All Our Progress Is An Unfolding

This hand was inspired by a drawing I did of my son's hand I did when he was sleeping. Here it is as a one of a kind 18k with a teardrop rainbow moonstone. This piece was sold in our store last week and I was so happy to know it went to a woman who had an extensive collection of pieces...I was sort of sad to see it go...



When I work on limited edition and one of a kinds it is very freeing. This is an moss quartz I got in Tuscon at the gem show a few years ago. It makes a wonderful book cover.


All our progress is an unfolding....You have first an instinct, then an opinion,
then a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud, and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason...it shall ripen into truth, and you shall know why you believe.

--Emerson




Years ago I bought several pieces of these Italian red coral cabochons when I was not so conscious about the environment. I won't be buying any coral ever again that isn't antique but the material I still have in my studio is so beautiful and I feel it is a shame to not use it. This little book is such a ripe little gem.

We need, in love, to practice only this:
letting each other go. For holding on
comes easily; we do not need to learn it.

--Rainer Maria Rilke
translated by Stephen Mitchell