This piece of petrified wood was found by our family near our home in southern Oregon. The cabochon’s edges are polished smooth while the faces have been kept rough to accentuate the wood grain in the stone.

The stone is framed fancifully into a doorway suitable for a fairy home! A leafing vine curls up one side, sheltering a napping roly poly. The curled up roly poly fits snugly in a nook left by some chips in that corner of the stone. Two more isopods crawl up the opposite side of the frame, and the piece is topped off with a custom bail featuring two tiny shelf mushrooms.

All components are entirely hand-fabricated from 0.925 sterling sheet metal and wire. Measures 5.7 cm from the top of the bail to the base, and 3.3 cm at its widest point.

This out-of-this-world locket is truly double-sided; one side features a round polished banded agate cabochon, while the other is a silver cratered lunar dome.

The banded agate was found by our family near our home in southern Oregon and includes creamy layers of agate and some crystalline structure. A bit of staining on its face gives the moonscape unique coloration.

All silver work is entirely hand-fabricated, from the cratered moon face to the hinge and clasp.

Stylized stars on the back of the cabochon let the agate shine through when the locket is open. The locket’s inside space is fairly capacious— it could easily fit a small lock of hair, packet of treasure, photograph, or remembrance memento.

Calling all fairies, elves, royalty, druids, bog witches, fauns, and other fanciful creatures!

This hair piece is a hefty chunk of sterling silver, shaped into a remarkably delicate-looking ivy vine. There are seven ivy leaves in decreasing sizes on each side of the central loop, each hand-shaped and textured. The band is not closed and can be gently bent to fit virtually any head size.

The points of the ivy leaves have been softened for maximal comfort during wear, but this piece does have many points and jags that could catch on hair or garments. If it will be worn with an elaborate hairstyle, we recommend setting it in place with bobby pins and not constantly readjusting it!

This piece would be suitable for a fairytale wedding, renn faires, cosplay, coven gatherings, and more… I dare say it would brighten the day of every shopper at the grocery store. ;)

This magical petrified wood doorway was cut from a stone found by our family near our home in southern Oregon. We think the distinctive curly markings in the wood grain were formed due to compression during mineralization. The last photo shows a small vein of remarkably clear agate at the base of the cabochon.

The silver frame has a distinctly Tolkien-esque vibe, bringing to mind the wood elves of Mirkwood! Hand shaped leafing vines, a cluster of mushrooms, and the tree on the back are topped off with a matching custom bail. The silver is polished to bright and gleaming!

This hand-fabricated sterling silver clothing pin is extremely versatile-- it could add a flash of fabulous fancy to a dress shawl for an evening out, yet won't look out of place on a warm cap at the farmer's market!

The shots with the original leaf and twig are fun-- you can see how details like the surface texture of the twig have been incorporated, and the look of the hard core and softer surface of the original twig has even been reproduced in silver! An actual oak leaf from the forest around us was used as inspiration, and will be included with the final piece!

The twig passes through two soldered arches on the back of the leaf to hold it in place and will work on virtually any knit or crocheted garment (it may be a little loose if used on veeery thin garments). We tried it on hats, scarves, and even as a buttonhole decoration on a coat!

This piece is solid 0.925 sterling silver. The leaf measures 9.5 cm long and about 4 cm at its widest point. The twig/pin is 10.2 cm long. This piece is one of a kind!

This assertive solid sterling bracelet is formed from hand-fabricated cat tail leaf blades and flower heads. It looks like a cuff bracelet, uniquely designed for the gap to be on top of the wrist, but wears like a bangle. The pointy tips and sharp leaves look daunting, but the bracelet is designed to be comfortably smooth against bare skin. That said, care should be taken if it will be paired with loose-knit garments or physically friendly people.

This bracelet will look best on a wrist that is 6.5-7.5 inches in circumference, but the silver is springy so there is a little play at either end of that range. Do not be tempted to put it on as a cuff bracelet— the pointy end of the cat tail is designed to be comfortable during wear, but it will scrape you if you put it on that way!

The hood of this jellyfish is tumble polished from a raw moss agate stone found by our family and can spin on the sculpture to face any direction. The tentacles are sculpted from sheet metal, round wire, and round wire that has been rolled and twisted for added texture.

