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Welcome to the Ozone and our adventures!
Welcome to the Ozone and our adventures!
This year is already off to a great start! Hope that it has been fabulous for you too. We’ve been out on the beaches hitting the hounding and hunting in between King Tides, even discovering new places to go. We have an upcoming video on the King Tides and some great rock hounding during that amazing even. We have a new one as well, that we just recorded, on a very recent adventure down the coast. There are new experiences around every corner and down every step of the trail, come along with us as we explore the Oregon Coast and the mineral rich regions of this fantastic state.
The beginning of the year started with many boxes of wonderful new materials. One standout was the Mystery Box from Arizona Rockhound Expeditions. The materials off their claims in Northern Arizona vary from bright clear agates in yellows, oranges and pinks, to deep jewel colors like blue, purples, and greens. Many different textures, like moss and plumes, create a myriad of wonderful scenes and patterns to enjoy within this incredible material. In the months to come, we’ll be cutting many of these unique nodules and exploring their beauty within to share with you.
From the slabs shown above, we have a cabochon that was artistically cut here in the Ozone Studios with a new addition to our tools. This material is elegant with undulating layers of Ombre hued tendrils flowing and blending into the ranges of yellows, oranges, reds, and purples. The occasional druzy vug with fortification lines is a perfect addition to some incredibly exciting agate compositions. We can’t wait to frame some creative jewelry pieces around these unique and magnificent gem pieces.
We have been hoping to get a Cabochon Machine for quite some time. Our dreams came true this holiday season. We thank deeply whom helped us to get this machine, you know who you are. The cabs started right away, like that cabochon in the above picture. This machine is an absolute delight to operate, and turns what took days to make, into hours. I especially enjoy the Nova wheels on this Kingsley North 6” machine, they put an amazing finish on the stones. If you’ve got any questions about the machine or are thinking about getting one, I’ll field any thoughts or concerns you may have. I’ve got no affiliation with the company, just love the product.
A new segment that we’re adding to the Friday Night Live is ‘Studio Hacks’ where we explore the different methods we’ve figured out and learn from others to get the jobs done in the studio. this recent hack was using plexiglass as a lap for the faceting machine. You can see, here in the picture, a plexiglass lap covered in 14k diamond paste like cake frosting. We’re pre polishing an Oregon Fire Opal, and this particular stage seems to really make a huge difference in a stunningly clear final polish. Special thanks to ‘Muh’ for sending these discs along to try in this successful experiment.
We’ve been sending out these sweet packages with wonderful jewelry items and there’s one question that keeps coming up; does packaging have to equal waste? We’re combating the trash cycle with some hand made, super functional packaging items to not only get your jewelry to you safely, but also help you to keep your jewelry organized and stowed in style! Check out the BLOG for more information about the cool, new packaging!
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