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Karen Kroha
Semi-precious and natural gemstones have always
intrigued me. The look, the feel, the composition within each stone. Beauty is all around. There for all to gaze at and lose
ourselves in. Polished or unpolished, the stone grabs you and entices you to look at it. Though I work with “natural”
gemstones and swarovski crystals, please be advised that some stones that I use in my jewelry are “man made,”
“dyed,” and even “heated,” (for example: goldstone is actually glass but artist use it as a stone.)
I do not use reconstructed stones or glass beads. So the beads that you see in my jewelry are “stones” but they
may have been changed in one way or another. If you have questions about any of the “natural” gemstones, please
Contact Me and I am more than happy to answer any questions you may have. Everything is "ONE OF A
KIND" and the "mold" is broken after each article is created. That is why there is only the quanity of "one"
offered for each piece. I’ve been working with precious and semi-precious stones for over a decade. Setting stones in
pre-cast ring, pendent, and earring settings. In 2006, I attended The American Jewerly Institute in Portland, Oregon and obtained
my Jewelry Arts Diploma. I now have handmade sterling silver jewelry with precious and semi-precious stones on this site to
go along the glorious natural gemstone jewelry that you can now obtain. Check out the rings that are listed. As in any art,
creating and designing is a work in progress and I hope that you will continue to watch me grow.
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