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Green Lake Jewelry Works is one of Americas leading custom jewelry shops.
Our Artists design & create hundreds of Custom jewelry pieces each month in our Seattle Design Studio.
We specialize in Unique Engagement Rings, Custom Wedding Bands & other Custom Made fine jewelry.

Green Lake was chosen as "Coolest Store in America" for 2012 by the editors of Instore Magazine.


Green Lake Jewelry Works Scenes
left_arrow Simple, Artful & Fun
  • Simple
    From our Website with thousands of our own Original Designs, to all the ways we do business, we strive to make getting a custom ring as uncomplicated as it can be.
  • Artful
    Everyone at Green Lake is an Artist at heart. We care about the subtle nuances & details because we're just not satisfied with "Good Enough".
  • Fun
    We make getting a Unique Engagement Ring fun. Seriously. Getting any kind of custom jewelry made should be a stress free and exciting experience & that's what we do best!



Artists of Green Lake
left_arrow ...Artists at Work
The Tagline Below our Name says it all; We are ...Artists at Work. Our talented jewelry professionals really care about making each piece special.
  • In House everything
    We make our custom jewelry on-site, with our own hands. no outsourcing here!
  • Continuous Improvement
    We believe in sharing skills, learning & improvement; many of our best Artists came to us right out of Art school & we teach each other new tricks every day!
  • Diverse Talents
    Our Designers & Bench Artists come from all over the U.S. and the World, and share a desire to create something new and Fresh every Day!
  • Artists, not Merchants
    Making Unique Custom Jewelry is in our DNA & in our name; at Green Lake Jewelry Works We create the art here!
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Unique & Original Engagement Rings
left_arrow Unique & Original Designs
  • Unique Engagement Rings
    We specialize in creating unique designs for our Engagement & Wedding Band collections.
  • Original Designs
    We create new designs literally every day & have one of the largest portfolios of custom work in the entire jewelry industry. We don't sell "Designer brands", we are the Designers.
  • Exclusive Styles
    Our designs really are exclusive because we design them from scratch, make them ourselves & we don't sell through other shops. Most jewelers don't make anything, they simply order from catalogs & wholesalers. Matter of fact, some online "Custom jewelers" are not really jewelers at all, as many outsource all or most of their work.
  • Integrity & Respect
    We don't copy others designers work...matter of fact, we rarely even copy our own designs!
    We do however adore Vintage & Antique styles & love to develop our own unique take on classic looks.


left_arrow Real Jewelry vs Computer Renderings...
  • Real Jewelry
    We show thousands of example of our work, while many others only show Computer Renderings of jewelry. Think about what this means as you browse other sites...
  • CAD Renderings
    Sure we use CAD modeling, matter of fact we are somewhat reknowned as CAD innovators & regularly compete in jewelry design competitions. Our award winning team of Artists build our original designs here in house & work as a team to make each piece perfect. Realistic Computer Graphics are no guarantee that the jewelry will look as good as the picture...We're not afraid to show our finished pieces up close...thousands of them!
You need Real Artists & a devotion to detail to make great custom Jewelry. ...Read More



left_arrow A Few Words About Price, Quality & Doing Great Work...
Custom made products usually cost more than mass produced items.
However, you'll find that our Original designs often cost less than similar "catalog" items. Compare quality to quality (& we show you thousands of ours...)
We're confident you will choose Green Lake.

left_arrow  How can we do this?
Well, both mass produced and custom jewelry is often designed in one place, Cast in another, and the finish work & stone setting is done in a 3rd or even 4th location!
We do all our work here in our Seattle Design studio with no middle-men.

So, while a large factory might be able to make a production run of hundreds or thousands of identical pieces with slightly lower labor costs than us, they sell them through jewelry stores & online merchants who have to mark them up to survive.

left_arrow  Doing Quality work
"When Love and skill work together expect a masterpiece."
- John Ruskin
There are no shortcuts to quality workmanship...
Many competitors claim to be bigger than us, but we think none are better than us.

