind internal structure called the "turtle back."
This structure gives the stone a liveliness that rivals fine blue jade.
The Ellensburg Blue Agate is extremely hard and durable.
The Ellensburg Blue is more than a 7 on the hardness scale, making it ideal for jewelry.
It is as hard as steel and is valued for its rarity, presence of beauty, and liveliness.
This is determined and modified by color and either clarity or massing of color.
Our jewelry will arrive in a lovely velvet jewelry box packed in a small box for shipping.
Our jewelry boxes are wrapped with tissue paper and a nice ribbon, ready to give as a gift.
If you would like to include a note please indicate so in the checkout process, or contact us soon after your purchase.
All orders will be shipped to the address you provide.
Please make sure the address listed is correct.
If you want the order to be sent to a different address, please contact me through email within one day.
Our jewelry boxes are wrapped with tissue paper and a nice ribbon, ready to give as a gift.
If you would like to include a note please indicate so in the checkout process, or contact us soon after your purchase.
All orders will be shipped to the address you provide.
Please make sure the address listed is correct.
If you want the order to be sent to a different address, please contact me through email within one day.
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