This piece shines beautifully displayed in a window and comes with bubbly loops on top to make hanging easy. We have found banana hangers make convenient displays!

This cabochon was cut from a slab of Indonesian petrified palm root. There is a small pockmark in the face of the stone that is barely visible with the naked eye, but can be felt with a fingertip— the stone is so beautiful we couldn’t bear to cut away the surrounding material!

The swooping sterling wires on the front of the piece frame the stone beautifully while leaving the face mostly clear. The black “sky” has faint swirls of what looks like common opal and possibly metallic inclusions. The front is topped with a custom, handmade bail featuring twinkling stars.

And the back! The back will transport you straight to Lothlórien! The stone becomes a golden forest at night, with a handcrafted moon nestled in the branches of a silver tree. Whichever way you choose to wear it, this is an exquisite one-of-a-kind conversation piece.

This cab is cut from a local bowenite stone found by our family here in southern Oregon. It is not the “gemmiest” specimen, but its impurities and inclusions give it so much character!\

This piece began as a wire wrap, which was then adorned with shelf mushrooms and ivy. Check out the close-up— those shelf mushrooms have all the realistic layers and textures! The back is relatively simple with a crescent moon and mushrooms, but truly completes the magical forest feel of the piece. The whole thing is topped with a custom-made ivy bail.

This cabochon is cut from a bowenite stone found by our family near our home in southern Oregon. Locals call this stone “applegate jade,” and it is known for its deep green translucence and black flecks of magnetite that cause it to attract a magnet! Very deep green, almost black in some light, it really glows when light passes through.

The silver mushroom form is paired with a sweet little sprout, entirely hand fabricated and modeled after young vines currently appearing on the forest floor around our home. The back was left empty to allow the stone to really shine, and the whole thing is topped with a custom made vining leaf bail.

The cabochon for this magical portal is cut from serpentine found by our family here in southern Oregon. The deep green stone with shiny flecks of magnetite invoke feelings of a warm, starry, summer night over a pond. The front is framed by intricate, hand-shaped silver cattails, while the back includes a dragonfly resting for a moment on a twig. The mood of the piece is neatly complemented by a silver moon on the handmade bail.

While the cattails are not dangerously sharp, this piece is spiky and delicate! Care should be taken not to snag those lovely long leaves during wear.

Measures 5.4 cm from the top of the bail to its base and 5.1 cm at its widest point.

This one of a kind silver oak leaf clothing pin was made using a leaf from the forest floor around our home in southern Oregon as a model.

The leaf was hand-cut from sheet metal, and painstakingly textured to get that magical crinkly texture around the veins!

This piece is finished with a hand-shaped pin fastener, so it can be worn on any fabric. These could adorn a favorite hat, shoulder bag, jacket lapel, t-shirt, anything!

Solid 0.925 sterling silver has been oxidized for dimensionality. Leaf measures 6.4 cm long and 3.1 cm at its widest point.

This rose quartz cabochon has been dressed up in a flowing 0.925 sterling silver seascape! The hanging tendrils appear fluid and delicate, but are reinforced with attachment points everywhere they touch. That said, it would be possible for them to snag on a loose-knit garment, so care should be taken when worn.

The back features a cluster of kelp, swaying in the current, and the piece is capped with a custom-made bubbly bail. A truly stunning statement piece.

This water droplet cabochon is cut from bowenite (called applegate jade by the locals) found by our family near our home in southern Oregon. The top of the cab shows some of the opaque matrix of the stone, and the bottom has the gorgeous green translucence the stone is known for. A small chatoyant seam crosses the cabochon at one corner.

The gleaming cattail is framed by rough branches hand-hewn from sterling silver. The bail is a large, closed circle of silver, textured to match the branches. A beautiful, bucolic pond scene!

This uniquely shaped red jasper cabochon was cut from a stone found by our family in Humboldt County, California. All metalwork is done in 0.925 sterling silver.

The sweet little rounded mushroom base frames a cluster of young mushrooms, and the back of the bezel setting features a trio of hand-cut and textured oak leaves.

