Two Silversmiths. One Working Bench. Hand-Forged Jewelry Built in Real Time.

Sterling Roots is built by two working silversmiths shaping metal by hand in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains. This is not a brand assembled behind the scenes—it is an active hand-forged jewelry studio where tools are in constant use and one-of-a-kind heirlooms are built without casting or molds. Collectors come for legitimacy: real bench discipline, true chainmaking, and work completed start to finish by the makers themselves.

The Studio Is Built by Two Hands, Not a System

Sterling Roots is not the output of a production team or outsourced process. Every collector’s piece is formed through direct silversmithing practice—hammered, soldered, filed, and finished at the same bench. Emily and Shane work side by side, sharing tools and refining method through steady repetition. Some pieces are forged in collaboration, while others carry the distinct signature of one maker. In all cases, the work is never anonymous—built once, built honestly, and meant to last.

Emily Dicob, third-generation traditional silversmith, forging nature-inspired jewelry by hand in adirondack foothills studio.

Emily Dicob: Third-Generation Silversmith Lineage

Emily Dicob carries forward the lineage of her grandparents, the Stonehouse Silversmiths. Silversmithing is not a later pursuit—it is lifelong, inherited discipline shaped by years at the bench. Her work is nature-led with extraordinary realism: feathers, florals, leaves, and organic textures translated into metal with precision. Her feather work remains a defining signature, echoing generational tool knowledge and the quiet complexity of true forging practice. This is not decorative imitation. It is nature understood through discipline.

Adirondack silversmith applying builder precision to hand-forged jewelry construction in Sterling Roots studio.

Shane: Builder Precision in Metalwork

Shane brings structural clarity to the Sterling Roots bench, grounded in a background of masonry and carpentry. His approach is measured, architectural, and exacting—built on proportion, balance, and control. Over the past decade, he has trained across the country, refining silversmithing methodology through intensive study and hands-on repetition. His work anchors the studio’s range with strength and restraint, reinforcing Sterling Roots as a legitimate hand-made jewelry workshop built on builder-level precision.

Traditional chainmaking process in a hand-forged jewelry studio by true chainmakers at bench.

True Chainmakers, Working in Tradition

Chainmaking remains one of the rarest disciplines still carried forward in modern silversmithing. Sterling Roots is among the last true chainmakers in the country, building chains link by link through traditional tool work. Nothing here is cast. Nothing is replicated through molds. Each chain is constructed through heat, pressure, and exact repetition—evidence of hand-forged jewelry in its clearest form. Collectors recognize the difference between something produced and something built.

3 PILLARS

  • Discipline

    Silversmithing here is grounded in tool mastery, precision, and bench-built permanence. Each piece is shaped through traditional methods, carrying the evidence of real forging work.

  • Materials

    Sterling Roots works in sterling silver, Argentium silver, and high-karat gold accents. Metal is shaped forward from raw stock, never cast, never replicated, always built by hand.

  • Time

    One-of-a-kind heirlooms require time at the bench—link by link, mark by mark, finish by finish. The rarity is structural, not claimed: two makers completing work start to finish.

Studio Moments — The Makers at Work

Silversmith filing 18k gold while forging jewelry by hand on anvil.
Torch work in a traditional silversmith studio building hand-forged jewelry
Silversmith using traditional stone setting tools at workbench while forging jewelry by hand.

Explore Work Built by the Makers Themselves

Sterling Roots exists for collectors who value discipline, lineage, and true bench-built permanence. Explore one-of-a-kind heirlooms forged in real time by two working Adirondack silversmiths.

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