Hey there, I'm Nicole, and you are visiting the crazy experimentation that is my business site for Earth Metals.  I hail from the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, which is arguably one of the most beautiful places in the country.

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I began making jewelry almost 10 years ago because, simply put, I wanted to make my own things that nobody else had. Earth Metals has been the slow developing process of turning the hand-crafted items I make and sell to friends into a side-business; it's been a bit unnerving, but I suppose here we are.

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Earth Metals is inspired primarily by my number one muse, nature, and materials derived from it. There is also influence from the music I listen to and its scene, and you'll see that in my "Skull-Line".

The stones I use are natural/ non-dyed, or at least that's what I seek out.   I do my best to assure quality pieces, and if bones or stones appear to be dyed, I'll make a note of it under the description (spoiler alert: bone is not really turquoise, so the turquoise skulls most certainly have had a "die" job. Yes, that pun was intended).

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This line and company is about appreciating what is real, hand-crafted, and natural, in a world filled with  artificial products and marketing techniques (see Models & Company Ethics).

 

Everything I sell here is literally one of a kind. That saying is used ubiquitously to describe mass produced items; one of a kind means there is one, plain and simple.

 

A few things about myself:

I'm pretty old school; I still read paper books, am an avid nature and live music photographer, and  use a flip-phone. I love records,  shows, ruins, cemeteries, plants, hiking, meditation, whole foods cooking, horror movies and the outdoors. I book local heavy metal shows and am a former teacher. I also used to live in Costa Rica and love to travel. I dig positive people who are out to do good.

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All of the photos featured on the site are my own.

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Welcome to my site and thus inevitably my quirkiness. 

Thanks for stopping by!

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 ~Nicole~

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