Measures 4.2 cm from the top of the bail to the base, and 3.5 cm at the widest point of the cap.

The quartz hood of this jellyfish is polished from a raw stone found on our family’s hillside in southern Oregon and can spin on the sculpture to face any direction. The tentacles are sculpted from sheet metal, round wire, and round wire that has been rolled and twisted for added texture.

This piece shines beautifully displayed in a window and comes with bubbly loops on top to make hanging easy. We have found banana hangers make convenient displays!

Jellyfish measures 11.4 cm from the top of its hanging bubbles to the tip of its longest tentacle and 3.2 cm at the widest part of the quartz stone. All metal is 0.925 sterling silver.

This cabochon was cut from a plume agate stone with striking red and yellow markings and two sparkling druzy pockets. The agate agate material means the cabochon is quite translucent when back-lit.

Tube coral stretches up from the bottom left of the solid silver frame, each tip painstakingly drilled to appear hollow and accented by a column of bubbles rising to the bail. Another coral plant on the right completes the front of the frame.

The back features a graceful row of pneumatocysts, whose buoyancy keeps kelp floating at the surface of the ocean. All silver has been oxidized and polished.

This is a beautifully dainty, detailed piece of metal sculpture! The sunburst is hand-cut from copper sheet, while the wings are entirely sculpted from argentium silver. A truly striking piece from the painstakingly formed talons at the tips of the wing spines to the tiny, cut-out flares in the sunburst! Hidden bail attachments for a cord are attached to the backs of the wings.

This piece measures in with a wingspan of 9.5 cm and is 6.3 cm tall.

This cabochon is cut from a piece of petrified wood found by our family near our home in southern Oregon. The front has been left raw to highlight all the glorious woody texture while the sides and back have been polished smooth. The rough front naturally left some gaps in the frame, which allowed space for extra mushrooms and ivy vines to creep their way out. A natural druzy seam is just barely visible making its way from the bottom ivy leaf on the left to the top mushroom cap on the right.

This magical portal comes equipped with a tiny handle and a matching bail of hammered sheet metal adorned with a tiny ivy sprig. The back neatly complements the roughness of the front with a hand-shaped silver twig holding the stone firmly in place. The frame and all sculptural elements are fashioned from solid silver that has been oxidized to highlight its dimensionality and polished.

Measures 5.0 cm from the top of the bail to the base of the frame and 2.9 cm at its widest point.

This solid silver cuff bracelet features a hand-sculpted grass seed stem, with the stem at one end and the grass tip at the other. Just like the grass it was modeled after, the seed heads start out larger and more widely spaced and get smaller and closer together across the band.

This bucolic pond scene takes place over an “applegate jade” (bowenite) cabochon, modeled after the shape a drop of water forms when hanging from a large curved surface. The stone is a deep green with grey and black inclusions, attracts a magnet, and is partially translucent when back-lit.

All the elements are hand-sculpted from silver wire and sheet metal, with a small copper ball at the center of the lily flower. The custom bail features a small lily pad and wandering vine.

This pendant measures 5.6 cm long (including the bail) and 4.0 cm at its widest point.

This stone is an opalized petrified wood found by our family in southern Oregon. The front surface was left rough to retain the wood texture and grain, while the back and edges are polished to expose the creamy common opal interior.

The vining wild roses are modeled after the roses that grow in our woods and are hand-shaped from copper with silver centers. The copper mushrooms and roses are untreated and can be kept polished bright or left to develop a natural patina over time.

The silver knob is inserted through a hole drilled in the cab and fastened securely on the back so no adhesives were needed. The silver frame and window on the back completes the look of a magical portal!

We’ve been calling this stone “half-cooked” applegate jade— it’s a beautiful green base with orange-yellow speckles, and is translucent at the thin edges of the cabochon. Each of the 72 wire ends of the copper tree of life is soldered to the frame, allowing a more decorative back than tying them off individually.

The twisted rope and tire swing are constructed from argentium silver— and the swing actually swings from the branch!

Measures 5.2 cm tall and 3.5 cm at its widest point.

The stone base of this piece is an agatized petrified wood found by our family in Southern Oregon. The top was left raw to show the look and feel of the original wood while the rest of the cabochon was polished to a domed shine. The stone is set using a combination of bezel-setting and prong-setting to achieve the desired effect.

