14kt gold and meteorite ring with inlayed opal and bezel set ring

14kt gold and meteorite ring with inlayed opal and bezel set ring

Linda & Joe Apodaca

Apodaca-Goldsmiths/Silversmiths
PO Box 1312
Lake Oswego, OR 97035
Phone: (503) 638-4030
joerapodaca@msn.com

Oregon is the home of Linda & Joe Apodaca, both graduates of the School of American Crafts, Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York...he with a Masters of Fine Arts Degree and she with a Bachelors of Fine Arts Degree. The have worked full-time in their studio since 1969 doing many commissioned jewelry pieces. Joe also makes special-order ecclesiastical holloware. Materials they use range from platinum, gold and silver to steel, iron and meteorite. They both use lapidary skills with Joe recently doing stone faceting. Inquiries about custom-made jewelry or holloware are welcomed.

Four galleries, all in Oregon, represent their jewelry: The Real Mother Goose and the Hoffman Gallery at Oregon School of Arts and Crafts in Portland, The Lawrence Gallery in Sheridan, and Riversea Gallery in Astoria. Joe is represented in the Permanent Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Crafts (N.Y.,N.Y.) and in the National Collection of Fine Arts, Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian ( Washington D.C.).

14kt gold, mother of pearl pin with opal and Holley Blue agate.

14kt gold, mother of pearl pin with opal and Holley Blue agate.

14kt gold pin and earrings with druzzy quartz, diamonds and rubies.

14kt gold pin and earrings with druzzy quartz, diamonds and rubies.

Platinum & 18kt yellow gold necklace with Oregon Suntone & diamonds with stainless steel neck wire

Platinum & 18kt yellow gold necklace with Oregon Suntone & diamonds with stainless steel neck wire