Designs LaRochelle

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I have been a jewelry artist for 40+ years.  I have been a Saturday Market member since the early 1980's.   I work in sterling silver and 14 kt. Gold.  I cut, shape and polish the stones I use in my one of kind designs. My focus is unusual jaspers,agates, minerals and rare stone formations.  I use what nature has created, turning it into a canvas, framed in silver to showcase its inherent beauty.  I work with sheet and wire which I forge, form and solder. Most of my pendants are individually crafted, one-of-a-kind wearable pieces of art.  My style is unique and ever changing .  Learning new techniques, finding interesting stones, taking on unusual projects, makes my life as an artist exciting.

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  • Metal Jewelry
  • Sterling Silver & Gold
  • specialty pendants
  • pins
  • earrings & bracelets
  • rings
  • Lapidary
  • hair ornaments
  • will do custonm cut and reset stones

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14 Kt. Gold Boulder Opal Pendant: H: 1 3/8 inches ( 35 mm) x W: 5/8 of an inch (16.3 mm). Weight: .19 oz.. I made this 14 Kt. Gold pendant to showcase this really mysterious Australian Bolder Opal. The Bezel 22 Kt. Gold. 1369.00

Butterscotch Amber: H: 1 and 13/16 inches (46 mm) x W: 7/8 of an Inch (22.5 mm). Weight: .3 oz.. I Hand Built this One of A Kind Sterling Silver (.925) Pendant and I set a rare Baltic Butterscotch Amber cabochon I cut and polished in it. There is I b

Holly Agate: H: 1 ¾” (44 mm), W: 1 1/8” (29 mm), Holly Agate only comes from around Holly, Oregon. Most of it was dug out in the 50’s and 60’s after the area (private Timberland) was closed to further mining. Years ago a friend of mine gave me a

Jade Gate Sterling Silver (.925) Pendant: H: 1 and ½ inches (38 mm) x W: ¾ of an inch (19 mm). Weight: .265 oz. (7.5 gr.). I made the original of this design and had cast in Sterling Silver (.925) and I cut and polished the Jade from British Columbi

Moonstone 10 MM Round: H: 15/16 inch (23 mm) x W: 9/16 inch (15 mm). Weight: .13 oz.. I made the original and had it cast in sterling silver and set it with a Moonstone cabochon. $109.00

Opal Teardrop: H: 1 1/8 inches (28 mm) x W: 9/16 inch (14.4 mm). I made the original and had it cast in sterling silver and set it with an (10 x 9 mm) Opal cabochon. This is an assembled opal covered with a quartz cap to protect it. Lots of flashes. $1

Opalized Palm Wood: H: 1 ¾ inch (45mm) x W:1 ½ inch (37mm). Instead of turning into petrified wood , this palm wood from Indonesia absorbed the minerals and elements in the ground and turned it into opal. I cut and polished this stone and hand built t

Turquoise #8: H: 2 inches (51 mm) x W: 1 and ¼ inches (32 mm). Weight: .605 oz.. I Hand Built this One of A Kind Sterling Silver Pendant and I set a Turquoise (#8 Nevada mine) cabochon I cut and polished in it. Great color. $389.00

Turquoise Crisscross: H: 1 inch (26.6 mm) x W: 11/16 inch (17.6 mm). Weight: .115 oz. I made the original of this setting had it cast in sterling silver, and set an oval Turquoise cabochon in it. $109.00