A cluster of three mushrooms peeks up from behind the stone, and a vine of hand-cut and textured ivy leaves climbs up one side. The pendant dangles freely from the custom mushroom bail. A lovely, earthy-feeling piece!

This lapis lazuli marquise cabochon is surrounded by gleaming swirls of silver, crafted in a combination of wrapping and fusing.

This cabochon is a doublet, composed of a very thin, gemmy slice of applegate jade (bowenite) backed by a thicker piece of white/clear quartz. This combination makes the green in the dark stone really shine! The planet’s ring follows the naturally occurring line in the stone where it transitions from the lighter, sandier green at the bottom to the deep green at the top. The back of the wrap is visible through the stone when backlit, and was designed with this in mind.

The silver frame includes a moon hemisphere, complete with craters and markings modeled from pictures of Earth’s moon! Silver ivy leaves on the back of the wrap climb a crescent moon, complementing the feel of the front of the stone. A truly interstellar beauty!

This cabochon is cut from a piece of petrified wood found by our family near our home in southern Oregon. Silver wire is wrapped into a doorframe adorned with hand-shaped copper ivy leaves cascading from a silver vine and a clump of copper mushrooms. Copper adornments are untreated and can be kept polished bright or left to develop a natural patina over time. The window on the back completes the transformation of this stone into a magical doorway!

Measures 5.6 cm long and 3.4 cm at its widest point.

A quintessentially autumnal piece! This moss agate cabochon boasts gorgeous, earthy reds and yellows— the perfect backdrop for an intricate tree of life. Wrapped in copper that has been oxidized and polished until darkly gleaming.

Measures 6.3 cm long and 3.5 cm at its widest point.

This gorgeous, swirly green applegate jade is one of our family’s favorite stones! The cabochon is mostly opaque with some areas that glow translucent green when back-lit. The silver frame has been sculpted, fused and wrapped to complement the feel of the stone. This piece has beautifully dainty details while feeling solid and sturdy in the hand. Comes with a hand-sculpted fused bail.

Measures 4.4 cm long and 4.4 cm at its widest point.

This round “applegate jade” (bowenite) cabochon is semi-translucent and full of deep, rich greens. It is framed in silver that has been wrapped, sculpted, fused, and accented with copper. The copper cat tails and lily center are untreated and can be left to develop a natural patina or kept polished bright.

Do you want to believe? This serpentine cabochon depicts a landscape that has seen better days, perhaps due to the arrival of little green aliens. The frame is entirely silver, with the exception of the copper UFO. The copper is untreated and can be kept polished bright or left to develop a natural patina over time. The back is somehow hopeful, with silver stars twinkling through the branches of a tree. The black in the stone contains iron and will attract a magnet!

This cabochon is cut from a gorgeous brecciated red jasper stone our family found in northern California. The frame is wrapped copper wire, with a hand-shaped fused argentium silver piece holding the stone in place on the back. The mermaid tail setting combined with the bright stone is the perfect marriage of fire and water!

This cabochon is cut from a piece of applegate jade found by our family in southern Oregon. Some of the stone’s crust is included at the bottom of the cab and we keep seeing a frog-like face: a creature from the green lagoon!

The main frame is sculpted, wrapped and soldered from copper wire, and the back plate is fused and wrapped in argentium silver wire. The stone glows brilliantly when backlit— this is a gorgeous piece from any angle!

Measures 4.8 cm long and 3.4 cm at its widest point.

This cabochon is a doublet formed from a face of rose quartz backed by obsidian, resulting in a really unique grey-lavender tone. Wrapped in argentium silver roses and vines, the back is left simple to showcase the translucence of the stones.

Measures 4.2 cm long and 4.4 cm at its widest point, the bail is designed so the cord will thread through the looping vines.

Our family found this beautiful blue-green chert on the northern California coast. The cabochon is polished to a high shine and framed in oxidized silver wire, shaped with a combination of wrapping and fusing. The wrap has an aquatic shell feel, very appropriate for a stone formed in the ocean!

Measures 5 cm long and 2.6 cm a its widest point.

