A workshop with wooden tables, tools, and equipment around. A black cat is on the table near a window with natural light. Various items are organized on shelves and countertops, including plants, a lamp, and a drill.
Black and white image of a person wearing an apron, standing beside a workbench with a polishing machine, near a window with a lamp overhead.

Stone, bone and metal jewelry smith, Erin Trumble.

One of my favorite rings is made from a small piece of moose bone in the simple shape of, what looks like to me, a full moon. It’s made by Erin Trumble, owner and jewelry designer of Independent Mountain Jewelry Co., who was working on a custom elk ivory piece—trusted in her care from a sentimental father/son hunt—when I visited her cozy studio enchantingly nestled in the alpine forest. The way Erin uses “naturally beautiful, raw, earthly elements and expertly crafts them into works of art,” worn near and dear by so many, is wildly mesmerizing.

Shot in Erin’s Colorado studio.

Wooden workbench in a workshop with tools, machines, and a black cat by a window.
Cozy indoor workspace with tools hanging on a wooden hook board, a small flag with a geometric design on the wall, and a person's arm reaching into a wire basket near a plant by a window.
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A person working at a craftsman's desk in a workshop, focused on detailed work with tools and equipment around them. Natural light comes through the window and hanging lamps provide additional lighting.
Woman sitting at a wooden desk with a black cat on it, in a cozy room with shelves and a window.
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Person working with jewelry tools at a wooden workbench in a workshop, wearing a magnifying headset. The workspace is filled with tools, materials, and a window with a view outside.
Person in workshop with polishing or grinding machine near a window.
Person using polishing machine with tattoos on their hands.
Person using jewelry polishing machine, focusing on hands with tattoos and bracelets.
Tattooed hands polishing a small object with a bench grinder.
Hands holding small rings near a polishing machine.
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Hanging leather aprons, orange and red extension cords, and a hand saw in a workshop.
Person working in a home workshop with tools, a cat on a chair, and natural light from a window.
Person working at a cluttered desk in a workshop, with tools and equipment, and a window view. Cat sitting on a chair is partially visible.
Person holding a mug sitting at a wooden workbench with various tools and equipment, in a workshop with a window view.
Close-up of a jeweler's workbench with tools and materials, including a hand, a ring, calipers, and scattered objects.
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Person using a jewelry saw to cut a piece of metal on a workbench
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Close-up of a person using a coping saw to cut a piece of wood, showing tattoos on their arms.
Black and white image of a person working at a cluttered workshop desk with tools and equipment, looking out a window.
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A woman sitting on a stool, working at a cluttered table in a workshop, with tools and equipment around her.
Close-up of someone using a file on a metal ring fixed in a wooden clamp, with visible tattoos and wrist accessories.
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Smiling person sitting on a wooden workbench in a cozy workshop.
Dog peeking through a pet door on a wooden door.