Artisan Jewelry Created from Rough Stone to Finished Piece

After trimming the ends of the composite stone. Ends made perpendicular to long axis. Then I pierced copper discs of 15 mm from a sheet of 23 ga copper. These were made into half domes using my dapping block and punches. Attaching these to the ends of the stone made a bead that is 36 […]

Finished two rings with 2 carat round brilliant orange Zircons as the focal stones. One has zircon accents and the other marcasite accents. The focal stones were originally cut to use as a pair in ear rings. I just loved their color with these castings. The metal is Sterling silver and they are beautiful. The […]

While I was at the dentist a couple weeks ago, the dental assistant asked me to make her a ring with a stone that she had in another ring.  She brought in her current ring (cats eye cabochon) with the stone in a four prong setting that was made for a faceted stone.  So I […]

Working on a class project; I used a cuttlebone (usually used in bird cages) to serve as a mold for a casting. I made a wax model of a labrum (symbol uniting the Greek letter chi and rho), then impressed it slightly into the soft part of the cuttlebone. Then the form was carved from […]