What We Do
Our work with natural stone is a shared effort: Richard does the heavy lifting (literally) of large pieces and Cathy designs and creates smaller rock objects.
This effort is the convergence of several parallel paths: an enthusiasm for earth history, mentorships with old-school rock hounds and lapidary folk, and iterative experiment with three-dimensional media. Over the years...
Rock hounding the hot, high desert - Our geological field experience expanded
- Our aesthetic criteria for stone and found objects clarified
- Our lapidary expertise matured
Our best day is hunting rocks in the hot, high desert; bringing them home to the saw and lapidary; discovering remarkable designs in the stone; and realizing that vision in polished treasures.
Sweat, discovery, and beauty that can be shared - doesn't get better for us.
Richard grinding large rock
Cathy grinding smaller rock
About the Photography
Professional pics were created by our friend Marilee with her EOS Canon Digital Rebel XTi camera.