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House of Metalworks Jill Italiano | House of Metalworks | Hand-forged jewelry made in Emmaus, PA | Sterling silver, meaningful charms, and everyday magic.

Welcome to The House of Metalworks! My Name is Jill Italiano and I am the designer/maker behind this handmade eco-friendly jewelry brand. I hand make each piece in my studio based in the beautiful Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania. I source reclaimed, sustainable, eco-friendly, recycled materials for the use in my line.

A tiny symbol with a whole lot to say. 🤍On the bench today: my heart + semicolon charm, stamped one tiny mark at a time....
09/26/2026

A tiny symbol with a whole lot to say. 🤍

On the bench today: my heart + semicolon charm, stamped one tiny mark at a time.

I love this part of the process—the piece is still raw, scratched and very much in progress. Next comes cutting, shaping, oxidizing, sanding and polishing before it becomes something meant to be worn.

; ♡

A reminder that your story continues.

Ducks in a row…
09/24/2026

Ducks in a row…

Before the polish. ✨Formed, soldered & shaped by hand.Next stop: shiny.
09/17/2026

Before the polish. ✨
Formed, soldered & shaped by hand.
Next stop: shiny.

09/02/2026

Seasoning a new crucible 🔥

Before I can melt silver, a new crucible needs to be prepped. I slowly heat it, add borax, and work the molten borax around the inside until it creates a smooth, glassy coating.

Simple enough.

Except halfway through… I ran out of acetylene. 😂

So: stop everything, swap the tank, relight the torch, and carry on.

Just another glamorous day of making jewelry from raw materials.

Hello, September. 💙✨Sapphire season has officially arrived.September always feels like that little shift between seasons...
09/01/2026

Hello, September. 💙✨

Sapphire season has officially arrived.

September always feels like that little shift between seasons — cooler mornings, changing light, and apparently an excellent excuse to cover the jewelry bench in blue. 💙

This month I’ll be featuring sapphire-blue crystals across some of my favorite handmade pieces, from tiny solitaires and stacking rings to earrings and necklaces — plus September’s birth flower, the morning glory.

Everything is made by hand, one piece at a time, here in my JuxtaHub studio located in Emmaus, Pennsylvania.

Happy September ✨

08/31/2026

Just a couple of chickens kissing at the jewelry bench. 🐔💋🐔

Today’s custom project started with two tiny chicken stamps and a piece of sterling silver.

Stamp. Saw. Solder. Shape. Polish.

And somewhere along the way, two little chickens became a very tiny love story. 🤍

This is one of my favorite things about making jewelry by hand — sometimes a customer’s idea comes across my bench and I get to figure out how to turn it into something that didn’t exist before.

Custom kissing chicken ring: complete. 🐔❤️🐔

A little sneak peek at where my brain is at right now…I’m starting to figure out what I’ll be bringing to Cocktails & Co...
08/18/2026

A little sneak peek at where my brain is at right now…

I’m starting to figure out what I’ll be bringing to Cocktails & Collecting at the Allentown Art Museum, and the Echo Pendant is the first piece I’ve decided on.

Now I’m messing around with how I want to display it.

This is a deconstructed shadow box. I made the little arc and glued it directly to the glass so the pendant can hang out in space and you can see both sides—the embossed Current pattern on one side and the floral motif on the other.

Still playing. Still figuring things out. But I think I might be onto something. 👀

07/27/2026

Some projects are about jewelry. Others are about preserving a memory. 🤍

This pendant began with sterling silver scrap, melted into an ingot, rolled into sheet, and embossed with a floral texture. After forming the cap and carefully fitting it to Willy’s tusk, every piece was soldered, refined, and polished by hand.

What started as raw silver and a treasured keepsake became something that can be carried every day.

It never gets old watching metal transform—and knowing that, in the end, it will hold a story that’s completely unique to one family.

Thank you for trusting me with such a meaningful piece. 🐷✨

07/24/2026

Sometimes an email lands in your inbox that makes you stop everything.
This morning, I found one of those emails.
I read it once.
Then again.
Then one more time.
The Allentown Art Museum invited me to participate as one of the featured artists in this year’s Cocktails & Collecting.
I don’t think it’s fully sunk in yet.
Come along with me as I get ready for my first museum fundraiser.

be still.A tiny reminder to slow down, quiet the noise, and come back to yourself. Each letter is stamped by hand, one a...
07/23/2026

be still.

A tiny reminder to slow down, quiet the noise, and come back to yourself. Each letter is stamped by hand, one at a time, into sterling silver. Slightly imperfect, completely individual, and made to carry your own meaning.

This one says be still, but what would yours say?

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375 S 10th Street
Emmaus, PA
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