I'm a traditional goldsmith. I craft jewelry out of precious metals.
The vast majority of my work is non cast. The metal is directly sculpted and soldered.
I especially love themes dragon and furry related.
Commissions are currently Open
Closed until I work through my queue. Will re-open in Winter.
Feel free to ask me about possible ideas though!
Have a look at my Shop too!
Gallery
925 silver, 18k gold orb
Ear cuff 925 silver
925 Silver, 18k Gold, Diamond, Amethyst
Bolo Tie 925 Silver
925 silver
Ear cuff 925 Silver
925 Silver
925 silver
Cast 18k White gold Wrist Anchor
925 silver, 18k gold bowl
925 silver. Cast wax carving
925 silver. Cast wax carving
925 Silver, oxidized prints
925 silver, oxidized prints
Ear cuff 925 silver
Ear cuff, 925 silver
925 Silver
925 silver
925 silver
925 silver, gold setting, tourmaline
925 silver, gold setting, tourmaline
925 silver, Peridot
925 silver, gold detail, diamond
925 silver
925 silver
925 silver
Commissions, inquiries and questions:
draakae@outlook.com
telegram @DraakaeCustom order commissions and repairs are currently Closed. Open again in winter.
Check my Shop for ready made jewelry.
What I can create:
Pendants, rings, bracelets, lockets. Most things really!
However I cannot do complex stone settings or hand engravings due to current lack of advanced tools.Commission process:
Message me your idea for your jewelry, if you don't have a very specific one I can work with artistic freedom as well. Don't be afraid to throw around ideas with me :3
I'll provide a very rough estimate of costs before we get very detailed about things. You'll get a rough digital sketch of what your piece will look like before that, if you want it.
Once we've agreed on the idea I'll calculate work costs and time estimate, then send you an invoice. I will start working once it's been paid.Prices for custom orders:
I charge 20$ an hour for labor cost. Material cost is added separately.
Gold and silver material costs depend on the daily price which can vary. I've linked a site with daily prices here.
The price quote I give you for a commission will not change even if daily prices change at a later time.Repairs are something I provide
I have plenty of experience with it. Contact me if you've got something that needs or might need fixing. Any questions are welcome.
A silver ring size-up generally costs around 20-60€. Mending a broken silver chain is generally 20€ per solder. Strengthening a worn out silver loop is 20€ per solder. More solders less overall costs.
There's a lot more types of jewelry I can repair, both in gold and silver. Feel free to inquire me for prices.Gemstones:
I have a small selection of gemstones which could be added to a jewelry piece for a cost. Ask me about it!
If you have your own gemstone(s) I can possibly work with that as well, depending on the complexity of it's shape and hardness. I can also possibly order custom ones from a separate store, depending on their supply.
Ever since I can remember, I've loved dragons. Like a lot! And as it happens, I share my enjoyment of shiny things with them. So much so that I want to make my own. Within the entire goldsmithing craft, creating dragons as jewelry pieces is what I enjoy most of all.To get where I am, I've been practicing since 2012. That includes repairing designing and creating jewelry. In 2019 I progressed from novice to journeyman. Now I hope to make my next step toward freedom by becoming independent and expressing myself as I always wanted.In order to design and produce custom-made pieces, I apply traditional techniques to precious metals. This includes hard-soldering, manual filing, casting, sometimes stonesetting, and more.
Scroll down for buying instructions!
Dragon Paw Cast
270€ :-
Pendant in 925 silver.
Made by carving a paw in wax, then casting the shape in sand.
Height, without loop: 22 millimeters, or about 0.87 inches. (Chain is not included in price)
Canine Paw Prints
80€ - small - 1,7cm
100€ - medium - 2cm
120€ - large - 2,4cm
140€ - XL - 2.9cm
Measurment is in height, only the main shape, excluding loops.
Pendant in 925 silver.
Made by sawing out shapes and soldering silver metal sheets together.
Dragon Paw Prints
100€ - small - 1,7cm
120€ - medium - 2cm
140€ - large - 2,4cm
150€ - XL - 2.9cm
Measurment is in height, only the main shape, excluding loops.
Pendant in 925 silver.
Made by sawing out shapes and soldering silver metal sheets together.
Everything shown is still available!
To buy something, send me a message with the name of the jewelry you wish to purchase. Also size if specified.
In the Email form below, or through telegram or regular email.
I will send you an invoice. Please provide your full shipping address too! After or before payment is fine.
If you have any questions feel free to contact me anywhere I've listed.After payment has been recieved I will get to the postal office roughly within a week or two for shipping, since I live pretty remotely.
Telegram: @Draakae
t.me/Draakae
Email: draakae@outlook.com
Chains
I can include a 925 silver snake link chain in your order for an additional 45€. Or a smaller 2mm thick rolo chain. Lasts until my supply is out. I can order new ones but it might take some time. Let me know your size too!
Shipping
Shipping costs 20€.
I ship Registered Mail with return receipt.
Insured up to 10,000 SEK (or roughly ~1000€) to almost the whole world. Does not apply to these countries due to postal restrictions.Shipping transit times heavily depend on which country I send to. Within Sweden it should be a day or two, nearby countries a few more. USA and further away can be a week or more. I ship everything from Sweden.
ToS, Import Tax, Duty fees
Historical Sales
Shipping to the following countries has no insurance above 2000 SEK (swedish crowns).
I can still send jewelry to these countries by mail, but I will not be held responsible should a jewelry piece get lost or damaged before it gets delivered.
