https://johnshippjewelry.com/contact daily 0.75 2020-05-18 https://johnshippjewelry.com/home daily 1.0 2020-08-04 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebb129600002c77ed880a36/t/5f28bfb6aa77a6463200c564/1596506065523/018.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebb129600002c77ed880a36/t/5f28bf01369f5c199162b3fa/1596505879857/057.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebb129600002c77ed880a36/t/5f28bf821e1a3e7bcc47afd4/1596506000438/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebb129600002c77ed880a36/t/5f28c1ebd98229187b276a3e/1596506615199/IMG_1870.jpg Home https://johnshippjewelry.com/about daily 0.75 2020-05-18 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebb129600002c77ed880a36/t/5ec1cbeccf4bbe0d08ec6414/1589759062334/Stone+Cutting.png About - I live in a small town called Boulder Creek in the Santa Cruz Mountains. I work out of an old carriage house that I restored behind my home. Though my jewelry designs are simple and clean, my studio space is cluttered and complex. Different stones require different machines to cut and polish. I use big old oil cooled slab saws to cut stones which I later shape with smaller diamond bladed trim saws. I then use diamond and carbide coated, water cooled wheels and flat laps to shape and polish the stones. Cutting stones is messy work. All around my shop are stones in various stages of polishing. My garden is filled with beautiful stones not quite good enough for jewelry. Beside my shop are 5 gallon buckets filled with rough stones waiting to reveal their inner beauty. As a silversmith I use a completely different set of tools. I like to alloy my own sterling by melting fine silver with a little less than 7.5% copper. I use a rolling mill to make sheet and usually draw my own wire. I do very little casting and prefer to fabricate most of my own bezels. My designs are simple. My goal is not to create pretentious art pieces but rather to design wearable pieces that celebrate the stone's natural beauty. Though I do make pendants, bracelets and some rings, I specialize in earrings. Though I cut many stones, I do use some stones I have not cut myself in some of my pieces. I will occasionally set a few of my best small stones in gold, but this is less than 1% of my work. My prices range from $20 for my simplest stone pendants to $2500 for a spectacular opal pendant. Most of my pieces are affordably priced between $75 and $200. https://johnshippjewelry.com/gallery daily 0.75 2020-08-03 https://johnshippjewelry.com/gallery/opal monthly 0.5 2020-05-18 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebb129600002c77ed880a36/5ec1d7d01eba8512a944e163/5ec1d920ac35107c14ea41e4/1589762379523/IMG_1045.JPG Gallery - Opal Opal and Amethyst Pendant https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebb129600002c77ed880a36/5ec1d7d01eba8512a944e163/5ec1e967789a161a50cc2078/1589766522326/2019+app+photos+254.jpg Gallery - Opal https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebb129600002c77ed880a36/5ec1d7d01eba8512a944e163/5ec1e9675bddb16cf6e55db9/1589766519320/2019+app+photos+253.jpg Gallery - Opal https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebb129600002c77ed880a36/5ec1d7d01eba8512a944e163/5ec1e96711a8182ecced8ba6/1589766520613/2019+app+photos+252.jpg Gallery - Opal https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebb129600002c77ed880a36/5ec1d7d01eba8512a944e163/5ec1e9670bcf3d6a67cd5f4a/1589766510287/2015+application+picts+033.JPG Gallery - Opal https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebb129600002c77ed880a36/5ec1d7d01eba8512a944e163/5ec1e9679974cb409f168296/1589766522373/037.jpg Gallery - Opal https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebb129600002c77ed880a36/5ec1d7d01eba8512a944e163/5ec1e9678f0b3f0ad683554e/1589766523757/033.jpg Gallery - Opal https://johnshippjewelry.com/gallery/poppyjasper monthly 0.5 2020-05-18 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebb129600002c77ed880a36/5ec1da545bddb16cf6e2f047/5ec1da853ca6b4722cf9a1f0/1589762705582/057.jpg Gallery - Morgan Hill Poppy Jasper https://johnshippjewelry.com/gallery/larimar monthly 0.5 2020-05-18 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebb129600002c77ed880a36/5ec1de0f9974cb409f14b5e0/5ec1de1f3ca6b4722cfa35fe/1589763641916/IMG_1046.JPG Gallery - Larimar Larimar and Blue Topaz https://johnshippjewelry.com/gallery/coral monthly 0.5 2020-05-18 