About Us

Welcome! We are Alysia and Norbert, and we are the metalsmiths/owners of Blue Hour Designs.

Everything that we create focuses on fine craftsmanship with a strong dose of creativity, which results in designs that are unique and one of a kind. We take a lot of pride in our work, pay a lot of attention to detail and strongly believe in using only high quality, recycled precious metals.

All of our jewelry designs begin as just sheet or wire and our two sets of hands in our studio outside of Boulder, Colorado. We cut, form, hammer and forge precious metal into all of the designs you see. From beginning to end, each design is built by Alysia and Norbert, and we each have our skill-set: Alysia is the designer and does all of the solder work and finishing, while Norbert is the master of forming and shaping the metal, along with the schematics of each design. His engineering background is a great asset to our work.

During the making process, each piece of jewelry passes multiple times between us and after 16+ years of making jewelry, it has all become quite fluid as we construct each piece of jewelry by hand.

The inspiration for our name 'blue hour' comes from the French expression 'l'heure bleue', which refers to twilight. Twilight has always been Alysia’s favorite and most inspiring time of day, and it is also a vivid part of her very first memory as a child.

We are a multi-cultural family and find inspiration for our jewelry in our backgrounds and frequent travels. Alysia is from New Mexico and Norbert is from Estonia in northern Europe. Both places are a tremendous inspiration for our work. Alysia is also influenced by strong graphic lines and sculptural forms, which are the backdrop for many of her designs. All of this manifests into designs that embody a modern and worldly aesthetic.

For behind the scenes look into our work please visit us on Instagram and Facebook.

Alysia Sánchez Melnikov & Norbert Melnikov