Returning Home: Legacy, Land, and the Spirit of Craft

Recently, I had the chance to return to the old family homestead with my wife and daughter. A piece of land nestled quietly in the heart of the West, first built in the mid 1800s. Walking those familiar paths, watching my daughter run where I once did, I was flooded with memories of the good times I had there as a boy: summers full of dust and sunshine, long shadows cast by wind-worn barns, and the scent of rain on dry earth.

But that land also holds stories of hardship, including the time my family was forced to leave during the Great Depression. The farm struggled, like many did. Yet through resilience and sheer will, we held onto the land. It stayed in the family, passed down like an unspoken promise: preserve it, honor it.

The Original Farm House

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That same resourcefulness, that determination to endure rings through the work I do today.

In a world that rushes toward shortcuts, I slow down. I pour my own ingots. I roll out my own wire and bezels by hand. I cut every stone myself. Not because it’s easy, but because it’s honest and because it connects me to something greater than myself.

Every piece I create carries a little of that land, a little of that legacy. It’s more than jewelry , it’s a continuation of the story.

— Joshua Bingham

Joshua Bingham Jewelry LLC