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebb129600002c77ed880a36/5ec1dc968e20752715c4b511/5ec1dca655776437f373b1dc/1589763249032/027.jpg Gallery - Fossilized Coral https://johnshippjewelry.com/gallery/turquoise monthly 0.5 2020-05-18 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebb129600002c77ed880a36/5ec1dbb0c9d64037cc9fca35/5ec1dbc81eba8512a9457e1c/1589763079300/017.jpg Gallery - Turquoise Turquoise set with London Blue Topaz https://johnshippjewelry.com/gallery/lapis monthly 0.5 2020-05-18 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebb129600002c77ed880a36/5ec1deb7b9557a142782c15d/5ec1dec880b6627d6b7dbe07/1589763813370/042.jpg Gallery - Lapis Lazuli Lapis Lazuli Earrings https://johnshippjewelry.com/gallery/jaspers monthly 0.5 2020-05-18 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebb129600002c77ed880a36/5ec1dfd78e20752715c51e4f/5ec1dfe68f0b3f0ad681edfd/1589764100005/IMG_1047.JPG Gallery - Jaspers Imperial Jasper and Blue Topaz Pendant https://johnshippjewelry.com/gallery/shells monthly 0.5 2020-08-03 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebb129600002c77ed880a36/5f289b730c551669168a65aa/5f289b8b9c47ac55f5f53520/1596496789505/Snapseed.jpg Gallery - Shells https://johnshippjewelry.com/gallery/sugilite monthly 0.5 2020-05-18 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebb129600002c77ed880a36/5ec1e563cf4bbe0d08f02174/5ec1e577cf4bbe0d08f02322/1589765498876/IMG_1048.JPG Gallery - Sugilite https://johnshippjewelry.com/gallery/agates monthly 0.5 2020-05-18 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebb129600002c77ed880a36/5ec1e693377f3d1b43c7eeb4/5ec1e6a642d7f07cca93df53/1589765804558/2019+app+photos+236.jpg Gallery - Agates https://johnshippjewelry.com/gallery/labradorite monthly 0.5 2020-05-18 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebb129600002c77ed880a36/5ec1e44355776437f374e5f3/5ec1e45c42d7f07cca9385c3/1589765242709/036.jpg Gallery - Labradorite Labradorite Earrings https://johnshippjewelry.com/gallery/other monthly 0.5 2020-05-18 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebb129600002c77ed880a36/5ec1e7ebcf4bbe0d08f08c91/5ec1e7fdfeaa194a8177fc4f/1589766320435/031.jpg Gallery - Other Stones Mookaite and Garnet Pendant https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebb129600002c77ed880a36/5ec1e7ebcf4bbe0d08f08c91/5ec1e85aac35107c14eca3be/1589766338766/034.jpg Gallery - Other Stones Dinosaur Bone and Amethyst Earrings https://johnshippjewelry.com/stones daily 0.75 2020-08-12 https://johnshippjewelry.com/stones/shell monthly 0.5 2020-08-04 https://johnshippjewelry.com/stones/oceanjasper monthly 0.5 2020-08-04 https://johnshippjewelry.com/stones/coral monthly 0.5 2020-08-12 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebb129600002c77ed880a36/t/5f28b7e6c5f7576f6475c81d/1596504053876/018.jpg About The Stones - Fossilized Coral https://johnshippjewelry.com/stones/turquoise monthly 0.5 2020-08-04 https://johnshippjewelry.com/stones/opal monthly 0.5 2020-08-04 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebb129600002c77ed880a36/t/5f28b46617c9913d396a9c56/1596503153467/IMG_1045.JPG About The Stones - Opal https://johnshippjewelry.com/stones/poppyjasper monthly 0.5 2020-08-04 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebb129600002c77ed880a36/t/5f28b722ed094b12c58cc711/1596503861013/057.jpg About The Stones - Morgan Hill Poppy Jasper https://johnshippjewelry.com/stones/garnet monthly 0.5 2020-08-04 https://johnshippjewelry.com/stones/carnelian monthly 0.5 2020-08-03 https://johnshippjewelry.com/stones/blue-topaz monthly 0.5 2020-08-04 https://johnshippjewelry.com/stones/peridot monthly 0.5 2020-08-03 https://johnshippjewelry.com/stones/ruby monthly 0.5 2020-08-03 https://johnshippjewelry.com/stones/amethyst monthly 0.5 2020-08-03 https://johnshippjewelry.com/stones/citrine monthly 0.5 2020-08-03 https://johnshippjewelry.com/stones/larimar monthly 0.5 2020-08-04 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebb129600002c77ed880a36/t/5f28b922adaadd409f9844a4/1596504368661/010.jpg About The Stones - Larimar https://johnshippjewelry.com/stones/agate monthly 0.5 2020-08-03 https://johnshippjewelry.com/stones/big-sur-jade monthly 0.5 2020-08-12 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebb129600002c77ed880a36/t/5f345eefd183fb7b7c45eb09/1597267703303/IMG_1938.JPG About The Stones - Big Sur Jade https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebb129600002c77ed880a36/t/5f345adc27596008f7a1f751/1597266687203/IMG_1633.JPG About The Stones - Big Sur Jade The Big Sur Coastline