This applegate jade cabochon was cut from a stone found by our family near our home in southern Oregon. Framed in bright argentium silver, this wrap is really out of this world!

Measures 4.2 cm tall and 4.6 cm at its widest point.

This striking pendant is formed from three obsidian disks, polished flat rather than as traditionally domed cabs to showcase the patterning in the stone. In the shade (or against a dark background) the stones have the traditional appearance of glossy black obsidian, but against a pale background you can see the swirling black patterns in the otherwise grey stone. Either way, the silver wrap really gleams against the stone!

A mermaid tail seems especially appropriate for this wrap on a purchased fossilized coral cabochon! This copper wrap is perfectly evocative of ocean waves and finned friends-- a lovely blend of whimsical and elegant.

Copper is oxidized dark and polished bright. Measures 4.8 cm long and 5 cm at its widest point.

This applegate jade piece shows just how versatile that stone is! It's almost black in the shade, deep green in bright light, and translucent green when back-lit! This cabochon is cut from a stone our family found and is wrapped in swoops and swirls of oxidized copper.

The finished piece measures 4.4 cm long and 3.2 cm at its widest point.

This asymmetric teardrop cab was cut from gorgeous grey-green serpentine found by our family near our home in southern Oregon. The stone’s impression of fluid movement is mirrored by the waves and bubbles of the oxidized copper wrap.

Measures 5.6 cm long and 3.2 at its widest point.

This asymmetric cabochon is cut from one of our favorite applegate jade finds. A combination of wrapping and fusing is used to frame it in sweet silver vines. Pictured with the stone from which it was cut,

Oxidized argentium silver around a purchased moonstone cabochon.

The background cab of this piece is cut from a stone we found while we were still learning what applegate jade looks like in the wild. We suspect this stone is a mixture of applegate jade, serpentine, and magnetite.

The mini moon cab is cut from local quartz and tangled in the branches of a tree of life. The frame and tree have been oxidized and polished.

This is Larkin's second foray into bezel setting, this time in copper. Larkin cut the cheerfully asymmetric tear drop cabochon from a fabulously patterned purchased jasper slab. Larkin's style really comes through in the wirework holding it in place on back.

Measures 4 cm long, and 1.3 cm at widest point.

Everything's coming up roses around the Idle Talons workshop! Larkin cut the cab for this piece from a piece of rose quartz that the folks at the rock shop affectionately dubbed "lavender quartz" due to its blue tinge-- its purple really pops against the true red of the roses!

Larkin shaped the argentium silver roses and leaves first, and fused them into place on the silver vining rose wire. The base of the frame is copper, with the silver vines wrapped in as it was made. The whole frame was oxidized, then Larkin hand polished every single silver component to bring out the bright silver contrast.

This is a gorgeous piece, with meticulous detail. That said, Larkin is not planning to make another like it because it took so. stinking. long!

This round applegate jade cabochon was cut from a stone (pictured) our family found near our home in southern Oregon. The brilliant green swirls in the stone are beautifully framed in swooping silver scrollwork.

Measures 115 cm (4.5 inches) across with a drop of 55 cm (2.2 inches)

This delicate piece features a cab cut from applegate jade found by our family near our home in southern Oregon. The deep green stone appears almost black in the shade, is a gorgeous deep green in brighter light, and glows brilliantly when backlit. The vines on the reverse side of this piece make it hard to decide which side is the “right” side!

Silver wire was shaped, wrapped, pressed, and fused to form the frame. Pictured with the stone from which the cab was cut.

This piece was made for a neighbor who found the stone on their property after it burned last summer in the Almeda Fire. They have invited Larkin back to do some very close to home rockhounding as they have found a ton of jasper, agate, quartz, and even some stones that look a lot like applegate jade (but what the heck is it doing there?!)! Witnessing our neighbors' journey while the whole community recovers from wildfire has been truly humbling.

This was a small Quartz With Cool Green And Orange Coloring (I'm sure that's the technical term) stone to begin with, so Larkin embraced its asymmetry in both the cab and the wrap style. Larkin sees a forest releasing clouds of springtime pollen. :)

Gorgeous banded calcite cabochon cut and polished from a purchased slab. Wrapped with swoops and curls of copper which has been oxidized and polished. 5.2 cm long, 3.8 cm at its widest point.

