New Work

A couple of quick things...

I made this one yesterday - the pendant is blue tourmaline and rainbow moonstone, and the necklace is vessonite. I'm not sure how I feel about this one... the color combo with the necklace stones worked in my studio light last night but in daylight, not so much. I think I might just put it on a simple sterling silver chain instead. Also, the larger blue tourmaline got a little chipped as I was setting it (argh!), so it may be gifted to someone instead of sold. Frustrating!

This is a custom order vegan 'pearl' bracelet, made to match this necklace.

New Stuff

I finished these a couple of days ago... should be listed soon in ye old jewelry shoppe. I have several more rings nearly completed; just have to find the time to give them a good buff-n-polish (that sounds dirty).

Rainbow moonstone & recycled sterling silver ring

Violet chalcedony, rainbow moonstone, & sterling silver necklace

More New Things

Here are some more recently completed pieces...

Peruvian blue opal & recycled sterling silver ring, size 4.5
{ to be listed soon in my Etsy shop }

'Bloom' ring trio - rainbow moonstone, garnet, pink tourmaline, & recycled sterling silver
{ custom order; sold }

Recycled sterling silver 'dotty' rings
{ custom order; sold - but I made one extra in a size 6 that I'll list in my shop soon }

Labradorite & recycled sterling silver ring
{ custom order; sold }

Labradorite & recycled sterling silver ring
{ custom order; sold }

Gem Show, Part 2

New beads from the gem show...

Multicolored sapphire pear briolettes, 6-7.5mm

Iolite onion briolettes, 5-6mm

Labradorite round briolettes, 9mm

Moonstone briolettes, 13-17mm

Iolite pear briolettes, 10-11mm

Moss aquamarine pear briolettes, 7-11mm

Pink amethyst onion briolettes, 7-8mm

Aquamarine marquis briolettes, 15-19mm

Ametrine oval briolettes, 7-9mm

Hessonitne garnet briolettes, 6-7.5mm

Aquamarine pear briolettes, 9-14mm

More rings again...

'Dewdrop' Ring - Rainbow moonstone over blue resin, size 7.75

Charoite & sterling silver, size 9

Labradorite & sterling silver, size 6
{I have a hunch this one won't be around for long; whenever I find labradorite this intensely blue, it seems to sell right away...}

The matching necklace...

...to the earrings I posted a while back. Here's the necklace I made for my friend to wear at her wedding, which is coming up this Saturday. It contains Swarovski simulated pearls, sterling silver 'stardust' rondelles, aquamarine, rainbow moonstone, and plenty-o-labradorite of course!

A couple more rings

Custom order four leaf clover ring
(Rainbow moonstone over green resin)

Distressed rose quartz ring, size 6

{backless!}

Custom order faceted rutilated quartz ring

More...

The dust has settled (buffing compound dust, that is) and here's what I came up with today...

Just like the original, but with a different/wider band

Four-leaf clover ring (rainbow moonstone over green resin)

Cloudy aquamarine & sterling silver ring

Blue-green Afghan tourmaline & sterling silver ring

Pink tourmaline & sterling silver ring

'Dewdrop' ring - rainbow moonstone over blue resin, sterling silver

Rainbow moonstone over purple resin, sterling silver

I have several more pieces that still need a bit more finish work so hopefully I'll post more in another day or two.

New Stuff

I finished some rings today... if you're waiting for a custom order and don't see it here, don't worry, I have a couple more that are almost done. I'll hopefully get these listed in my shop in the next day or two.

My signature big round labradorite ring

Caribbean blue moonstone ring
(rainbow moonstone with resin)

Dainty faceted labradorite ring

Turquoise & sterling silver ring

Caribbean blue moonstone ring
(rainbow moonstone with resin)

Special order cloudy moonstone ring

Another big round labradorite ring

Caribbean blue moonstone ring
(rainbow moonstone with resin)

Large faceted labradorite ring

California pink tourmaline 'dotty' ring

Pushing my limits

Every so often it feels like I really push myself and manage to create something that takes things to the next level. Interestingly, lately it's been a couple of custom orders that have nudged me to take some risks and try things I might not otherwise have attempted. Sometimes I fail, but other times something really awesome happens...

Hand fabricated turquoise, rainbow moonstone, & sterling silver ring

New Designs!

I've been working hard to catch up on some custom orders, plus create some new pieces, and today I finally have some things to share...

Another big round labradorite ring

I've been wanting to experiment more with non-shiny finishes lately; partly because I find them more visually interesting, and partly because it's a pain in the butt to get a perfect mirror finish on everything I make! I like the way this turned out.

I'm not sure about this one. It's a beautiful, large smoky quartz cab, but something is missing... I'm going to try oxidizing it and polishing it to bring out the texture of the band and see if that helps.

Another Caribbean blue moonstone ring (rainbow moonstone over a thin layer of blue resin); this one is spoken for but I made another similar one to list in my shop.

Afghan tourmaline & sterling silver ring

Gem chrysocolla & sterling silver ring

...and another view of the same.

Custom order cushion cut labradorite & sterling silver ring

Dangly chrysoprase & oxidized sterling silver earrings

...and another view of the same.

Chrysoprase & oxidized sterling silver bracelet with chyrsoprase, labradorite, & Thai silver danglies.

...and another view of the same. Bot the earrings and bracelet above were inspired by this necklace; I just love the contrast between the blackened silver and the glowy chrysoprase.