Leah Sturgis Jewelry Art

06/19/2023

Summer green

06/02/2023

Tiny treasures

05/21/2023

Inspired by my cowgirls!

03/09/2023

Want one? I love making these little sculptures.

02/06/2023

Peace

01/13/2023

Double dose off asymmetry

11/23/2022

11/05/2022

These shells are reminiscent of ivory. Their curve, color.
Missing Alaska.

10/27/2022

Curvy
lapis, brass and vermeil

10/21/2022

We’ll be there!

This year's Downtown Holiday Market will feature over 75 small business vendors from all over the DMV, like Souviners Art pictured here. Stay tuned to catch a glimpse at more of the talented and creative vendors we have coming to this year's market. We look forward to offically opening the market on Friday, November 18th!

10/20/2022

Fools gold…pyrite, brass and gold vermeil

10/18/2022

Beading has always been a love of mine. It’s relaxing and allows for the mind to wander.
These are gold plated glass beads, brass and vermeil posts. The seed beads are stitched on to thin leather from an old coat.

10/12/2022

Mother of Pearl and sterling silver
A variation on a long time design. I love the curve toward the face.

09/25/2022

Getting ready for

09/01/2022

Who can you see wearing these?

08/27/2022

Abalone and hammered silver

07/30/2022

Mother of Pearl
Sterling Silver

07/28/2022

Turquoise howlite and sterling silver

07/23/2022

Turquoise howlite and sterling silver

06/14/2022

Being present

06/07/2022

Threaders!
Easy, everyday earring
DM me if you’d like a pair ☀️

06/02/2022

“Siren” earrings
-gold vermeil
DM if you’d like these on your ears!
Today $130, usually $163

05/28/2022

Today…
Small treasures…

05/24/2022

Making these leather and bead pieces brings me peace. It’s therapeutic. Lots of love stitched in them.

04/20/2022

Naturally shed antler from Alaska
Please DM for details

04/08/2022

This has always been a healing path for me…

03/30/2022

Inspiration Everywhere

03/30/2022

Leaf? Wave? Rain drop?
These are made using the list wax casting process. Sterling silver and antique brass

03/29/2022

Okay, getting inspired by the cherry blossoms.
Cherry quartz. Hammered sterling silver.

03/27/2022

I love an earring that has a right and left. These frame the face nicely.
Quartz and hammered sterling silver.

03/24/2022

Rei Rei double hoops
A little twist on your everyday hoops
Leather from an old coat, glass seed beads and sterling silver

03/22/2022

Rei Rei earrings

Recycled leather from an old coat and glass dead beads.
The leather has to be very soft and thin for the tiny needle I use for the beadwork.

03/21/2022

This is my Rei Rei collection. Named after my dear niece Mireille.
Her lineage from her mother is Menominee, Chippewa, Potawatomi and Irish. From her father, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian and European.
This week I will feature the Rei Rei line in honor of her birthday. I’m tucking away a bit of each sale for her.

Recycled leather, glass seed beads and sterling posts
$90
These are not on the website, you can DM me.

03/20/2022

“Northern Lights”
Dentelium shell and amazonite

03/18/2022

I’m on a sculptural roll. Shell and dyed coral.

03/17/2022

An everyday choice
Abalone and hammered sterling silver

03/15/2022

Many years ago when I made this design, I had a woman purchase it for her daughter, Kira. It has been called “Kira” ever since.

03/13/2022

Leather, seed beads, mother of pearl and love!
Doing beadwork makes me happy. It is quiet time and thoughtful time.

$90, DM for purchase, not on website

03/12/2022

Todays wearable sculpture