Ron Runtenelli is an award-winning jeweler who has been involved in all aspects of the jeweler’s art for more than thirty years from repair work to custom designs. He started out as an apprentice for a silversmith in the Lake Tahoe area making turquoise and silver jewelry. He then studied with the Gemological Institute of America and the Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts. Ron owned and operated his own custom jewelry store in the Berkeley area before relocating to El Dorado County.
Ron works in both silver and gold, utilizing the techniques of hand fabrication, forging of metal, lost wax casting and wax design as well as lapidary art. Besides doing jewelry, Ron is an avid nature photographer. Spending a lot of time out of doors, he draws his inspiration from the love and beauty of nature to create his jewelry designs. Most of Ron’s recent designs are fabricated in sterling silver and sterling silver with 14 karat gold fill wire and sheet. Through the years, Ron has won numerous awards at art and craft shows such as the San Francisco Art Festival and other local and regional shows. Ron has shown his work in the past at the Artery in Davis, Ca. Blue Heron Gallery in Yountville, Ca. Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, Nevada, The Real Mother Goose in Portland, Oregon and the Crocker Art Museum gift store as well as Gold Country Artists Gallery, in Placerville.
