About us
Back in early 2013 when we started our jewelry business, the objective was to be everything - except for boring. Modern jewelry is often very sleek, very homogenous, very ... all the same. And starting a business with little money, few contacts, and in a foreign country was considered crazy for sure! Yet here we still are, more than 10 years later, going strong - thanks to our awesome customers from around the world.
We enjoy combining different metal tones, textured surfaces and shapes into interesting, one of a kind adornement pieces. Our pieces celebrate raw as well as cut gemstones, gold nuggets and authentic ancient coins.
Everything is 100% proudly handmade in the USA.
For us, handmade means actually made entirely by hand with hand held tools: molten, rolled, cut, filed, soldered and finished in our own workshop. Only true traditional metal smithing techniques, that were cultivated and handed down over centuries involving hammers, a handsaw and a wooden workbench. No production partners, no manufacturing, and NO drop shipping. All pieces are originals, made to last.
Our pieces show the traces of the hand making process, occasionally with small imperfections.
The maker behind all our jewelry pieces is Claudia, a classically trained goldsmith from Germany. Now she incorporates old techniques like hand engraving, sand casting, fabrication and forging into modern jewelry pieces and passes them on to the next generation of gold- and silversmiths. Made to last a lifetime and beyond.
We take pride in using only reclaimed and recycled metals to reduce our footprint and effect on the environment. ALL precious metals are SCS-Certified 100% Recycled Precious Metals. Base metals are all recycled and from non-mining sources as well. Chemicals are kept to a minimum. The gemstones used in our jewelry pieces are either locally sourced and cut by us, or are sustainably sourced, cut and sold by small family businesses that we know personally.
For our portfolio and looks behind the scenes visit https://www.instagram.com/crazyassjewelry or our other website https://www.crazyassjd.com
For the time being you can also find us on etsy:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/CrazyAssJewelry