Check out the following pages, and contact me with any questions.
Prices are guidelines, as many stones sell while still listed.
A little about me.....
Custom made Jewelry from the most fascinating materials worldwide
My uncle introduced me to rocks and minerals while I was in High School, and I soon put together a simple lapidary workshop so I could cut and polish stones in my basement. This paid off during college, where I helped pay my tuition by selling gemstones to the jewelry and silversmithing department at the University of Kansas (while I pursued my degree in mathematics). I also learned silversmithing at KU.
Graduate work put my lapidary work on hold, and I had a productive career as a statistician, teaching at the Colorado School of Mines, working as a quality control engineer at Coors (Free Beer!), and creating risk-adjusted mortality models for healthcare companies. A forced stock option payout generated some extra income in 2010, so it was a good time to start Taylor Made Arts and Lapidary and sink some funds into new lapidary equipment. Now I could work on the fabulous materials I had been buying at gem and mineral shows over the last 40 years.
Over the next three years I kept busy selling to co-workers. When I retired in 2014, my wife and I decided to relocate in Cañon City (amazing geology, great climate, and no more Denver traffic!). I now sell at markets, galleries, and on line.
The focus of my jewelry is the stone, and the silver is a frame for the amazing minerals and fossils that have been discovered around the world. The process of starting with a hunk of rock and ending up with a unique piece of jewelry never gets old. I'm not sure whether it's art or craft, but it certainly is fun!
Hint: To see more detail in any of the photos, right click on the image, choose "save image as", save it wherever you want, and then take a look with your photo viewer where you can zoom in.
Check out my ETSY site at https://www.etsy.com/shop/TaylorMadeArtsGems
Contact me at taylor_made_arts@yahoo.com I LOVE TO DO CUSTOM WORK, EVEN CUTTING THAT SPECIAL ROCK YOU FOUND
My work is for sale at the Sangre de Christo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO, Blue Spruce Gallery, Florence CO, and REM Gallery, Cañon City, CO
Prices are guidelines, as many stones sell while still listed.
A little about me.....
Custom made Jewelry from the most fascinating materials worldwide
My uncle introduced me to rocks and minerals while I was in High School, and I soon put together a simple lapidary workshop so I could cut and polish stones in my basement. This paid off during college, where I helped pay my tuition by selling gemstones to the jewelry and silversmithing department at the University of Kansas (while I pursued my degree in mathematics). I also learned silversmithing at KU.
Graduate work put my lapidary work on hold, and I had a productive career as a statistician, teaching at the Colorado School of Mines, working as a quality control engineer at Coors (Free Beer!), and creating risk-adjusted mortality models for healthcare companies. A forced stock option payout generated some extra income in 2010, so it was a good time to start Taylor Made Arts and Lapidary and sink some funds into new lapidary equipment. Now I could work on the fabulous materials I had been buying at gem and mineral shows over the last 40 years.
Over the next three years I kept busy selling to co-workers. When I retired in 2014, my wife and I decided to relocate in Cañon City (amazing geology, great climate, and no more Denver traffic!). I now sell at markets, galleries, and on line.
The focus of my jewelry is the stone, and the silver is a frame for the amazing minerals and fossils that have been discovered around the world. The process of starting with a hunk of rock and ending up with a unique piece of jewelry never gets old. I'm not sure whether it's art or craft, but it certainly is fun!
Hint: To see more detail in any of the photos, right click on the image, choose "save image as", save it wherever you want, and then take a look with your photo viewer where you can zoom in.
Check out my ETSY site at https://www.etsy.com/shop/TaylorMadeArtsGems
Contact me at taylor_made_arts@yahoo.com I LOVE TO DO CUSTOM WORK, EVEN CUTTING THAT SPECIAL ROCK YOU FOUND
My work is for sale at the Sangre de Christo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO, Blue Spruce Gallery, Florence CO, and REM Gallery, Cañon City, CO
