Sacred TotemsWriter, Traveler, Photographer, Rock Enthusiast, Seamstress, Oneironaut, lapidarist
(Click title for full article) Somebody was wondering how to carve a heart cabochon with a cab machine, so I threw together this video. It focuses on the trickier parts of carving a heart oppose to a full on step by step how to. Could be an interesting view for anyone curious about how cab […]
August 2019 Armed with a Falcon’s Rockhounding Oregon guide, I set out with my Toyota Camry rental to Oregon’s SE desert in search of nature’s hidden treasures. With only 6 days to explore I mapped out nine varying locations and went searching for a mix of obsidian, various agate, petrified wood, picture stone, miscellaneous jasper, […]
Since I could formulate a written paragraph I’ve been a writer. What does it mean to be a writer? To me, it means you write for the love of writing. Writing is an essential part of your life. When you don’t write, your heart aches. It’s in your soul to express through the written word. […]
Some rocks will appear solid. Nice weight. No visible cracks. Strong. It will seem like the stone is destined for great things. Perhaps I have a vision of it becoming a beautiful pendant to be adorned by a hippie goddess dancing naked in the forest. Maybe I cut into it and all seems well. Then […]
What I love the most about life is what it teaches me about life. Metaphors and symmetry. The skinny trees do not break with strong winds because they are flexible and flow with the current. So they survive. But the solid, unwavering trees snap under pressure because they refuse to bend. When working with a […]
This video shows the stages of carving a penguin out of a stone called howlite. From picking the rock and deciding what to make, drawing out the basic design, cutting the excess rock off with a saw, carving with a dremel and then the finishing touches. The video provides basic information about safety with rock […]
They call it rockhounding. I’m not sure why. Perhaps like a bloodhound sniffing out the goods. Or hound like a relentless pursue, since most rockhounders are fanatics. But I think the term rockhounding is silly. I prefer rock hunting. There are different types of rock hunting, which I’ll get more into at another time. For […]
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