Working From Home

We’d like to share this amazing pendant that our DGMS member Sean M made while being stuck at home this summer (like the rest of us). Congrats to him on this breathtaking piece! We can’t wait till everything gets back to normal so we can offer some fantastic classes again to help build everyone’s skills!!


Hi everyone, I wanted to share what I have been working on while stuck at home. After taking the introductory silversmith class with Barbara, I have been building my inventory of tools and developing my skills. I read a lot of books and watched a lot of YouTube videos. Recently I was commissioned to create a custom piece for a client. She had a wonderful, and big, Smokey Enhydro Quartz Cabachon that she wanted made into a pendant. It took me a while to decide what would work best. I had to watch a few videos and purchase some special tools. It came out so nice I wanted to share it with you. I had to hammer form the bezel wire around the stone. Thankfully the quartz was hard enough to do this. Thanks to Barbara for helping me get started with her silversmith class. I look forward to seeing everyone again when we can. May see a few of you at the shop. 
Sean M
iwannarock.minerals@gmail.com


Have you been working on a new skill during this crazy summer? Or do you just have something super cool that you’d just like to share with everybody? Let us know!

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Bill Henderson has photographed all of the Fluorescent Minerals of DGMS, Aug 5, 2014

Bill Henderson has photographed all of the Fluorescent Minerals which belong to the DGMS Club. These are the minerals which Milton displayed at the annual DGMS show.
You know Bill’s photography. He is able to capture specimens and bring every detail into focus. He does this by making 20 to 80 photos of each mineral specimen and then using a “stacking” program to make the beautiful photo you see. Bill photographed each specimen in white light and in fluorescent light (both long wave and short wave at the same time).
Bill also has all of these images available on CD for your own personal use.