DeMer Jewelry

About us

DeMer Jewelry was founded in the outlying areas of Washington DC in 1999 by an actor looking for another creative outlet. Since that time the DeMer label has won 13 awards for design excellence, most of them international. DeMer has spent much of its creative energy since our move to California working behind the scenes to assist other Jewelers with their manufacturing/tech/design projects. DeMer has recently began the process of stepping out on our own to deal with our new clients and friends directly.

About our founder:

Deric Metzger G.J.G. A.J.A. A.J.P. (GIA) is a graduate of the Gemological Institute of America, having been the youngest graduate (at the time) of the Carlsbad Campus to receive the Graduate Gemologist diploma. Deric is the founder and Creative Design Officer of the company. Deric also holds the designation of being the youngest (at time of certification) Precious Metal Clay Guild Certified Instructor. Deric also pioneered the research that prompted his well received and widely used text book for PMC users. He is the youngest author to have ever lectured at the International PMC Guild Conference. Mr. Metzger's list of accomplishments include having his work chosen to represent GIA's design department in at the Vincenza Oro Jewelry Expo in Italy. Our CDO also holds the distinctions of winning first place for Ladies Jewelry (2nd place Men's & 2nd place Jewelry Suite) in the worlds first international CAD/CAM jewelry design competition, as well as being the only designer to win an international competition for finished jewelry: using a computer generated render.