Adam Kelliher

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https://rubblerockandgem.com/collections/broken-ox-creations

I like rocks. I liked them as a kid, and love them as an adult. I went from entertained, to hobbyist, to passion, addiction, my all, and now- livelihood.

I’ve visited well over a 300 mines to dig. I have my own workers overseas and locally. I have been mass producing abroad since 2017. Currently, I enjoy combining intarsia and carving techniques.

Metal work followed suit. I first thought making jewelry was girly- then I tried it, and had a knack for it. It was like adult Lego- except more people than “my mom” could like it. Casting is my favorite metal practice, though I fabricate as well.

This is my calling: lapidary, jewelry manufacture, selling kids fossils, selling groups of ecstatic ladies crystals. I enjoy the rock world, and hope to make a mark on it.

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Wire Wrapping

Learn to set a cabochon in a precious metal frame, bound with fine metal thread. The process of wire wrapping uses minimal tools, weaving and binding metal in cold connection techniques. You will make a Pendant in this course, learning how to cinch a stone in place and create a bail to suspend the stone from. This course is meant to take beginners away from the "Champagne bottle top" style of wrapping, and lay the foundations to understand fine weaving and binding patterns.

$200.00

Rock Tumbling

This will be a demo with Q & A.
The tumbling process, including that for soft and niche materials such as obsidian will be covered.
Rotary & Vibratory tumblers will be discussed and the applications of each.
This course will serve to educate you on how to get a perfect shape, polish and provide a thorough understanding of rock tumbling from the hobbyist level to the production scale level.

$50.00

Flint Knapping

Learn to make arrowheads.
This course is beginner level, meaning you will be making an arrowhead from a pre-form.
Once aptitude is shown on the preform, and if time permits, you will be taught to make an arrowhead point from a spall.

$100.00

Cabochon Cutting 1

Cabochon cutting is really the best way to introduce someone to lapidary. Lapidary is “the art of working with stone”.

Cutting cabs helps teach you how to identify good rocks for cutting, and how to navigate through flaws. You’ll learn how to slice and prepare a gem, then get into shaping and forming. Sanding and polishing ensue as you learn to remove scratches and create a gloss finish on your stone.

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