Sterling Silver Jewelry

If anyone knows silver jewelry, it's Guy Beard. He began his work with precious metals as a silversmith managing a dental lab during the 1970s and parlayed his expertise into several highly profitable jewelry enterprises specializing in custom sterling silver jewelry products. Along the way, he made industry history by developing new processes to make jewelry stronger and more durable without sacrificing beauty.

They say necessity is the mother of invention. As an avid water sportsman with a passion for blue water sailing and diving, Beard saw the need for a reworking of traditional sterling silver jewelry construction processes. He aimed to create products able to withstand the effects of the salty sea water and the beating that an active lifestyle can mete out on a watch or piece of jewelry. To that end, he developed an innovative tempering process that allowed flexible precious metals, particularly silver, to retain their form once they had been shaped into a jeweler's design. Three decades and multiple inventions and patents of processes and equipment, Beard's jewelry is considered the top choice among mariners, water sportsmen and anyone else with an active lifestyle and a love of beautiful jewelry.

Having built, managed and sold several sterling silver jewelry businesses, Beard now devotes all of his time to creating beautiful new stainless steel, sterling silver and silver jewelry designs in his studio in Jacksonville, FL's historic San Marco district. Among his specialties is a unique system of braiding silver wire into a highly durable and beautiful silver cable jewelry piece.

Guy Beard's unique sterling silver jewelry collection includes necklaces and pendants, earrings and bracelets, plus dog tags, key chains and money clips. Many of his spectacular creations carry a nautical motif, inspired by a life lived at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. In fact, among his most popular sterling silver and silver jewelry collections is his Salt Life Jewelry Collection, a custom line designed for Salt Life, a Jacksonville Beach company specializing in apparel and accessories for surfers, water sportsmen and beach dwellers. And his Mariner's Collection is inspired by the simple functionality and beauty of a seafarer's life.

Guy Beard's stainless steel, sterling silver and silver jewelry is available on line and at more than 900 retailers' stores nationwide. Browse our website and see for yourself why sterling silver jewelry by Guy Beard is a cut above the rest.