I work in precious metals and natural stones.  Almost always I use natural stones where the only ‘improvement’ made on what mother nature created is the cutting and polishing that is obvious.  The beautiful things that are all around us inspire me – and I try to let those materials speak for me.

There are occasions I will use irradiated stones for a specific color/style that is otherwise unavailable, but in these instances will call it out.

All of my designs are my own and inspired from things I see every day.  They are also one-of-a-kind, the idea of replicating something except to improve technique and discard the prototype is contrary to my creative process.  If you want something with similar stones or style, let’s chat. I’m sure we can find an amenable middle ground.

Some of the stones I love the most and use is my work below.  I continue to learn more about these minerals and the more I learn, the more beautiful they become in my eyes.

Organic or Fossil Stones:

• Keishi pearls
• South Sea Pearls of all colors
• Freshwater pearls
• Fossilized Coral
• Ammonite
• Fossil Ammolite

Semi-Precious Stones:

• Emerald
• Tourmaline
• Sapphire – all colors and stars but always a weakness for ceylon blue & pink
• Ruby
• Lapis Lazuli
• Topaz
• Apatite
• Garnet – all colors: Spessartine, Grossular, Hessonite, Tsavorite, Pyrope, Rhodolite…

Quartz Family:

• Amethyst
• Citrine
• Rutilated Quartz
• Tourmilated Quartz

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