My name is David Danial Peters and I am the artist behind DP
Creations Jewellery and Design. Though Regina born, I now live in Grand Coulee,
a mere 10 minutes west of Regina (towards Moose Jaw). I have been around jewellery
for much of my life as my mom led me shopping from one jewellery store to
another. As I always say… her hands made Liberace’s look bare! Naturally I
became just as enamored with jewellery as she was.
Over the years I have worked at
Birks, Paris Jewellers, and was in management at Ben Moss Jewellers. I grew tired of the cookie cutter designs from “Production” stores and decided
I could create unique jewellery! I started my jewellery schooling at the Neil
Balkwill Centre taking Jewellery Classes 1 and 2 along with Enameling and
Casting . As continual learning and education is important to me, I applied and
was accepted to the Ashworth College’s Jewellery Design and Repair
course, a one year course, which I completed in seven months with honors. After
receiving my Certificate from Ashworth, I start creating unique pieces of
jewellery for family, friends, and vending at the local Arts and Crafts shows. That was almost three years ago this
April and I have been learning, growing and evolving my own unique style of
Jewellery ever since.
I would say I make a mixed variety of jewellery types and
styles. I endeavor to be unique and artistic, but my years in the industry are
echoed in my more production-oriented pieces. I work mostly in sterling silver,
but am not opposed to working in gold! I also work with copper and a bit of
brass. I love to use gemstones and always try to stay true to the quality of
true natural gemstones, yet I do use lab-created ( grown crystals) in order to
provide my customers with a wide variety of colours and more unique types of
stones while still keeping within a reasonable cost.
If asked what inspires me I would have to say everything and
nothing all in one. I seem to find some inspiration in nature and how natural
things evolve as in my “Melt” pendants, but I also love the rigid shapes and
mechanical designs of our modernist society. I do treasure historic and antique
styles which I also echo in my creations.
The thing I most like about designing jewellery is that each
person’s perspectives of what jewellery is, or should be like, is different.
Therefore I can create jewellery how I see it with hopes of connecting it with
a like-minded person. This way I do not limit my designs by pre-existing views!
