

APRIL's BIRTHSTONE | Diamond
“The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.” -Daniel Defoe The...


DENDRITIC AGATE
One of the most captivating aspects of dendritic agate is the tree-like markings, or dendrites, found throughout the translucent...


Spring…Sigh!
Outside the studio spring is ready to do its thing. Whether you have already peeled off the long-johns or or continue gazing and dreaming...


POINTS | energy generators
Two lines intersecting make a point. Three hundred sixty single points of degree surrounds us - a plane curve mathematically definable as...


THE SPHERE | an ultimate expression of unity
The symmetry of the circle, the encompassing horizon, the cycles of the seasons, the birth and life and death and rebirth of life. One...


APOPHYLLITE | stone of purity and spiritual presence
Like our own bodies, stones have a high water content, which gives them the ability to conduct electricity. Apophyllite is named from a...


NAUTILUS | symbol of life’s unfolding mysteries
The chambered nautilus is perhaps the most well known species of nautilus and it has inspired artists for centuries. The chambers that...


DRUSY GEODES
The eye slips easily to the focal point of magical healing sparkling power of drusy in these geodes, and indeed there are incredible...


AQUAMARINE | water of the sea
Mirrors in reflection are incredible to behold . . . to gaze briefly into those depths is to experience a sense of infinity. As crystal...