I developed an interest in the lapidary arts from my grandfather. I grew up taking rock collecting trips in California, Arizona, and Nevada. At a young age, I began filling my pockets with agates, quartz, seashells, beach glass, and anything else I found pretty. Later on, I collected agate, jasper, geodes, and thunder eggs.

One of the oddest “camping” trips I ever went on was right in the middle of the desert in Southern Arizona on property owned by a friend of my grandparents. Probably wasn’t the safest place to be but thunder eggs and quartz were everywhere! My cousins and I even found a cave with Native American art and a very large tortoise we followed around for amusement. We were taught to respect nature and leave it as we found it. 

Today, I take the love of rocks one step further.

Sugilite cabochon

I make pretty stones from larger pieces by cutting and polishing, also known as lapidary art.

Fossil dinosaur bone cabochon

B grade chrysocolla I used as practice for a new polish I wanted to try

And because I also have an interest in crypto currency, I am going to set up shop in the near future to accept bitcoin as payment! I believe bitcoin is the future!

Rare large piece of Snowville variscite. This will create some beautiful cabochons in the near future!