Afghanistan
Kuwait
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Macedonia
Brazil
Mexico
British Virgin islands
Nigeria
Brunei
Pakistan
Bolivia
Pitcairn
Cook islands
Puerto Rico
Eritrea
Kosovo
Romania
Ethiopia
Serbia
Galápagos Islands
Somalia
Georgia
Sudan
Guam
Syria
Iraq
Turks and Caicos Islands
Iran
Uzbekistan
Jordan
Venezuela
Timor-Leste
Terms of service
Returns
Full refunds for jewelry bought in my shop are available within 14 days of purchases, provided the jewelry is in the same exact condition it was delivered in. Does not apply to custom orders.
If you wish to make a return, note me by mail first. You will be responsible for having the jewelry delivered back to me, as well as be responsible for mailing costs.
When I get the jewelry back to me in person you will be fully refunded as long as the jewelry is in the same condition it was delivered to you in.
If damage occurs by you, the refund will be partial or none depending on the damage.Lost goods
Should goods being delivered to you get lost or damaged during transit you will be reimbursed with the amount of SEK Swedish Crowns I get from the mail insurance. Up to 10.000:- SEK
Your country might charge you Import and or duty fees for purchased and imported jewelry if you live outside of the EU.
I've listed the rates for the US and UK, for convenience. Rates of other countries you will have to look up. Or you can message me and ask and I'll try and do it for you :3
US Import tax and duty
US import duty rates (as of 15/9/2022) for importing jewelry are as below:
5% for silver pendants. (HS number 7113.11.5000)
5,5% for gold pendants. (HS number 7113.19.29 00)US Import tax rates:
Orders below 800$ CIF Value (Cost, Insurance, and Freight) are not subject to import tax.
Orders over 800$ have 5% import tax.
UK VAT and duty
UK import duty rates (as of 15/9/2022) for importing jewelry are as below:
2% for both silver and gold pendants. (HS number 7113.11.5000 and 7113.19.29 00)UK import VAT:
All imported goods going into the UK have an added 20% VAT fee, added to the total cost of the purchased item. Total cost includes the item fee, shipping fee and also the duty fee.
Vat= 0.20x(item cost+shipping cost+duty fee)
(Everything here has been sold. Custom orders / commissions are not listed)
Dragon cup pendant
800€ :-
Pendant in 925 silver and 18k gold.
Made by sculpting and soldering silver metal sheets together.
Sold at the Eurofurence 2023 Art show auction.
Red tourmaline drake
480€ :-
Pendant in 925 silver, 18k Gold setting with a natural reddish-pink tourmaline.
Made by sculpting and soldering silver metal sheets together.
Height, with loop: 42millimeters or 1,65 inches
sold at nordic fuzzcon 2024
Dragon Earcuff
400€ :-
Earcuff in 925 silver.
Made by sculpting and soldering silver metal sheets and thread together.
Height: roughly 70 millimeters top to bottom
Can be bent and adjusted to fit your ear
sold at eurofurence 27
Green tourmaline drake
450€ :-
Pendant in 925 silver, 18k Gold setting with a natural green tourmaline.
Made by sculpting and soldering silver metal sheets together.
Height, with loop: 39millimeters or 1,54 inches
sold at eurofurence 27
Graceful dragon
520€ :-
Pendant in 925 silver.
Made by sculpting and soldering metal sheets together.
Height: 51 millimeters or 2 inches
Tail grab dragon
Pendant in 925 silver.
Made by sculpting and soldering metal sheets together.
Height: 51 millimeters or 2 inches
Peridot tail drake
280€ :-
Pendant in 925 silver, with natural peridot.
Made by sculpting and soldering silver metal sheets together.
Height, without loop: 57millimeters or 2,24 inches
The process for a dragon pendant.
On my pc I start out making linework for the jewelry. I print it out and glue all the individual parts on top of a sheet of silver. Either made from scrap I've melted or ordered as is.I spend a lot of time sculpting and aligning all the parts so it fits well before the soldering. Very important is to have a perfect surface finish where you cant reach with your tools later on after the soldering is done.
You really don't want to attempt to file in a hard to reach spot. Surface finishing can be incredibly difficult then.
The most risky and difficult but also most enjoyable part of the process is the soldering.The basics of it is that you have multiple objects, usually two at a time, that you heat fuse together using a metal that has a slightly lower melting point (the solder). Flux protects the surfaces from contamination.I usually place the solder on to the objects as it's 50~ or so celsius from melting. It's a very intuitive skill and takes a lot of practice to understand when and how it flows.The melting point of sterling 925 silver is 893c. The solder (hard) has to be 788c to flow properly. If you burn a little to hard you risk destroying the whole thing. It's easy to mess up the surface if you're not super careful since it starts to deform as it approaches the melting point.
After soldering you need to get rid of the flux (left image), which you do by putting the whole object in acid. The bad part about this though is that it discolors the surface of the silver into white (right image). A reaction caused from the acid. You'll fix that with a lot of polishing. It doesn't actually damage the surface.Another bothersome thing about silver is that the 925 sterling silver alloy tends to get a very slightly darker hue at the surface as you heat it up. If you heat things up evenly and don't file, or polish too much afterwards, that's no problem. However if you do that you'll notice a spot where it's now a very slightly brighter hue than everywhere else.
This can all be fixed by heating everything up again (+more polishing) or by electroplating with silver, but that's not something I do.Polishing a dragon pendant like this one can take a while since reaching into all those nooks can be difficult. I often poke at things for a while with a tiny little brush.
Taking photos can be soooo difficult haha. The surface of the jewelry is completely reflective so make sure to have surfaces all around that reflect an even color/contrast.