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Jude Castillo and Brian Grant at Cannon Beach, Oregon.

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Jude Castillo and Brian Grant are partners in both life and art and are the artists behind Earthraven Handcrafts.

Brian and Jude next to flowers
Jude Spinning by a waterfall

Jude started her crafting journey by making jewelry to sell in order to follow The Grateful Dead all around the country. From there, she has been a lifelong maker dabbling into many art forms in metals and fibers.

Brian grew up picking rocks off of the ground and still does so to this day! That led to his love of rockhounding and then of metals to showcase his findings.

Brian showing off his rock collection
Brian and Jude kissing in nature

A shared interest in all things rocks and metals as well as a love of seeing live music brought them together.

Now we create together!

 

Jude working in her metalsmiting studio
Brian showing off his workspace in metalsmithing studio
Brian working in the studio

For the last ten years, we have been learning and building up our studio space in order to create handmade jewelry. You can often find us taking jewelry classes, rocking out as well as rockhounding all over the US, or gawking at gems at our local mineral and rock shows in Oregon! We strive to be as environmentally conscious in our work as possible and therefore choose not to use certain chemicals or animal products in our studio space.

Brian showing off his tools in studio
Jude soldering a ring in studio
Jude and Brian selfie by a lake
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