Totally enchanted by the blues and greens in this natural Australian black opal 🤩 I set this stunner in sterling silver on a 17” chain (including the handmade clasp)

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I put a few of my Australian opals out at the Lakeville Art Crawl in Minnesota today and they turned more heads than any of my finished pieces did 😂 I have these and many more available for custom orders, every color and shape imaginable. Message me! #australianopal #customjewelry #silversmith

Completing 2 more pieces for the Saint Paul Art Crawl starting tomorrow, thrilled to be using these amazing stones I picked up recently #handmadejewelry #prettyrocks

I’ll be with @viksedesigns.bsky.social at the Schmidt Rathskeller building for the Saint Paul Art Crawl this coming weekend, April 25-27. Come and say hi! They’ll have artists, performances, tarot reading, and other activities #handmadejewelry #saintpaulartcrawl #smallbusiness #minnesota #twincities

It was 32°F this morning in Minneapolis, but it looked so clear and bright that I couldn’t resist going for an inspiration walk around the neighborhood #minneapolis #minnesotalife

Current shop offerings plus some pieces in progress and stones I’ll be working on from my winter trip to the Southwest. The art crawls and other events start in a few weeks! 😅 #jewelry #handmadejewelry #silversmith #lapidary #lapidaryartist #handmade #smallbusiness #madeinminnesota #madeintheusa

April is off to a snowy start in Minneapolis #minnesotalife #snow

Excited about this beautiful batch of stones I’m working with! Some of these will be joining my completed pieces at nickolsonstore.com #silversmith #lapidary #jewelryartist

A few favorite purchases from my recent Southwest trip. Spiny oyster shell, turquoise, and one piece of charoite. These are so small and colorful, looking forward to making things with these in this new year. #lapidary #silversmith #prettyrocks #turquoise #spinyoyster #charoite

I’ve never worked with gem silica before, really excited to get this home #rockhound #gemsilica #prettyrocks #lapidary

I showed some restraint and walked out of a sprawling rock shop in Arizona with only a few nice pieces. Amazonite, some kind of purple thing I don’t recognize, my beloved Spiderwoman Jasper, and some little chunks of Chrysocolla. Now to decide how to cut them and what to make 🤔 #lapidary

Checking out Bluesky for the first time, hoping to connect with some rock enthusiasts and lapidary artists. Here’s one of my favorite creations—Spiderwoman Jasper from Oregon that I shaped and polished myself, then set in sterling silver with a handmade chain #lapidary #silversmith #rockhound