I made this piece trying to get into the steampunk spirit a bit. It could be an ancient machine that used to pull energy from a huge crystal that has long since been removed. Inside, I welded an antique
I've been wanting to use this really nice Australian opal for a long time. The jade piece below, I found while free diving off the coast of Big Sur in California.
Been getting back to some silver working. The stone on top is an ammolite, from the opalized shell of an ammonite fossil. These stones are relatively new to the jewelry scene and many people have not heard
The Australian opal has a gorgeous blue red and green flash. The jade I found free diving in the ocean off of Big Sur, the heart shape was naturally formed that way via erosion. I didn't do any carving
Just finished this piece over the weekend, using a teardrop shaped labradorite with a great purple and blue flash, alongside two nice little opal doublets with lots of personality of their own.
An ancient Korean technique, involving the application of thin gold foil to fine silver. Using a hot plate, you basically just let the foil melt into the silver, while dabbing at it with a fibreglass brush
Going through Grandpa's old stamp collection. Before email or instant messaging, it looks like we used a sticky paper with a numerical value and some art to send items over long distances. I guess now-a-days
Finished this piece up last night, using an Australian opal doublet from Lightning Ridge, a 6mm round moonstone and a piece of nephrite jade from the coast of Big Sur, California. I drilled a hole through
Finished this new piece tonight, using a piece of ammolite that I bought at the gem show in Arizona a few months ago. Also a piece of jade that I found while free diving in Big Sur, California. It's in
I found a huge stash of old stamps in my Grandpa's files. I'll scan them in high-res and upload a few at a time. These are from all around the world, mostly 1900-1965.
Painted this one up recently, experimenting with color contrasts. Next time I won't make the background so loud. I do like what's going on with the blues and greens inside the board.
My cat Kali likes to go out on the balcony of our apartment and nibble on her oat grass patch, or sit in the sun. She's 19 years old and blind which makes her step cautiously, but she's still got some
I like to keep the essentials as light as possible to allow space for specialty items. Hammers and chisels for rock hounding, rope and protection for mountaineering, photography expeditions, or carrying