Cutting Turquoise

August 2014 Turquoise wThis piece of turquoise is almost finished.  I’ve got one last “wheel” before I polish it.  This week has kept me a bit busy but I’m hoping to finish this sweet stone in the next couple of days.  It’s got both greens and blues with little bits of brownish matrix.  I seriously love cutting turquoise.  At this point in the process I still haven’t decided if this will be a ring or a necklace.  There’s still time for that.  I’ll have to check my records to see if I was given the mine where this came from.  All I can say right now is it’s from the US.

Fresh Rocks

Dino Bone. Amazonite. Cave Creek Jasper. Howlite.

Well maybe freshly ground and polished might be a better description.  This little handful is almost finished with the lapidary (stone cutting) process and will be ready for jewelry shortly.  They are still attached to handles (Dop sticks) so I’ll take off the nails and polish the back.  A couple are spoken for but the rest will be in designs for my next show.  I like to bring a bunch of new pieces to each show.  Then each piece has to find it’s owner and I love it when that happens.

 

Dino Bone. Amazonite. Cave Creek Jasper. Howlite.
Artist cut cabochons

Cave Creek Red Jasper, Amazonite, Howlite and Dino Bone.