Work samples

  • Tea Pot
    Tea Pot
    Sterling Silver hand forged teapot with mahogany handle.
  • Memorial.jpg
    Memorial.jpg
    14k recycled gold,grandmas earring and Dudley's rabies tag
  • Citrine ring
    Citrine ring
    14k yellow gold citrine ring
  • Sunflower
    Sunflower
    18k yellow gold and emerald earrings

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About Lauren

Baltimore City  

Lauren Schott was born inn Detroit and attend Society of Arts and Crafts where she learned silversmithing in downtown Detroit, she earned her BFA in jewelry from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.

She taught jewelry at the Maryland Institute Collage of Art and the Corcoran College of Art and Design.

She  works as a jeweler designing and fabricating custom jewelry. She lives in Baltimore with her husband, sculpture David Page and dog Hank. 

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Design time

I love recycling clients old jewelry into new and designing with them.
Here are someof my most recent projects
  • Lion Heart
    Lion Heart
    18k yellow gold, diamond and ancient roman silver coin pendent
  • Memory
    Memory
    14k recycled rose gold and created sapphire. Made from aunts necklaces saving the leaves and deisigned branches and rose on other side in memory.
  • Gardener
    Gardener
    14k palladium white gold and green sapphire engagement ring
  • Engaged
    Engaged
    14k white gold engagement ring made with grandmothers diamonds
  • Dad's treasure #3
    Dad's treasure #3
    Sterling silver Malachite bracelet. Dads hidden treasure of silver turned into lasting memories
  • Mom .jpg
    Mom .jpg
    Sterling silver malachite, coral, ammonite, onyx, amethyst and lapis curved bracelet Dads hidden treasure
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    • work in progress

    recycled gold and gem stones.
    • rollingladder
      rollingladder
    • recycle
      recycle
    • rocks!
      rocks!
    • ruby
      ruby
    • bluestar
      bluestar
    • diamondsteel
      diamondsteel
    • diamondbeads
      diamondbeads
    • seedpearls
      seedpearls
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    • Rings

    recycled gold wedding bands
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      sw1.jpg
    • saph.jpg
      saph.jpg
    • mag.jpg
      mag.jpg
    • km.jpg
      km.jpg
    • 5stone.jpg
      5stone.jpg
    • tk.jpg
      tk.jpg
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      cb.JPG
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      ann--glen.JPG
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      rv-2.jpg
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    • Always changing

    Learning from those around me listing to what others want.
    • Wedding ring casting
      We used old family jewelry to make new wedding rings
    • David and Thea
      David and Thea
      14k yellow gold and Damascus steel square wedding band and her wedding band, both made of recycled gold from family rings
    • old is new
      old is new
      14k palladium white gold Engagement ring base on a vintage style ring
    • Love knot
      Love knot
      14k white gold and garnet ring
    • Stewart
      Stewart
      14k yellow gold and rose cut sapphires
    • Denise
      Denise
      14k rose gold hand made chain with collected objects
    • Bold Damascus
      Bold Damascus
      14k yellow gold and Damascus steel and brown rose cut diamond
    • Damascus steel
      Damascus steel
      14k yellow gold and Damascus steel band
    • Sling Shot
      Sling Shot
      18k yellow gold and coral necklace on hand made chain
    • Winter greening
      Winter greening
      14k yellow, white, rose gold mokume grain with yellow and green sapphires.
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    • New Heirlooms

    wedding bands and engagement ring made just for you with your recycled materials.
    • Lovers Eye
      Lovers Eye
      Recycled 18k yellow gold, antique seed pearls and tourmaline with hand painter porcelain by Mark Adams
    • S & D
      S & D
      Recycled 14k yellow gold wedding band - his Recycled 14k palladium white gold and diamond band.
    • Cara
      Cara
      Recycled 18k yellow gold diamond ring. Center diamond is a natural grey diamond flanked by two uncut alluvial diamonds
    • Justin
      Justin
      Recycled 14k palladium white gold band with diamonds and emerald set in 18k yellow gold
    • Greg
      Greg
      Recycled 18k yellow gold diamond and ruby band
    • Ski Slope
      Ski Slope
      Recycled 14k palladium white gold and black diamonds - his Recycled 14k palladium white gold diamond engagement ring and sapphire wedding band - hers
    • R & P
      R & P
      Recycled 14k yellow gold wedding bands with uncut diamonds
    • M & J
      M & J
      Recycled 14k palladium white gold wedding bands with uncut diamond.
    • Light my fire - back
      Light my fire - back
      14k yellow gold wedding band with inlayed Lapis and flint - His 14k palladium white gold and sterling silver Mokue and lighter striker with Lapis inlay. These to twos can be struck against each other to create a spark.
    • Light my fire - top
      Light my fire - top
      Recycled 14k yellow gold wedding band with inlayed Lapis and flint - His Recycled 14k palladium white gold and sterling silver Mokue and lighter striker with Lapis inlay. These to twos can be struck against each other to create a spark.
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    • Photo a day

