****The cover photo By Chevrolet pre-1978 - Chevrolet factory photo The Joyride Jewelry El Camino Collection General Motors introduced their coupe utility pickup, the Chevy El camino, in 1959. The term coupe utility originated in the 1930's, previously referred to as a roadster utility or a roadster pickup. These passenger cars...
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(Jarrod with the 55 Jeep Willys we found) Fall is in the air, the leaves are changing, the days are cool and it's a great time to go hunting...in the junkyard that is. Last week we threw on our boots and headed down the road to our favorite junkyard...
From the beginning of our creative venture as artists, it was important to us to find our own voice and an innovative material in which to create our jewelry.
Read more to hear about our process and the cars we use to make our jewelry.
The thing we noticed that was truly "special" about this 1956 Buick Special hood we found in the junkyard was the paint. We immediately got excited about the potential this old car part had for making jewelry.
Please Check out this great article written by Charlotte Vowden for HAGERTY. She did such a great job of taking our interview and transforming it into a great article. Charlotte, Thanks for your elegant writing. Click on image below to read the article.
That was the benefit of doing festivals, you got to see people in person, you got to chat and hear stories which would prompt others to join in and share their stories; it was part of the joy of making and selling our art.
In honor of women's history month we thought we'd celebrate the little known accomplishments of some of the bold, determined women who have helped shape and influence our automotive history since the dawn of the automobile.
We were excited to stumble along this old Econoline Van sitting forlornly in the junkyard. We're always on the hunt for the old quintessential turquoise vehicles and this was a giant turquoise gem just waiting to be unearthed and given new life.
The challenges and adventures of the road are part of who we are and what we do. It is one of the hardest parts of the job, but we're not sure we'd want to do this job without it.
The 1971 International pickup that we recently salvaged from the junkyard was a workhorse for Montana. The great seal of the State of Montana, faded by years of baking in the sun, could still be seen on the SchoolBus Yellow doors.
We have always been into refurbished or re-purposed materials. Partly because we love the look of old and worn things, but also because it makes sense to us.
This is where it all starts...a journey to the junkyard to source our materials.