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Artisan Made Jewelry
Handcrafted in Idaho
Maven Metals is an independent studio based in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, founded and operated by a husband and wife team. We specialize in custom 3D titanium jewelry and small-batch leather keyrings — each piece designed, engraved, and finished entirely by hand in our shop.
We built Maven Metals around a simple belief: meaningful jewelry should be built with the same material integrity and craftsmanship as anything meant to last a lifetime. We focus not only on precision engraving, but on using materials strong enough and honest enough to carry what they’re trusted with.
When we step away from the bench, you’ll usually find us backpacking or mountain biking deep in the wild backcountry of North Idaho. Living and working in raw, demanding environments has shaped how we think about durability, function, and design — and why we believe meaningful objects should be built to live alongside you, not sit protected in a box.
Our goal is simple: to create pieces strong enough — and meaningful enough — to be kept for life.
HIGH QUALITY MATERIALS
TITANIUM JEWELRY
Every custom piece starts the same way — with someone trusting us with words that matter. Our process is built around protecting that meaning from the very first cut to the final finish.
Every custom pendant begins as a raw Grade 2 Titanium blank. After your lettering is deeply engraved, we carefully hand shape each piece using traditional carving, sanding, polishing, and finishing techniques until it becomes something meant to last a lifetime.
ITALIAN LEATHER KEYRINGS
Our custom leather keyrings are created from Solid 304 Stainless Steel. Each of our rings starts as a solid, raw stainless steel blank. They are roughly shaped and then deeply engraved. Each engraved ring is then hand-shaped, polished, and assembled with only the high quality hardware
FINISHING TECHNIQUES
The final finish is where craftsmanship reveals itself. It’s where time, patience, and intention become visible in the metal.
Each custom pendant is finished by hand using a brushing process we developed to create a soft, uniform grain. This process highlights the depth of the engraving while creating a finish that feels refined, balanced, and built for life.
CUSTOM 3D RELIEF
NECKLACES
Blending machine precision with old-world hand craftsmanship we create beautiful, customized jewelry unlike anything offered before. Our unique process allows us to offer intricate, highly detailed 3D pendants that can be customized with your own words and designs.
Each pendant’s transformation begins with state-of-the-art machining equipment which we use to create your personalized design. Carefully removing hundreds of layers of metal, we carve your custom design into a stunning 3-dimensional relief.
Once the 3D relief is created, each pendant is carefully hand-shaped, and finished. This is where the true art form begins as our hand finishing process allows us to really bring your 3D relief to life by adding highlights, contours, and softness. These intricate details are crucial in bringing out the dimension and personality of each design.
Because each pendant is finished freehand it is a unique work of art and no two pieces will be exactly the same. Blending our artistic skill with your unique voice allows us to create something truly original together. A meaningful work of art.
DEEP ENGRAVED
Custom Lettering
From the beginning we wanted our engraving to stand out from the crowd. This drive led us to develop a unique deep engraving/finishing process not found anywhere else.
Unlike traditional engraving which is simply a burned mark or scratch on the metals surface. We use a custom, high-powered machine to remove hundreds of fine layers of metal creating an ultra-deep mark that, not only can never wear off, but also looks beautiful.
After engraving, we perform a specialty hand finishing process we developed that adds highlights/shadows to the engraving to enhance the beauty and ensure the good looks will last a lifetime.
HANDCRAFTED LEATHER
Our fine leather accents are handcrafted in-house, one at a time, from vegetable-tanned Buttero Leather from the Conceria Walpier Tannery in Italy.
The leather accent is finished with black Italian edge paint and securely fastened with high-quality hardware. Each accent is then embossed with the initial of your choice and is available in several rich colors.
We proudly handcraft all of our custom leather products in house for each individual order. All leather products are made to order.
Italian Leather
Beautifully crafted with a flawless, even surface Buttero is a vegetable-tanned leather from the Walpier tannery in Tuscany, Italy. It is characterized by a smooth grain side surface with deep, rich colors.
Veg-tanning is a natural, eco-friendly process that produces durable, exquisite leathers recognized for their depth of color and rich patina.
All of our keychains are cut from our custom leather hides, sized, formed, edged and finished.
To elevate our leather products even more, we create ultra sleek painted edges. First, we burnish the edges smooth to create the perfect base.
We then painstakingly build up the edges by applying as many as seven, fine coats of Italian edge paint. The result is a smooth, durable finish that highly compliments our fine leather goods.
LEATHER EMBOSSING
Starting with the finest made brass letter stamps we create our gorgeous embossed lettering by applying the perfect amount of pressure and heat.
Using this embossing method we are able to create deep impressions that are not only beautiful but will last.
We also have the ability to create "custom" embossing stamps with your logo or custom graphic for personal or corporate gifts.
We build pieces meant to stay with you — through years, chapters, and the moments that shape who you become.
Thank you for taking the time to meet us and learn our process!
Our Location
Maven Metals
9930 N Biztown Loop
Hayden, ID 83835
Mon - Thurs : 9 - 4pm
+1 (208) 719-9520 PST
** Curbside Pick Up by appointment
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