Via email, Maggie and I went through some choices from my gemstone collection, and I sent her pictures of a couple of stones that I hadn’t listed yet.
She chose this pale pink drusy agate, which is just divine!
Thanks, Maggie, it was a pleasure to create this ring for you. I’m looking forward to our next collaboration!
Jeff contacted me to see if I could create a pendant using an opal that he got in the opal fields.
The pendant was to be a birthday gift for his wife.
I was glad to be able to help, and I think the end result is great! Thanks, Jeff!
The sweet pink titanium coated drusy agate gemstone cabochon shown here is 26mm long. You can read more about what drusy agate is here.
Agate is traditionally believed to help you to discern truth, improve memory and concentration, increase stamina, prevent insomnia and ensure pleasant dreams, enhance personal courage, protect you against danger, and provide a calming influence.
I used this cabochon to create this custom piece:
I was listing some new additions to my gemstone collection on my FaceBook page, and Sarah fell in love with this stormy blue drusy cabochon.
She messaged me, and we arranged for it to be made into a ring for her.
Thanks, Sarah, this was a gorgeous ring to create, and you were lovely to work with!
I created this pendant and earrings set in collaboration with a beautiful customer. We worked together to match the stones and come up with the design idea.
The shape of the pieces mirror the pattern in the drusy. The pieces are for a gift for Sonia’s daughter, a Taurean – the stones are both birthstones for the sign of Taurus, so very fitting!
Thanks so much, Sonia, it was such a pleasure and an honour to collaborate with you.
I’m always pleased to create custom pieces for people using gemstones from my ever-growing collection, and this was no exception!
What made this chrysocolla pendant special is that it’s for a birthday girl, from a group of her friends – and I got to meet the person who commissioned it.
Chrysocolla is one of my favourite stones at the moment – if you’d like your very own chrysocolla piece, just let me know!
The huge and gorgeous green jasper gemstone cabochon shown here is 58mm long, and is available to be handcrafted into a custom made ring or pendant for you. It was mined in Mexico.
Jasper is believed to encourage personal bravery and help people gain independence. It is thought to help cure gynecological problems and to strengthen the stomach. Some believe it can help bring rain, and it has been used as a protection against evil spirits and snake and spider bites.
PLEASE NOTE – This stone is reserved for a special client.
The beautiful ruby in fuchsite gemstone cabochon shown here is 34mm long, and is available to be handcrafted into a custom made ring or pendant for you. It was mined in India.
Ruby is a variety of corundum, with a value of 9 on Mohs Scale of Mineral Hardness. The red colour of the stone comes from the element chromium, and the name comes from the word ruber, Latin for red. The ruby is associated with love. It is believed to be aid to circulation, and to help cleanse and remove infection or germs in the blood.
Fuchsite is the green variety of muscovite and is believed to be good for inspiration and intuition.
The gorgeous black rutile quartz gemstone cabochon shown here is 24mm long. It was mined in Brazil.
Rutile quartz is thought to act as an antidepressant. It is believed to relieve fears, phobias and anxiety. It is supposed to absorb mercury in cases of poisoning. It is thought to assist with impotence and infertility and help with exhaustion. Rutile quartz is thought to assist with issues of the respiratory tract and thyroid.
I used this cabochon to create this custom piece:
The lovely blue coral round gemstone cabochon shown here is 19mm diameter. It is available to be handcrafted into a custom made ring or pendant for you.
Coral has been prized as a gem for thousands of years. It is believed to offer protection and to assist with infertility.