About Us
Esther and her young family live in the small community of Mayo, Yukon. Her family enjoys “city-time” when travelling throughout western Canada to take part in Trade Shows and Christmas Craft Shows. They also enjoy the balance of spending time at home in Mayo. Esther makes an observation about life in her small community: “There is a peacefulness here that comes from living in the middle of the Yukon wilderness with people who choose to go through life in an unhurried way.”
Esther Winter, jewellery designer, draws inspiration for her designs from life experiences and from her surroundings in northern Canada.
Artist Background
Yukon jewellery designer, Esther Winter, uses Canadian symbolism as well as symbols that are close to the heart on her sterling silver jewellery. She enjoys telling the stories or meanings behind the creation of each symbol and especially loves to hear how the piece is meaningful to the person who eventually will be wearing it.
The Winter-Sinnott Family
Creative Process
Jewellery designer, Esther Winter draws each original Winterchild symbol by hand. The symbol is then forged into a hardened steel stamp. Next, the stamp is hammered into the sterling silver to create an imprint. Final touches include curving the silver and polishing.
Applying finishing touches to jewellery.
Artist Background
Yukon jewellery designer, Esther Winter, has been creating hand-crafted jewellery since 1995. Her first jewellery business, Winterchild Jewellery, has become a well established jewellery line. Old Tin Roof is Esther’s “new baby”! It is an innovative concept in jewellery design marrying recycling with history resulting in the creation of beautiful, meaningful jewellery.
Creative Process
Esther uses a disc cutter or tin snips to cut out each piece of tin, the edges are then sanded and a water-based coating is applied which protects the tin and brings out the rich warm colours. To enhance the beauty of the jewellery, the tin is combined with other materials such as copper and sterling silver.
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