This scrolled necklace has a delicate red poppy jasper drop cabochon with accents of orange and yellow/green jasper beads. All are bound together by graceful copper scrollwork, oxidized and polished.

Measures 7.6 cm between the two cord connection points and 4.7 cm from the top of the scrollwork to the bottom

Hanging dragon is built around poseable wire in body and leading edge of wings. Measures about 13 cm nose to tail tip, with a wingspan of about 15 cm. Comes on a looped copper hanger. Materials: metal wire, glass beads. This dragon is named after a character from Jessica Day George’s Dragon Slippers series.

The folks at the rock shop affectionately called this rose quartz “lavender quartz” because it has so much more blue hue than most. This round cabochon is wrapped in copper and accented with argentium silver roses and leaves.

Measures 4.7 cm long and 3.5 cm at its widest point.

This elegantly intricate wire wrap surrounds a beautiful agatized stone featuring densely packed fossilized sea shells with a backing of art nouveau-style curves. Wrapped in copper wire, oxidized and polished. 5.4 cm long, 4.3 cm at widest point.

Our family found this opalized agate stone near our home in southern Oregon. The combination of translucent agate and opaque common opal (common because it lacks the flash that the precious gem is known for) gives a lacy effect that is complemented by the delicate wire roses. Larkin ground and polished the cabochon and wrapped it in copper that has been oxidized and polished. Pictures with the raw stone and a remaining slab are included. 5.4 cm long and 2.8 cm at the widest point.

This cabochon is cut from a very striking piece of red jasper found by our family in southern Oregon. The shape and color of the cab, combined with the style of the copper wire wrap, evoke the feeling of a flame. Historically, red jasper has been associated with vibrancy and endurance, worn by warriors and those who wish to champion justice. Today, it is more commonly viewed as a grounding stone, promoting connection to the earth. No matter your view, this piece is a gorgeous talisman!

Measures 5.7 cm long and 3 cm wide. Copper wire has been oxidized and polished.

This coastal chert stone was found by our family while visiting grandparents in northern California. This beautiful blue-green cab with sparkling quartz veining may be the last Larkin is able to form from this stone!

Measures 5.4 cm long and 2.9 cm at its widest point. Wrapped in copper wire which has been oxidized and polished.

This quartz cabochon is finished with a matte polish to capture the soft glow of the moon. It is a rough, crystalline structure, and while you might not be able to see it with the naked eye, the cab does have some pocking/texture if you run your fingernail over the surface.

The adorable fox kit and its frame are constructed from copper wire which has been oxidized and polished. Idle Talons hereby formally acknowledges the customer’s right to see this as a wolf cub if desired. ;)

Measures 4.3 cm long and 3.3 cm at its widest point.

Puff has a ton of personality with a shiny green opalescent body and amazingly detailed wing veining. Measures about 10 cm nose to tail tip, with a wingspan of about 15 cm as hung. Comes on a looped copper hanger that you can suspend from display of choice— we have found that banana hangers can be re-purposed beautifully! Materials: metal wire, glass beads. This dragon will set you to humming and smiling whenever you pass by!

This cab is cut from a spectacular red jasper stone found by our family while visiting the northern California coast. It evokes feelings of flight and fire, somehow appropriate as the first uncommissioned Idle Talons wrap since the Almeda fire burned through our home town.

Measures 4.5 cm tall and 3.1 cm at its widest point.

This purchased moonstone cabochon is wrapped in argentium silver. The blue flash of the stone combined with the swoops of silver are evocative of a magical, breezy night!

Measures 9 cm from scroll tip to scroll tip and has a drop of about 3.8 cm.

We love this red jasper our family found in Humboldt County, California! Its red and black brecciated surface is perfect for this beaming sun wrap. The second photo is taken with the end of the rock from which the stone was cut. Wrapped in oxidized and gleaming copper, this piece is gorgeously celestial!

Measures 5.4 cm tall and 5.4 cm wide. The diameter of the round stone cabochon is 2.3 cm.

