Tom Moates Silversmith

I started working with metals in 1955 and received a degree in Art from Weber State University, in 1977. At that time, I was working exclusively with sterling silver, using the old method of silversmithing {a stump, anvil, torch, and hand tools} ...creating hand wrought sterling silver jewelry. After I retired in 1994 from a career with the U.S. Government, I moved to Hamilton, Montana and began selling my jewelry at art shows, and in galleries (including the gift shop in the Charlie Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana). I have now added copper, and gold to my custom designed hand wrought jewelery. My jewelry has been sold to customers all over the world.
To compliment my jewelery, I use only genuine grade A stones. Most of the turquoise, I use is Kingman.
I do a lot of custom work, so if you have something special in mind, I would be happy to work with you in designing a unique one of a kind piece. Most of my designs are not repeated more than a few times, so you are sure to have a very special piece of jewelry. (This is why I do not put my pieces in catalogues...I want people to have a special design that is exclusively, or almost exclusively, their own)! All my pieces are "signed" (stamped with my buffalo head design, with my initials between, the horns, TM).
My workshop is in my home, and if you are ever in the area, you are welcome to come visit....and see how "hand made" my jewelry really is....as my business cards say "from my hands to yours"......................
For more information, please email me at:
janmoates@webtv.net
or call
406-363-0669

Please allow time for special orders!!!