What I Make
Hi! I'm Abby Meadows.
I make one-of-a-kind, hand-forged fine jewelry designed intuitively around natural gemstones. Every piece begins with a stone. I choose stones emotionally, not by trend, and I design each piece to honor its full story — the millions of years it took to form in the earth, the human hands that mined and cut it, and the moment it’s meant to create for the person who wears it.
I don’t design from sketches or molds. I design by responding to the stone. I forge the metal around it to create a moment — something someone recognizes when they see it, even if they can’t explain why. When someone chooses one of my pieces, they’re stepping into that story and carrying it forward. When they wear it out in the world and someone else notices and responds, that connection continues. That’s the real work for me: creating small points of recognition and community in a very large world.
I hand-forge every piece myself in my Woodstock, Georgia studio using traditional metalsmithing techniques — hammer, torch, fusion, and fabrication. I do not cast. I don’t use molds, plating, gold-filled materials, or 3D printing. These are the same fundamental techniques that have been used to make jewelry for thousands of years, and they allow the metal to record the moment it was made.
I work primarily in Argentium silver, a higher-purity silver that is naturally more tarnish-resistant and doesn’t develop the fire-scale common in traditional sterling. It holds up beautifully over time and allows for a cleaner, more luminous finish. I also work in solid 14k gold — yellow, white, and rose. I don’t make fast fashion, and I don’t make jewelry meant to be temporary. Every material I use is chosen so the piece can be worn, repaired, lived in, and passed on.
My work is almost always truly one of a kind. Even when I revisit designs like birthstone rings, stacking rings, or gemstone necklaces, no two pieces are ever the same. Each hammer strike creates its own constellation. Each twist and curve varies slightly. The differences aren’t flaws — they’re the record of how the piece came into being.
People often tell me they feel seen when they encounter my jewelry, like it understands something about them. That’s what I hope for. Wearing one of my pieces is a way to reconnect with a moment, to express something personal without words, and to invite recognition when someone else sees it and understands.
In a way, every piece I make is custom. I just haven’t met you yet.
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