Walt Rush

Internationally known award-winning jeweler Walt Rush was born in San Francisco and at a young age was transplanted kicking and screaming to Ohio. 

 

Surrounded by a fertile environment of creativity, my father was an architect and my mother a painter.  So, I came by my talent naturally. In my early years in school I excelled in art, drafting, metal and wood shop, as well as welding. I am a self-taught Gold/Silversmith with over 50 years’ experience in creating jewelry. I returned to the California Coast to create, and design works of art in jewelry and precious metal sculptures.  

 

I design most of my jewelry with a general creation in mind. However, as I am creating a particular piece, my surroundings, metals, and stones that I am working with will influence me to the result. In my wax designs I see something in my mind and cut everything else away. What I enjoy doing most is my water cast and straw cast designs because I can’t influence what is created from pouring or dripping the molten metal into the water or straw. I create from the design that takes shape when the metal hardens. I work with all types of stones, be it natural specimens, faceted, or a variety of cabochons.

 

I believe jewelry should be an attribute to the human body as a painting is to a room or a sculpture is to that special place in a home, building, or yard. My works-of-art in jewelry or treasured precious metal sculptures are for the discerning in taste.

 

My work has appeared in the Mendocino Arts Magazine, and I was personally photographed and interviewed for one of their magazine artist spotlights. 

 

Currently, I am a member of the Gualala Arts Center & The North Coast Artists Guild. My creative designs are on display at the Discovery Gallery, the Artists’ Collective Gallery in Elk, and the Prentice Gallery in Mendocino, 

 

You can also find my jewelry on line 24-7 at rushstudio.etsy.com