Dug in Mount Ida, Arkansas
Turn it in the light.
Arkansas quartz. Honest metal. A little piece of the ground.
Find your stoneNo two quite alike.
See all the piecesNo stones in this pocket.
Try another collection or reset your filters.
From the mine,
to your hand.
Meet the hands behind it
1 / 4 · First, the red clay.
I dig small pockets in the Ouachita hills, just outside Mount Ida.
2 / 4 · A point worth keeping.
The stone comes out with its own shape. I look for a clear point and an interesting cloud.
3 / 4 · Water, time, a soft brush.
Clay comes away slowly. The natural facets stay exactly as I found them.
4 / 4 · Then, a place for the light.
I build the setting around the stone, leaving the sides open.
A stone with a place in it.
Not cut to match. Not made to be perfect. Just quartz from these hills, and a setting that lets it be itself.
Read the field notes