    I was challenged to do a photo a day project. I did a photo minor in college it has been years since I carried a camera everyday. What I did not realize was how much I loved and missed taking street photography.
    • Break / bus stop
      Break / bus stop
      Day 245
    • ride to work
      ride to work
      Day 219
    • Afternoon bus stop
      Afternoon bus stop
      Day 214
    • Morning - bus stop
      Morning - bus stop
      Day 155
    • Fading
      Fading
      Day 216
    • Happy Birthday - not forgotten
      Happy Birthday - not forgotten
      Day 101
    • Pride
      Pride
      Day 67
    • Confict
      Confict
      Day 55
    • Lost in thought
      Lost in thought
      Day 81
    • Light sneaking in
      Light sneaking in
      Day 16
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    • Busy Work

    This is the work I have made during this pandemic. I love my clients that gave me projects to keep me busy and staying positive. Going back to my roots when unable to get supplies making everything be hand, recycling old jewelry into new pieces.
    • menorah1.jpg
      menorah1.jpg
      Sterling Silver Traveling Menorah to be filled with lamp oil 6 inches x 1 1/2 inches x 3/4 inch
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      menorah 2.jpg
      Sterling Silver Traveling Menorah
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      Tooth brush.jpeg
      Sterling Silver Tooth Brush Holder
    • Purse earrings.jpg
      Purse earrings.jpg
      Purse earrings 14k palladium, sapphire and diamond. During a pandemic you leave your house with your mask and purse, but forget to put earrings on, this is a problem for a jeweler the answer is make yourself a pair of earring to keep in the purse.
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      Charlotte.jpg
      Charlotte: 14k recycled yellow gold and silver floating ring. This ring make the large Eilat stone on one side and the diamond, turquoise and chrysoprase on the other side look like they float between your fingers. All the stone a recycled from family jewelry.
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      Greek Key.jpg
      Greek Key 14k yellow gold recycled from family jewelry
    • Janet.jpg
      Janet.jpg
      Janet: Recycles sterling silver jewelry and stones. Made into a 34 inch long chain with amethyst, quartz, garnet and aquamarine.
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    • Old and New

    Old friends and new clients .
    Recycling old jewelry to new jewelry.
    • Vines
      Vines
      Bracelet made 14k white gold, 18k yellow gold with black star sapphire. Gifts from dad over the years recycled into a new piece.
    • The moon
      The moon
      14k yellow gold, silver coin and moonstone.
    • Birthdays
      Birthdays
      14k yellow gold, diamonds, pearl, turquoise, peridot, tourmaline, amethyst , garnet and sapphire. Family together represented in stone.
    • Forever
      Forever
      Pendent 14k white gold and pearl. The mobius strip is never ending circle. The recycled gold and pearl have a new life
    • River
      River
      14k white and yellow gold with diamonds. Recycled old rings into a new ring.
    • ByPass
      ByPass
      14k yellow gold and diamond. Heavy gold band of recycled gold and family diamond
    • Overlay
      Overlay
      14k white gold and pink sapphire engagement ring designed to fit over grandmothers wedding band.
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    • Memorian

    Taking a love ones old jewelry and turning it into a piece to be worn and held by the next genderation.
    • I Will Love You Forever
      I Will Love You Forever
      14k white gold sapphire and diamond bracelet made from his flattened wedding band and gifts from him over the years
    • They Fell In Love
      They Fell In Love
      14k white gold necklace made from parents wedding bands spelling out the longitude and latitude of where her parents fell in love.
    • I Carry You With Me
      I Carry You With Me
      14k yellow gold key chain made from wedding bands after the wife passed from cancer
    • Time To Remember
      Time To Remember
      14k yellow gold watch with moss agate in place of the crystal made from a family watch.
    • Your Hand In Mine
      Your Hand In Mine
      14k yellow gold ring with sapphire and diamonds from grandmothers ring
    • Time Is Love
      Time Is Love
      14k yellow gold diamond Möbius wedding bands made from mother diamond watch.
    • I Loved You Once
      I Loved You Once
      14k white gold diamonds and sapphire made from old engagement ring
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    • Joy

    This year has brought much Joy designing and make new heirlooms from old heirlooms.

    • Unicorn
      Unicorn

      14k white gold engagement ring with a unicorn sapphire center stone and trillion moonstones side stones

    • Sandy
      Sandy

      14k recycled white gold and diamond necklace. The necklace is made from her mothers tennis bracelet. Handmade chain and bezel set diamonds 

    • Brian's gift
      Brian's gift

      18k yellow recycled gold sapphire and family diamond anniversary ring.

    • Jesse
      Jesse

      14k yellow gold and Damascus steel wedding band

    • Tooth and Nail
      Tooth and Nail

      14k yellow recycled gold, sterling silver, diamonds and porcelain crown ring

    • Landscape
      Landscape

      14k yellow gold diamond and tsavorite garnets engagement ring

    • Rene Ruby
      Rene Ruby

      14k recycled yellow gold and ruby ring

    • Grace
      Grace

      14k yellow gold Alexandrite and uncut diamond engagement ring. The center link of the ring with the Alexandrite set in nit came from the grandfathers ID bracelet I then made a matching handmade chain scaling down in size for the band of the ring

    • Bird Skull
      Bird Skull

      14k recycled yellow gold and diamond carved and cast birds skull on a handmade chain 

    • Nadine
      Nadine

      14k white gold peridot and diamond earrings

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