Garnets By The Pound

Have you ever seen a bucket full of gem stones? Well I saw a couple of them. Pretty impressive. Well.... they are not quite faceting quality but very nice. I saw some garnets that were 1/4" diameter and some that were the size of plums.


Derek has been really inspired by seeing all of the large quartz crystals on display at the gem show. There is so much of it here it's hard to believe there's anything left underground to mine. We purchased some great small samples which we will have for sale in our shop.


Amethyst being one of favourite quartz crystals will be influencing my summer collection of clothes. The colour and some of the points and angles will show up, just wait and see.


I'll be back in my studio by the first of March, can't wait!!