Sea Bones jewelry
Sparks fly when silversmith Ari Kwakye is at
work. In her Wrightsville Beach studio she ham-mers,
solders, brazes and sculpts metals around
stones to create handcrafted jewelry inspired by
the sea.
Kwakye’s mom encouraged her to take a course
on silversmithing after she graduated from the
University of North Carolina Wilmington. Kwakye
began Sea Bones Jewelry in 2020. She attended
popup markets in the Outer Banks and at
Wrightsville Beach and received a great response.
“I love the natural, beachy feel of the jewelry,”
she says. “Everything I do is inspired by the ocean
and the sea. My target audience is people who
love nature as much as I do and love living on the
coast.”
Kwakye works with fossilized coral, opal, sea
glass, pearl and turquoise.
“I enjoy playing around with different stones,
I love working with turquoise,” she says. “A lot of
turquoise has splashes of green or blues or little
cracks. It reminds me of an aerial view of a coral
reef.”
Sea Bones Jewelry can be found on Instagram
@seaboness. Kwakye plans to increase business
in 2021 with the launch of a website.
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