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Fine jewelry, handmade by Natalie Esfahanian. Inspired by the natural beauty of the Bay Area, CA. Classes for kids and adults in Redwood City. Shop at www.SalayiDesigns.com

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I’m working on a custom ring for a repeat client. He’s a musician, and loves big flashy rings for performing. He provided the stones- tanzanite, amethyst, sphene, and two lab rubies. This will be cast in gold when the wax is all done.

#gemstones #rings #handmadejewelry #customjewelry #jeweler

10.03.2026 23:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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10.03.2026 20:45 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Working on some new skills! #engraving #handpushengraving

08.03.2026 17:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Cast for a local dentist 🦷

#lostwaxcasting #grilz

08.03.2026 17:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Bowie is not actually allowed on the sofa 😂

09.01.2026 17:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Finished a few new pieces this week- all cast in sterling silver in my studio ❤️

#jewelrysky #handmadejewelry #skulljewelry #organicjewelry #ooakjewelry #silversmith #lostwaxcasting #jewelrydesigner

09.01.2026 17:51 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Two new bronze bracelets: Peperomia and Pilea. I molded the leaves first to duplicate in wax, and then cast in metal.

#houseplants #handmadejewelry #organicjewelry #bracelets #plants #plantjewelry #ooakjewelry #jewelry #jeweler #lostwaxcasting

06.01.2026 23:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Made a sample bracelet to prep for a student’s project. She’s making a long necklace in the same sailor’s chain style. Fused fine silver links, each formed and hammered before shaping into a chain.

#jewelry #jewelrysky #handmade #silverjewelry #ooakjewelry #metalsmith #jewelrymaking

29.11.2025 21:17 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Pilea leaf pendant! These leaves have a very “plain” side, and a really gorgeous underside, showing off their texture.

This one is in bronze, with a fabricated silver bail.

#pilea #houseplants #plants #moneyplant #organicjewelry #handmadejewelry #organicjewelry #bayarea

19.09.2025 16:05 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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🐍 so cute!

#jewelry #handmadejewelry #snake #snakesky #reptiles #snakecharm #silverjewelry #lostwaxcasting #jewelrymaking

17.09.2025 17:06 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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This little snake is something you could make in my Lost Wax Casting class. I have two dates this fall; both on my website now.

#lostwaxcasting #jewelrymaking #jewelrycasting #snakes #snakejeweley #snakecharm #snakesky #jeweler #bayarea

17.09.2025 00:10 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s fun to try, but definitely not my preferred way of working. I’ll always go for fabrication or casting over clay. It’s just very limited.

13.09.2025 21:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Last time I tried #PMC was.. 15 years ago? It’s about the same- fun, but crumbly and kinda tricky to work with. Parts broke off after firing, and it’s hard to solder bc of how porous it is.

I have a few students that want to try it though, so I’m making some sample pieces.

#jewleymaking #jeweler

13.09.2025 21:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Here’s a Dusty Miller leaf, in silver. I made a silicone mold with ICE rtv, and then cast the wax.

My goal is to be able to cast my favorite organic reliably, and casting directly from organic is wildly unpredictable.

#lostwaxcasting #jewelrymaking #handmadejewelry #gardening #dustymiller

11.09.2025 18:03 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Casting today, still waiting for the bronze to melt but my silver pieces came out great! Peperomia and dusty miller leaves. Plus a student piece; she carved the ring in wax, and we cast it today.

#lostwaxcasting #jewelrymaking #jeweler #handmadejewelry #peperomia #houseplants

10.09.2025 22:48 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Here’s a pliea leaf in bronze, with a silver fabricated bail.

I had cracks on a few of my last bronze casts, caused by the metal shrinking as it cools. Hopefully alleviated by adding a gate right at the center of the leaf on the “boring” side.

#pliea #houseplants #lostwaxcasting #handmadejewelry

10.09.2025 14:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This little bee was die-struck; I hammered metal into a steel mold, and then hand fabricated the circle and setting. Fire opal, peridot, ruby and a faceted pyrite, along with a tourmaline gemstone strand necklace.

#bees #handmadejewelry #jeweler #fireopal #opal #silverjewelry #ooakjewelry #bayarea

08.09.2025 15:36 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Garden skull, in silver. I used a cicada wing on this one, along with a Rollie pollie bug, flowers and a bee.

#handmadejewelry #mementomori #skulls #cicada #bugsky #isopods #insects #bayareaart #contemporaryjewelry #artjewelry #skulljewelry #finejewelry

07.09.2025 22:51 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Here’s how I made this silver Peperomia bracelet!

#lostwaxcasting #handmadejewelry #plantjewelry #houseplants #indoorplants #peperomia #jewelrydesigner #jeweler

07.09.2025 03:43 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Amazing mold putty is fun! It’s a two part putty, so only good for things you can press the putty around. It doesn’t work well for really delicate, dimensional objects.

I use rio’s ice rtv silicone for most things.

07.09.2025 00:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you! I used amazing mold putty- the wing is an open pour mold, not an injection mold. I am going to try another one with the clear rtv silicone Rio has (Ice?) too.

06.09.2025 15:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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I cast a few cicada wings in bronze. I made a mold of the wing first, before duplicating it first in wax and then metal through Lost Wax Casting.

#handmadejewelry #jewelry #jewelrysky #ooakjewelry #bugsky #insects #cicada #organicjewelry

05.09.2025 20:57 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Casting progress- here’s a maple seed pod cast in sterling silver, with a hessonite garnet strand. It’s listed on my website now, and will bring it to the San Mateo Art and Culture fest on September 28, unless you snag it first!

#handmadejewelry #plantjewelry #maple #silverjewelry #jeweler

05.09.2025 20:54 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you!!

03.09.2025 14:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Castings from yesterday, all finishes up!

#lostwaxcasting #silverjewelry #jewelrysky #houseplants #bees #skulls #ooakjewelry #handmadejewelry #bayarea #sanfransiscoart

26.08.2025 13:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A little moon ring 🌙

#jewelry #ooakjewelry #handmadejewelry #silverring #moon #moonjewelry #silverrings #silversmith #jeweler #jeweleydesigner #shopsmall

23.08.2025 21:03 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Thank you!! I love coordinating the beads for each piece 🤍

22.08.2025 14:32 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Cicada pendant, cast in sterling silver. I molded a cicada my mom collected in North Carolina, injected wax into that mold, and then used lost wax casting to duplicate it in silver.

#insect #cicada #bugsky #bugfeed #silversmith #lostwaxcasting #jewerly #handmadejewelry #jeweler #jewelryforsale

22.08.2025 14:28 👍 16 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
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New Hippuris pendant; brass and silver. $60, listed in my shop now

#jewelryforsale #handmadejewelry #houseplants #gardening #horticulture #gardener #organicjewelry

19.08.2025 23:22 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Teaching a summer camp this week at Woodland School. So far we’ve done marbled paper, 2d mixed media, and polymer clay miniatures.

#bayareaart #bayareaartclasses #artteacher #marbledpaper #bayarea #redwoodcity

26.06.2025 01:50 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0