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RAW 52/20 - Faceted Carnelian
Big Bold Orange Carnelian RingThis is my 20th ring for the Ring A Week challenge - a nice bright orange carnelian with faceted top. And I'm having fun with the texture on the silver.Another View
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RAW 52/21 - Green Turquoise Ring
Long Oval Green Turquoise RingLove the dark matrix and the long slender oval shape of this green turquoise cab. I thought of setting the stone horizontally and make it a two-finger ring. But then the...
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Long Green Turquoise Pendant Necklace
Green Turquoise Pendant NecklaceThis long slender green turquoise (32 x 8 mm) matches the ring I listed in the last post. It is set the same way, and finished with the same texture on the silver. The...
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Willow Bracelet
To go with my Willow Earrings, I made this out of one continuous flat strip and hammered it to shape.
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RAW 52/22 - Raw Aquamarine Ring
Raw Aquamarine RingGot this and a few other stones at the recent gem show. They have the split-face concrete block texture, which I've never seen it cut like that before. Of course I can't let these...
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RAW 52/23 - Gold Rutilated Quartz, Raw and Natural
Here's the gold rutilated quartz set in sterling. Instead of the usual gold rutiles running through clear quartz, these needles are buried in white translucent quartz. That surface is so bold and...
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RAW 52/24 - Green Tourmaline in Quartz
Rustic & Natural - Rutilated Tourmaline in Quartz Another rustic stone with soft green colored tourmaline, trapped in quartz. I've only seen black tourmanated quartz, so this is an unusual find....
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RAW 52/25 - Indicolite in Quartz
Indicolite in rustic cut QuartzIndicolite encapsulated in white quartz. Nice tall bezel walls to protect this lovely stone.Inky blue Indicolite CrystalIsn't that the prettiest blue? Such an amazing...
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EtsyMetal Blog Carnival - July 2011
Every month my teammates on EtsyMetal choose a theme for our blog posting. We call this our EtsyMetal Blog Carnival. For this month, the topic is "Artist's Work That Has Influenced My Own". Be sure...
View ArticleApologizing for the Look Here
7/25/11 Update: Looks like I have to reload every single picture to my Picasa Web album first for the pictures to "stick". I will try to do a few a day. *sigh* 7/23/11 Update: I tried to reload some...
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New Necklaces
A couple of new necklaces with some Montana Agates that has amazing picturesque coloration. Since these stones have translucent backgrounds, I left the back and parts of the sides open to allow the...
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RAW 52/26 & 52/27 - Circles & Squares
Using smaller stones, I created the next 2 rings for the Ring A Week design challenge. I used circles as a design theme for the first ring, and (rounded) squares for the second ring. Each stone sits...
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RAW 52/28 - Labradorite Ring
Blue Labradorite RingThis labradorite has a really nice brighter blue sheen to it, which contrasts nicely with the silver. Ring is listed in my etsy store.
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RAW 52/29 - Misty Mountain Ring
Another incredible picture stone I picked up recently. It's a Montana Moss Agate that has landscape-like dentritic moss. I think it looks like one of those Chinese ink paintings where the misty fog...
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RAW 52/30 - Pyrite in Quartz
A cute button shaped quartz with glittery pyrites, and it has such a wonderful tactile feel. I might have to keep this one. :D
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RAW 52/31 - Black Tourmaline in Quartz
Here's a ring where I used a quartz that has black tourmaline inclusions. According to Wikipedia, Tourmaline is a crystal boron silicate mineral compounded with elements such as aluminum, iron,...
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New Jasper Pendants
Been neglecting this little blog of mine lately. Now that summer months are almost gone, I'm getting back into the show circuits. Here are a couple of pendants using some new materials I got...
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Forging Communities, a MAGSF Symposium
Just a quick shout-out about this very exciting event. If you are a local artist in San Francisco, it is a must! Here is the schedule (starting as early as next Thursday, November 20, 2011) and...
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FAM 1/12 - Candy Colored Rings
A new design challenge on flickr - Four A Month, or FAM in short. We come up with 4 related designs each month. This will push us to think in terms of series or sets, or even beginning pieces of a...
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Savanna's Pendant - Process Photos
This is a commissioned piece for Savanna. I visited her in downtown San Francisco on the same day that Vice President Joe Biden decided to come join our party. Well he was in town for a fundraiser...
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Savanna's Ring - Process Photos
Another commissioned piece I finished couple of days ago. The red to red-brown iron oxide crystals in this lepidocrocite seem to have suspended in quartz, frozen in time. Due to the faceted top, a...
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EtsyMetal Blog Carnival - April 2012
It's been a while since I last participated in EtsyMetal's Blog Carnival. The team chooses one topic that we would write about for the first Monday of the month. This month's topic is "Nobody's...
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EtsyMetal Blog Carnival - May 2012, Unconventional Tool
It's EtsyMetal's Blog Carnival again. The team chooses one topic that we would write about for the first Monday of the month. This month's topic is "The Unconventional Tool", tool(s) that I either...
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Etsymetal Blog Carnival - January 2013, New Year's Resolutions
It's EtsyMetal's Blog Carnival again. The team chooses one topic that we would write about for the first Monday of the month. This month's topic is "New Year's Resolutions". I want to recap this...
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Etsymetal Blog Carnival - March 2013, Where Do You Live
Every month my teammates on EtsyMetal choose a theme for our blog posting. We call this our EtsyMetal Blog Carnival. For this month, the topic is:"Where do you live?" Physically, mentally,...
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