This morado (purple) opal cab already looked postively celestial, so a planet wrap seemed like the perfect fit!

This unique cabochon was cut and polished from an Applegate jade stone found by our family in southern Oregon. This particular cab is a bit of a chameleon— looking black in some light and deep, mottled green in others. The silver wrap brings out the stone’s natural gleaming magnetite inclusions and the whimsically asymmetric bail suits the cab beautifully!

Measures 6 cm long and 2 cm across the bail.

This gleaming dome of lapis lazuli is framed with copper wire and accented by metallic star and copper beads. The whole Idle Talons team agrees that the result calls to mind stars, space, and planets! Lapis lazuli is said to bolster confidence and encourage self-awareness— surely this piece would do so on a galactic scale!

Measures 4.6 cm long and 4.1 cm at its widest point. Copper has been oxidized and polished.

This cabochon is cut from a brilliant blue aventurine stone and was begging for an ocean-inspired wrap. The sparkling argentium silver mermaid tail wrap makes a stunning one-of-a-kind statement piece!

This planet cab was cut from an Applegate jade stone found by our family in southern Oregon. Wrapped in polished copper rings, this piece is really out of this world!

This planet doublet is cut from a piece of moss agate (the white spot just above the rings on the face is a common opal inclusion), backed by a piece of applegate jade. The complex landscape in the stone was begging for a wrap that is literally out of this world!

This blue-green chert cab has some beautiful veining, and even a druzy pocket that geologic conditions did not quite manage to fill with druzy. Wrapped in copper that follows the lines of a couple of the most prominent veins, the finished piece is oxidized and polished to a gleaming finish.

This luminous necklace features a moonstone drop cabochon with accents of aquamarine beads. All are bound together by gleaming silver scrollwork. Measures 8.2 cm across.

This petite moss agate cabochon has amazing detail, difficult to capture in a photograph! The spiraling silver scrollwork is positively luminous and frames the stone beautifully.

Measures 9.0 cm across and about 4.3 cm tall.

The very first Idle Talons silver wrap is this purchased seraphinite cab in a gleaming silver mermaid tail. Seraphinite is said to infuse the wearer with wholeness and well-being, nurturing and love.

These earrings are cut from an extra thick slab then domed and polished on both sides

This blue-green chert cabochon is cut from a stone found by the ocean in northern California. Wrapped mostly in copper, an argentium silver wire follows the most prominent veins in the stone. Accent beads are copper and silver.

Measures 6.0 cm long and 2.3 cm at its widest point.

Larkin cut and polished this gleaming blue cabochon from a gifted slab of lapis lazuli. Wrapped in gleaming silver rings that match shining flecks in the stone, this piece is truly stellar!

This doublet cabochon is formed by backing a piece of rose quartz with obsidian, resulting in a gorgeous combination that really shows off the flash and detail in the quartz. Wrapped in argentium silver to complement the flowing, underwater feel of the stone.

This stone is cut from a piece of serpentine, locally known as Applegate Jade, in this case found by our family along Altman Creek. Larkin cut and polished the cabochon, then wrapped it in a tree that looks remarkably like some of the old oaks in the area the stone came from! The details in this piece are especially remarkable given its small size!

This quartz cabochon is finished with a matte polish to capture the soft glow of the moon. It is a rough, crystalline structure, and while you might not be able to see it with the naked eye, the cab does have some pocking/texture if you run your fingernail over the surface. Wrapped in argentium silver and polished to a high shine.

This is a black obsidian cab, polished to a mirror shine, that has interesting striations when backlit. The contrast between the bright silver and deep black obsidian give this wrap a bold, elegant feel.

This pale rose quartz is surrounded by a ring of hand-shaped roses and beads, all in oxidized and polished copper. The stone is semi-translucent so the wires on the back will show through on a light background. A classically elegant piece!

Freestanding dragon sculpture has a poseable wire skeleton and is crafted from wire, glass beads and Fireline. This guy has a ton of personality and was named after the founder of the Gryffindor house due to his red and gold coloring. Measures about 13 cm from nose to tail tip with a wingspan of about 14 cm.

