I knew that some of the stones and minerals I use in my work fluoresce under a black light, so on inspecting a neighbors yard sale a few weeks back, I noticed he had a 2′ black light unit for sale, so I thought I’d buy it to see how my stones reacted to it. Continue reading →

The Tucson Gem Show is now over which means the start of a new year for me. My personal new year starts the day after the end of the Show. I’ll begin working on new things to take with me to next years Show right away and usually work on them right up until it’s time to pack it all up for the trip back to Tucson. Continue reading →

I’ve had a beautiful image titled “Monument”, by Mr. Jerry Vanderstelt, here on my Home page for a few years now and I’ve always been very happy with it. I was looking through some Fantasy Art work on Pinterest a few weeks ago and came across an image that really caught my eye, so I thought I’d try to contact the artist to explore the possibility of my using it on my Home page to replace “Monument”. His name is Ruiheng Liu, and he’s from Wuhan, China. I found him through the Artstation.com web site and he was gracious enough to give me permission to use the image. He’s titled it “Magician”. The detail and quality of his work is just incredible. I’d like to thank him here again for allowing me to use it. If you click on his name at the bottom of the page it will take you to his info.. Continue reading →