18kt Gold Uvavorite Ring. Andrea Gottschalk

18kt Gold Uvavorite Ring. Andrea Gottschalk.  Size: 6 3/4 (Resizing possible)

Uvarovite is a chromuim-bearing garnet.  It was discovered in 1832 by Germain Henri Hess who named it after Count Sergei Semenovitch Uvarov, a Russian statesman and amateur mineral collector.

Andrea Gottschalk fine-tuned her natural talent by attending gold smithing school in Germany, and has been making jewelry since she was sixteen. She gets as much enjoyment from seeing people’s reactions when they buy her jewelry as she does creating it.

Andrea was born and raised in Germany. After a two-year world travel adventure, including an extended visit to New Mexico, she returned to Germany and attended the Goldschmiede Schule in Pforzheim. In 1988 she came back to New Mexico “for the love of it,” and started a home- based jewelry business.

In Santa Fe, she make special orders and custom pieces for Spirit of the Earth, James Reid, Mitzi Lynn, Mahdani and many others. She moved to Las Vegas, N.M. in 1995 and opened Unikat Fine Jewelry in 1998.  

Her jewelry creations are inspired by the color and shape of gemstones, which effects the design and outcome of a piece. “I also love gems in their natural uncut beauty and often set them just as they are found in nature. I love combining different metals into one piece and personally I am very drawn to geometric simple shapes. A lot of my own creations have that as a component of the design. And when I see a gem stone that grabs me at a supplier or at gem shows, I see a whole piece of jewelry around it in my imagination. That is what I create. I don’t sit down at the drawing table much and think a piece through from start to finish.” Andrea’s creativity often leads to changes as the piece evolves.

Andrea Gottschalk, Jewelry Artisan                       Unikat Fine Jewelry                                                       160 Bridge Street, Las Vegas, N.M.

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