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Writer's pictureK. McMillan
Feb 8, 20171 min read

Dinosaur


Jeweller's Bench:

sterling silver, Dinosaur bone

I bought this piece of agatized dinosaur bone on my first trip to Tucson. I cut it, polished it up, then blasted all around the surface to reveal this raptor design.

It was pretty scary and a little emotional sand blasting that beautiful flat polished surface. But to this day its probably my favourite lapidary endeavour.

Dinosaur bone makes such a fun stone. It exists in lots of colours with fantastic patterns. Plus, they're dinosaurs! Millions of years have past and still there's proof that they existed. The dinosaurs may be gone, but their memory is not forgotten.

Writer's pictureK. McMillan
Feb 1, 20171 min read

Sparkle sparkle


Jewellers bench:

Sterling silver, CZ

I unearthed a couple rings I made in school for stone setting. They're cubic zirconias but they still sparkle something fierce! ✨

So I fixed them up a bit with my more experienced skills (comparatively speaking) and fell a little in love.

Writer's pictureK. McMillan
Jan 16, 20171 min read

Copper and Quartz


Jewellers bench:

Copper, Quartz

This bracelet is pretty special to me.

My mother picked this lucky bit of Quartz up from our favourite family camping spot. I have lots of wonderful memories of that place. Of waking up early and sitting on the rocks overlooking the water, my sketchbook in hand. In this area the wind is so strong off the water that the trees actually grow in a very distinctive way. Like they’re permanently in the midst of a storm.

It’s been some years since any of us have been back there so when she was in the area she scooped up a pretty quartz rock. When she brought it home for me I knew right away I wanted to leave it big and put it into a bracelet.

I love the style of the bracelet but I love even more the inside, the part the touches your skin and is hidden unless you feel like showing it. It’s a private reminder of fond family memories.

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