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The Columbus Rock & Mineral Society’s annual show was Easter weekend at the Vet’s Memorial building in downtown Columbus. This is the most unique, educational and interesting of the gem shows in Columbus. The show features many displays of member’s collections, as well as competitions. I entered 2, the jewelry and lapidary category [...]
Here is the progress on the sugilite ring so far. The basic structure of the ring is finished. The next step is polishing and setting the stone. What do you think, Carine? This is your ring
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For my friend in Belgium, here are the lightning bolts next to the sugilite stone. Which one is your favorite?
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How to do broom straw casting!
First you need to set up all your tools and supplies. You need:
old broom, soaked in water for about a half hour some concrete blocks and fire brick a ceramic crucible to melt the metal in a torch, I’m using an oxy-acetylene welding torch because it works [...]
Here is the finished gerber daisy, as seen in a previous post while still a wax model. It has been cast in sterling silver and is now worn by the lovely Colleen Caruso
Thank you, Craig, for commissioning this piece from me. I am really excited about this new line of silver flowers [...]
Just as I was about to snap a picture of my new wax gerber daisy, the wind picked up, blew it out of my hands and knocked off 3 petals. Now I keep thinking to myself, Loves me? Loves me not?
Eventually, the wax flower will be cast in sterling silver, [...]
Here are the wedding bands I made for Chris and Jeremy. Working with Chris to create these rings from sketch to computer model to hand carved wax to sterling silver prototype and finally to 14K white gold was a labor of love. Thanks, guys!
I painstakingly carved the knot after it was blocked [...]
This is gonna be a great show!