The large background cab in this piece is cut from a swirly, deep green Applegate jade/serpentine stone found by our family in southern Oregon. The moon is cut from another stone we found, this one comprised of agate and common opal. The swing is hand-formed and fused, made of argentium silver. The copper frame has been oxidized and polished.

Measures 5.3 cm long and 4.1 cm at its widest point. There is something very evocative about the scene this piece presents!

A customer brought Larkin this faceted Brazilian topaz to set for his wife. He saw the scroll prototype Larkin was working on and was sold! This topaz is wrapped in argentium silver with sterling beads.

This lapis lazuli cabochon was cut and polished from a slab gifted to Larkin by a fellow stone aficionado at the rock shop. The wrapped, hammered, and polished silver frame beautifully highlights the gleaming specks in the brilliant stone!

This sweet little bird is shaped around a cabochon cut from a slab of mahogany obsidian. That almost-mirror polish makes photography hard, but it's oh so shiny!

It is somehow appropriate that this piece was finished on Halloween Day! The large cabochon is shaped from a blue aventurine stone gifted from a friend. The moon is from an agate/opal stone found by our family, tangled in the gnarled branches of a copper tree. The whole piece is surrounded by a frame incorporating luminescent mother of pearl beads. Truly the kind of piece that comes along only once in a blue moon!

This leaf-shaped cabochon was an award winner at our local rock shop! The stone was found by our family and Larkin shaped it beautifully into a leaf. This piece features a natural feeling copper wrap and some solder work with the stem end doubling as a bail.

This stone is a brecciated red jasper that our family stumbled across as driveway gravel (!) in Northern California. Larkin shaped the cabochon and wrapped it in copper. The faceted garnet beads complement the stone beautifully and the result is a striking burst of summer energy!

This labradorite stone catches the light with a striking, striped yellow-orange flash. Copper wire has been oxidized and polished to a gleaming finish.

A commissioned piece, purchased for a recent graduate embarking on a career in a health-care related profession.

Beautiful labradorite cabochon and bead are wrapped in copper wire which has been oxidized and polished. Labradorite is said to be a stone of great power, awakening deep levels of spiritual expansion.

This wrap is around a cabochon cut from a chert stone our family found on the northern California coast. The striking veining was formed when fractures in the matrix healed with agate. Wrapped in copper wire which has been oxidized and polished.

This wrap is around a chert stone our family found near Larkin’s grandparents’ house on the California coast. Dendritic inclusions create interesting depth and texture in the polished stone surface.

This cabochon was cut and polished from a stone collected at great peril from the bottom of a very steep embankment! Pulled from the waters of Altman Creek in southern Oregon by our family, this stone boasts a dazzling array of greens, creams, and sparkling black. Wrapped in copper wire which has been oxidized and polished.

This piece is cut from a stone found by our family near our home in southern Oregon. Jasper and agate combine to paint a striking landscape in stone, which Larkin framed, cut and polished. Whether you see fields, forest or ocean, the copper wire wrap portends an oncoming storm.

This stone is Kambaba jasper, a rare fossilized jasper from Madagascar. The distinctive circular patterns are called stromatolites and are fossilized colonies of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae). Kambaba jasper is said to be imbued with peace and tranquility, encouraging relaxation and the healing of nature.

Larkin (Idle Talons’ 14-year-old jeweler) thought this stone had an aquatic feel and wrapped it clutched in sweet little amphibian toes. We’re pretty sure that’s Kermit’s silhouette on the back! Whether you think it’s frog-like or reminiscent of Munch’s “The Scream,” it is a charming piece. Copper wire has been oxidized and polished. Measures 4.7 cm long and 3.1 cm wide.

This wrap is around a cabochon cut from a chert stone our family found near Larkin’s grandparents’ house on the northern California coast. The veining in the stone was created when fractures in the matrix healed with agate. Wrapped in waves of copper wire which has been oxidized and polished.

This dark green, almost black, stone is Applegate jade, a particular kind of serpentine found near our home in southern Oregon. The mottled coloration seen in the picture with wood background is more a reflection of surroundings than a true representation of the stone. This is another piece Larkin created from the slab up, so to speak. Essentially two wraps in one, the tree and frame are shaped from copper wire, oxidized and polished.