Night Stone Jewelry

Size 7.5. Fits my wife perfectly. This was an okay run for a first try I would think. It is becoming apparent that one thing I really need to work on is getting the right amount of solder when I’m making my joins, as I tend to end up with too little, which results in areas that show.
Still, she likes it.

Just an experiement to see if I could do it. It came out really well. I am happy with the results being that it’s my first one.

Here are a couple cabochons made from Pilbara Jasper. I love the contrast in colors on these. They are about 18mm on the long side.

Broke down and decided to take a class on jewelry making and silversmithing. I learned a LOT this past weekend. It was a 3 day course at Mountain Metalsmiths School of Jewelry and Lapidary, in Arden, North Carolina.

I have some odds and ends that were tests and similar, but below is the first full piece I created. It is a sterling pendant with a moukite cabochon (which I also made).

This one definitely won’t be going up for sale, since it’s my first ever.

Nice rectangular cab. size: 34.5mm x 25mm x 6mm (yeah, it’s a bit thick)

Merry Christmas to all our friends and family. Looking forward to bring out more opals this next year. I’ve already started collecting rough.

This was cut from the same slab that the previous moss agate cabochon was cut from. Came out quite well. The reds in it are pretty and the overall structure is just fascinating.

That’s an apt word for my current situation. My friend Robin put it quite accurately.
No stones and such for a week now. I have however been using a pen to design pendants and such, so have some progress,just can’t show it here. Hopefully will get to cut some opals tomorrow to add some more images to the site.

Haven’t done a lot worth posting this past couple days. Been doing some organizing of materials and such. Will post more rocks as I make them.

No, I’m fine. No injuries or anything close. No accidents, etc. However I’ve been away from the machine for most of the day because of thunderstorms. Just something about using an electrical device that coats your hands with water and such that makes me a little nervous around incredibly high voltage discharges.