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Goldsmith and artist Dan Balk designs and fabricates every piece of jewelry from raw materials from his studio in Lutz, Tampa, Florida. Each piece is one of a kind, designed by Dan, who creates his own sterling silver, 18K, and 14K alloys that he then fashions, mills, forges, fuses, and brazes into miniature sculptures for personal adornment. Dan selects and sets each stone, often performing his own lapidary work on select stones. Dan has complete contact and artistic connection with each piece of fine art jewelry from concept to collection. "America has a rich heritage of fine craft that is in jeopardy of being lost." Dan offers his classes, "In an effort to preserve the traditional cultural arts of American crafts people. In an age where people are increasingly dependent upon computers, machines and mass produced goods, I believe it is extremely important to retain the time-honored skills of hand craftsmanship that have been passed down through hundreds of years from teacher to student." -Dan Balk

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Alchemy & Ashes is inspired by the old magick found beyond the veil, the deep forest, the dark valley, and the other side of the hedge. Our handcrafted products are intuitively designed and created by practitioners of the Old Craft to encourage the seeker to look beyond the mundane to find their own innate power, and to enhance their mystical journey through the use of herb, bone, root, and stone. Alchemy & Ashes is as much of an experience as it is a retail shop. A well curated mix of Victorian style antiques and oddities provide the backdrop for an assortment of items sold to enhance and empower the lives of our customers, both physically and metaphysically. Alchemy & Ashes specializes in a Victorian and Gothic aesthetic – pieces with ornate details that are rare in modern décor, ranging from decadent to macabre, and all the weird and wonderful and wonderfully weird in between.