No other branch of applied and decorative arts has such a variety of scale, technique and tools as metal art. From bellows and sledge-hammers to the tiniest pincers for holding the links of a delicate silver chain; from robust gates to fine jewellery.

The traditional Latvian jewellery found by archaeologists looks a little ponderous. The most creative among the artists working in metal  -- Juris Gagainis, Vitauts Straupe, Ainārs Sils, the Lauders brothers -- who may have forged heavy metal elements for city buildings let their imagination soar when making jewellery. The pieces are made to harmonize with the dress and body movements of the wearer. Some of them approach the expressiveness of sculpture. 

 The traditional material for Latvian jewellery is silver. Yet such artists as  Līvija Andrjukaitīte, Marta Krasta, Dina Dubiņa, Guntars Pekelis, Gunārs Platpīrs, Armands Vecvanags, and Aivars Endziņš combine rare metals, rhodium, palladium, tantalum, irridium, with various hues of gold and other precious metals using non-traditional technologies and offering new ways of wearing jewellery.