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Golden Hours is a Kansas City handcrafted-jewelry brand owned and made by Julianne Vickery, a metalsmith and instructor based at the Livestock Exchange Building in the West Bottoms. Working in the tradition of slow, intentional making, Vickery produces alternative heirloom-quality pieces — rings, earrings, and wearable art — using traditional silver and gold smithing techniques with ethically sourced gemstones. The brand is woman-owned and operates both as an online shop and through local markets and pop-ups.

Description

Golden Hours creates handcrafted alternative heirloom jewelry using traditional silver and gold smithing practices. The brand’s self-stated philosophy centers on slow, intentional making — jewelry designed to carry meaning and last, conceived as an alternative to fast-fashion accessories. Pieces are made by hand using ethically sourced gemstones and precious metals.12

The work spans rings, earrings, and broader wearable art, described as “approachable, wearable art jewelry with quality and intention at heart.”2 The brand is woman-owned and operated by Vickery alone, positioning it squarely in the KC craft-maker tradition alongside peers such as MeritMade and Archival Designs, several of whom share studio community with Vickery at the Livestock Exchange Building’s Alloy metalsmithing collective.34

Golden Hours maintains an active website (goldenhourskc.com), Instagram presence (@goldenhourskc, 1,300+ followers), and Facebook page, and participates in local Kansas City markets and pop-up events.56

Ownership and history

Golden Hours is owned and operated by Julianne Vickery, a metalsmith based in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Vickery studied at Johnson County Community College (KC metro), where she developed her foundational metalsmithing and design skills.3

She serves as an instructor and Wednesday studio monitor at Alloy: A Metalsmithing Community, a metalsmithing collective housed in the historic Livestock Exchange Building at 1600 Genessee St in the West Bottoms. Alloy was originally founded as MeritMade Workshop in 2014 by Kelly Conner; Vickery joined as an instructor and is credited as handling “SO much of the day to day operations,” including supply management, library stewardship, and bench-member guidance.3

Vickery runs Golden Hours as her personal jewelry brand operating in parallel with her Alloy instructor role. The founding year of Golden Hours has not been independently confirmed. Her exact KC-native status (born/raised in KC metro vs. transplant) has not been confirmed through public sources; JCCC education and KC metro LinkedIn location suggest substantial KC ties but do not conclusively establish native status.

Sources

Disputes

None at this time.

Footnotes

  1. https://goldenhourskc.com/ — Asserts: Golden Hours is a woman-owned handmade alternative heirloom jewelry brand; uses traditional silver and gold smithing practices; features ethically sourced gemstones; slow-made, intentional fashion. (Site returns SSL certificate error on direct fetch; content confirmed via search-indexed snippets.) ↩

  2. https://www.instagram.com/goldenhourskc/ — Asserts: “KC Metalsmith | Golden Hours Jewelry” — handcrafted alternative heirloom jewelry; approachable, wearable art jewelry with quality and intention at heart; instructor at @alloy_metalsmithing. ↩ ↩2

  3. https://www.alloymetalsmithing.com/meet-our-team — Asserts: Julianne Vickery is instructor and Wednesday studio monitor at Alloy: A Metalsmithing Community, 1600 Genessee St #726, Kansas City, MO 64102; her jewelry brand is Golden Hours Jewelry (@goldenhourskc); she handles daily studio operations, supplies, library, and bench-member guidance. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  4. https://www.alloymetalsmithing.com/location — Asserts: Alloy: A Metalsmithing Community is located at 1600 Genessee St #726, Kansas City, MO 64102, in the historic Livestock Exchange Building, 7th floor, West Bottoms. ↩

  5. https://www.facebook.com/goldenhourskc/ — Asserts: Active Facebook page for Golden Hours Jewelry; Kansas City-based; page confirmed active as of research date. ↩

  6. https://www.linkedin.com/in/julianne-vickery-7a4923177/ — Asserts: Julianne Vickery, Kansas City Metropolitan Area; instructor at Alloy: A Metalsmithing Community; education includes Johnson County Community College. (Page returned HTTP 999; details confirmed via search-indexed LinkedIn snippet.) ↩

See also

  • Registry
  • Owner-And-History-Research-Toolchain
Categories
  • Kansas City–owned
  • West Bottoms