Keep the hands
in handmade.
The T.Skies Co‑Op gives Native American and Southwestern silversmiths the workspace, tools, education, and audience to carry an endangered craft into its next hundred years.
A working home for a craft
that almost slipped away
We are not a store. We are benches, torches, teachers, and a system to help scale — everything a silversmith needs except the talent they already have.
Education
KITA scholarships, paid internships, and hands‑on classes pass technique from master smiths to the next generation.
The Bridge Program
Connecting artists with high fashion — and the systems to help them scale their work.
Industry Resources
Our Silversmith Directory, a Stone Directory, and a Southwest Jewelry Guide — the references that put makers on the map and help collectors know what’s real.
Talent is everywhere.
Tuition shouldn’t decide who carries the craft.
The KITA Scholarship helps Native American students in the arts carry their craft forward — an award applied toward tuition or approved costs at any accredited high school or college. Keeping Indigenous traditions alive, one maker at a time.
Apply or Nominate a MakerNative artists carrying the tradition forward.
- Native American students — enrolled members of a federally recognized tribe
- In the arts, with a passion for their craft and their Indigenous culture
- Enrolled at any approved public or private high school or college
- 3.0+ GPA and in good standing for scholar recognition
Every piece has a maker’s name on it.
The directory is where you meet the artists behind the work — their traditions, their benches, their stories. Browse by hand, buy from the maker, and see the lineage each piece carries forward.
Browse the Directory →Admission $75
Pour it. Cast it.
Wear it home.
Two hours, one torch, zero experience required. A working silversmith walks you from molten metal to a finished piece you made with your own hands — and every ticket funds a scholarship seat.
Book a Bench
More ways in
Every program feeds the same goal: more skilled hands at more benches, with a real audience waiting.
Internships
Earn while you learn. Interns are paid for their studio hours from day one — because apprenticeship shouldn’t be a luxury.
About Internships →Live Shows
Watch silver worked in real time. Our makers demonstrate, tell the story behind the technique, and meet collectors face to face.
See Upcoming Shows →Three ways to keep it alive
We sell nothing here. Every bench, torch, and scholarship exists because someone decided the craft was worth keeping.
Make a Donation
One gift, put straight to work: studio tools, silver for students, scholarship seats. Tax‑deductible, always.
Give TodayJoin the Inner Circle
A monthly gift that lets us plan classes, stock silver, and promise scholarships a year out — plus first seats at every live show.
Become a MemberDonate a Piece
Heirlooms and unworn silver find a second life funding the next generation of makers. We handle everything.
Start a Jewelry GiftBuy from the maker,
not the middleman.
The Co‑Op sells nothing. Our Directory introduces you to the silversmiths themselves — their stories, their work, their own shops.
Browse the DirectoryWords by Mateo James
Every story on this site — the makers, the techniques, the history — is written from the Co‑Op floor, not a marketing office. If a sentence here made you care about this craft, that was the whole job.
— Mateo