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 →

Now that the 63rd Annual Tucson Gem and Mineral Show is over, it’s time to start focusing on next year. It’s not always a given thing that a previous vendor will automatically be granted a space at the next years Show. You must apply each year. But I feel pretty confident that I’ll be accepted into next years Show. I’ve had good luck getting in the last 12 years, so I hope my luck holds out. Continue reading →

The Summer has been a hot and busy time for me here in Arizona. I bought some very nice materials at last years Shows and have turned them into some wonderful new pieces in preparation for the upcoming Tucson Gem Show in Feb..
I’ve also had a new category added to my web site. On my Home page, I’ve had a heading for my “Frames” placed there. I hope you’ll take some time to click on that category and scroll through the many picture frames I’ve created. I finished my last one back in July called “Off Broadway”, by Mr. Ciro Marchetti, and I’m very happy with the way it turned out. Continue reading →

During a Tucson Gem Show, a man came by my booth, Joe from KRAZTV, the local TV station, liked my things, and asked if he could take some pictures, to which I surely said yes. So in a few minutes he finished up and left. Then a few weeks later I received an e-mail from him with this wonderful video of my things. I was amazed! I never even asked him to do this, he just did it. If you click anywhere on this Post it will begin. Or click “Video” under my “Recent Posts”, to the right and it will also begin. Continue reading →