Ask  where the work is done... ask carefully...
Usually, you'll find it's farmed out to the low bidder, or several low bidders...
(they will probably talk about  "the finest resources", and "careful quality control.") ...

Well, there's no quality control like doing the work yourself..

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left_arrow  Ask a Friend...
Word of mouth is the best advertising, and we are proud that most of our clients are referrals from satisfied customers.
In the Seattle area & in all 50 states, ask a friend, chances are they know someone who have had their jewelry made in our shop!
Look through our Portfolio of custom designs  we've made for satisfied clients all over North America & the world, then read what our Friends & fans have to say about Green Lake.

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left_arrow  Years of Experience
Actually, its more than 400 years of combined experience!
Green Lakes founder & our original bench jeweler & designer, Jim Tuttle, started Green Lake Jewelry Works in 1996, after more than a decade perfecting his jewelry skills.

Jim is a "No Compromise" kind of guy, and knew that working directly with clients to create Original one-of-a kind Designs, was the only way to go.
We believe that doing every step, from pencil sketch to final polish, in one place is critical to making each piece perfect. That's why we design & manufacture every one of our Original Designs right here in our Seattle Design Center.

Our dedication to Custom & our focus on Original Design, Artistry & Great Craftsmanship has led Green Lake Jewelry Works to over 16 years of uninterrupted growth.
We are proud that many tell us we are the standard for Custom jewelry in America.


Matter of fact, we were voted "Coolest Store in America" for 2012 by the editors of Instore Magazine...Now we're blushing!

Don't accept less than working with Amazing Artists & craftsmen in a collaborative & Artistic atmosphere.

"Real Custom Jewelry design is about working with people every day to create great new styles, tailored to each individual.
Designing alone is too easy; The interaction between Client and Artist creates a synergy & challenge that helps us create new and innovative designs, and always satisfies the best. I am delighted every day to see our work made better by the Artist / Client interplay."
-Jim Tuttle
 President and Founder of Green Lake Jewelry Works.


Jim  has worked as a Designer, Gold & Platinumsmith, and CAD Modeler for over 25 years and is focused on Original & Custom Design, Online Custom Jewelry, CAD/CAM in the jewelry industry and Jewelry Design & Production Systems.
He has lectured and written for Jewelry trade magazines and events on these and other topics many times.




left_arrow A State of the Art Shop - Modern Tools & Ancient Techniques
Our shop is state of the art.... We do love our tools!
  • Microscopic perfection
    Each of our stone setters, hand engravers and filigree artists has a personal bench microscope for the finest detailed work.
  • Casting Perfection
    We use one of the finest casting machines made - the Galloni Fusus HD. This high power machine melts the metal electrically, under partial vaccuum & an inert Argon cover gas to protect against oxidation & microporosity to create amazingly dense, detailed castings.
    We were the second shop in America (after Tiffany & Co.) to install this great machine.
  • CAD perfection
    Although the mind and hand of an artist create each new design, modern techniques help perfect the manufacturing of fine jewelry. We use the world's finest jewelry CAD/CAM system, Gemvision's Matrix & Revo Milling machines, to create perfect symmetry on our wax master models. Following the machine work, we carefully hand detail each wax  before client approval and casting.
  • Growing Perfection
    Our Envisiontec Perfactory 3-D growing machine grows castable resin models with internal details that wax models cannot match. This technology allows us to virtually cut apart our models and cast in multiple pieces for better detail, allowing for perfect cleanup of difficult to reach areas.
  • Hand done Perfection
    We combine these modern tools with the time-tested techniques of hand crafting fine jewelry one piece at a time. From hand forged fine wire filigree details to hand engraved patterns we use all the best of modern and tradional jewelry making techniques.
    Our custom pieces are created individually, not in massive batches of 100's of identical pieces. We carve waxes, cast, hand forge, hand engrave and carefully match and hand set the stones in our jewelry right here in our Seattle workshop.



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