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Cristina Leonard
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Artisan jeweler and lapidary artist, dabbler in many media, maker living in Iowa. 💙
See more of my work here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cristinaleonard
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I believe that I’ve hoarded this turquoise long enough. Today’s the day! 🩵🩵🩵
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#Turquoise
The photo is of a tray of rough pieces of brilliant blue and green turquoise being ready to be made into cabochons.
June 29, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Sterling silver, brass bangle.
2020
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The photo is of a square bangle bracelet on a weathered piece of wood. The bangle is highly textured brass with panels of sterling silver riveted on to each side. The each panels depict two dragonflies (one smaller than the other) in high relief, flying above a wood grain pattern.
June 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Time for bangles. Bronze wire twisted up ready for bracelets.

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The photo is of my hand holding several pieces of heavy duty bronze wire that I’ve used heat and force to twist into patterns for making bracelets.
June 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Beautiful workshop assistant, Lily helping with studio cleanup and materials organization. #CristinaLeonardJewelry
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#catsofbluesky
The photo is a beautiful green eyed tabby cat sitting on storage boxes of metals and other materials in my jewelry workshop. She is my beautiful assistant Lily.
June 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Still on a seed bead kick. A nice diversion from metal and stones. Back to the bench soon. #ArtYear
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The photo is of a box stuffed with tubes of seed beads of many different colors. Some nearly as small as dust. Some would call it a hoard. The photo is of a pair of earrings being held in my hand Fringe style earrings with the blue seed beads, and silver nugget cube beads.
May 31, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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I’m in northern Wisconsin on a rockhounding trip and the weather is not cooperating! Still managed to do some collecting today in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Bad ass!
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May 21, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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#ArtYear Bronze and sterling earrings with a Japanese patina.
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The photo is of a pair of bronze and sterling earrings against a white background. The earrings are roughly circular with a cut out at the top. There is a sterling silver bail that connects them to an ear wire. The the body of the earring has raised dots along the edge and a warm brown Japanese chemical patina.
May 14, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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#ArtYear This is a bronze and lapis pendant on leather that I made several years ago.
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#Lapis
The photo is of a rustic bronze pendant in the quatrafoil with 4 lapis beads suspended from it. The pendant has a central pyramidal shape in the middle. The piece is suspended from large ring nails onto the leather.
May 9, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Some recently acquired #Pietersite that is soon to be made into something nice, I hope.
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A slab of pietersite. Blue and tan with a texture much like tiger eye. With a pattern that goes in many directions.
May 8, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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A few more pics
May 8, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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Last Sunday was a good day 💛😃! It was nice to have a few hours to not think about the state of the world. Thanks #WNBA !#IndianaFever #CarverHawkeyeArena #Iowa #IowaBasketball #CaitlinClark
May 8, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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#ArtYear Sterling #Ammonite earrings 2024
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Sterling earrings made it cast silver ammonites on a textured round background. Black patina, burnished high spots.
May 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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#ArtYear #Lapis and gold ring. 2024. Lapis is magical.
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The photo is of a sterling silver and gold lapis ring in my hand. The band is a thick silver with bronze embellishments, a gold basil with a faceted oval lapis stone. The lapis is from Afghanistan. 2024.
May 5, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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#ArtYear A photo from one of the big gem shows in Tucson last February. I want all of the #Turquoise
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#Tucson
The photo is of four 5 gallon buckets turned on their sides, spilling out different kinds of turquoise rough stones onto a table. This is a scene from a gem show last February in Tucson, Arizona.
May 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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#ArtYear It’s been a long time since I’ve worked in seed beads so I thought I’d pull them out and do something completely different. Tassel earrings in progress.
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#SeedBeads
The photo is of several pairs of beaded tassel earrings in progress. The are blue and silver, silver with vintage French charlotte beads, greens and orchid.
May 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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#ArtYear a multitude of stones, jade, serpentine, jaspers, etc I’ve collected along the central coast of California over the years. Waiting to be made into things. #CristinaLeonardJewelry
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The photo is of a large quantity of beach pebbles picked up along the shores of central coast California. The pebbles are surf worn and are primarily greens, blacks and a few reds.
May 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Last day! #Charcoal
A little video of my charcoal block that I solder on.
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April 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Ok, playing fast and loose with the prompt, #Rose, but here goes. Sterling and dumortierite.

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The photo is of a heart shaped pendant on a white background. The pendant has a heart shaped stone of blue Dumortierite with sterling silver embellishments in the shape of leaves and a rose. The pendant hangs from a handmade chain with a twisted sterling wire bail.
April 30, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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#Beige is a tough one for a color lover like me. I don’t even like the word, lol but I do love texture. Fossil coral cab cut last year.
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The photo is of a semi circular shaped fossil coral cabochon about 3 inches in length by 1 inch and a small, roughly trapezoidal turquoise stone. The stones are sitting on a gray metal surface while I plan out what to make with them. The turquoise is black lime, green, and turquoise colored while the highly textured coral formations and is beige and dark brown in color.
April 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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The word is #Rust. These are antique fence spikes that I turn into scribes for marking metal. 2020
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Pictured are two vintage steel fence spikes about 6-7 inches long against a steel background. One is rusty and the other has been twisted and shaped into a scribe for marking sheet metal. It is sharp and pointy with a black patina. Also good for killing zombies. A pointy steel scribe freshly made from an old fence spike in my very dirty hand. 4 scribes with a twisted surface and very pointy ends sitting atop my anvil.
April 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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#acoloradAyPRIL #ArtYear Scout is helping me show you this #OliveGreen Prehnite that I recently cut. She’s a very good girl.
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#Prehnite
#Cats
The photo is of a beautiful black cat with golden eyes and a cabochon of glowing green Prehnite in my hand. The stone is roughly round and olive green.
April 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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#Magenta Grape Garnet ring sterling with a 18k gold bezel 2023.
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#sandcast
#Garnet
Sterling silver, 18K bezel and embellishments (balls) with a magenta faceted Grape Garnet. The band was sandcast and highly textured. 2023. Sterling silver, 18K bezel and embellishments (balls) with a magenta faceted Grape Garnet. The band was sandcast and highly textured. 2023.
April 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Very late entry! #Teal
Labradorite, Sterling and bronze ring 2023
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#labradorite
The photo is of a ring against a stark white background. The ring is a Freeform, roughly triangular shaped labradorite stone set in a heavy silver bezel. The band is a rustic textured silver with bronze sphere embellishments.
April 25, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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#Silver is the prompt. Finally an easy one! Most things I make are silver. 2024. CristinaLeonardJewelry
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The photo is of a sterling silver necklace against a white background. The shape of the pendant is an elongated squared off triangle. It is highly textured with abstract floral patterns. The pendant attaches to a handmade heavy silver chain with a toggle clasp with the same pattern.
April 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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#Gold is the prompt. This is front way back times. 24k gold, bronze, sterling.
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#Dragonfly
The photo is of a pendant against a gray background. The pendant is heart shaped with a bronze backing plate with a textured silver overlay with a gold dragonfly on top of that. The silver is riveted to the bronze piece. The dragonfly appears to be flying over water. The heart pendant is suspended by a large, jumping onto a handmade silver chain.
April 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM