Moonstone memories....

Howdy all. Time for me to start blogging about my work. Friday night was the biggest full moon of the year, and as I wasn't going to a full moon heart circle, I stayed in the studio and did my own moon ritual. I worked on some Norwegian Moonstone (also known as Blue Pearl Granite or Larvakite). I got it from the backyard rock pile of my beloved, Ti, as he was packing to move. I really love the way this large lingam turned out and the silvery blue flashes in this material have always been a favorite.



I moved on and did some classic moonstone from India as well. This large teardrop shaped bead has great orientation and adularescence! There are some internal healed fractures, but it is completely stable and quite a brilliant piece! I also have some green moonstones in process, but my motor on my special lapidary grinder broke down and I can't finish them! Argh! Anyhow, here is the silver grey moonstone bead....


I had one very special piece of bowlerite that has a rare, perfectly round, pure white inclusion in it, very evocative of our giant full moon! So I made a red bowlerite full moon heart out of it!

Finally, I took a piece of computer hard drive, labratory grown, silicon that was from a massive broken silicon cyclinder reject, and made this sort of "broken crescent winter moon" from it! The perfect gift for the computer geek!
Ok, I'm starting to get the hang of this. Please feel free to visit my eBay store, DVHdesigns!