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| This is a shelf for a bathroom. Sort of a Japanese inspired design. |
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| Japanese woodcut of a tanuki family below. |
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| Lots of little pieces. |
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| Live edge and air dried walnut slab. |
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| The 'curl' in the grain that I like so much is caused by compression as the tree grows. See the wrinkles? |
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| This is a piece I made for my neighbor. It is smokey quartz set in sterling and fine silver. |
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| The stone has a "high dome" cut. |
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| I tried to get a good balance or proportion to the various parts. I never really like things just plunked "in the middle". |
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| That would look like this. |
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| A wedding set for some friends of mine and of the Gallery One |
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| This is the same basic design I always like to make. The Scorpio ring. |
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| Sizes 12 and 8 |
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| There is always a last piece to cover the seam. Construction Pictures After the Link |
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| These are rings I made especially for the Gallery One resident artist show in Dec 2019. The show theme was Green. So, these are green tourmaline and 14k. |
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| They are not quite a matched set, but one women's and one man's. |
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| On my hand |
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| These are very high quality stones. |
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| I always like slightly crooked designs. |
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| Custom settings for each |
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| I accidentally silver plated this one a day before the show! Es no bueno, but I can fix it. |
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| The Gallery has an annual art project for members |
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| They give out objects and everyone creates with them |
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| Bob Hoctor |
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| Jodi Hoctor |
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| Jeanne Hoctor |
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| Yellow gold and antique yellow sapphire. |
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| Off-center setting. |
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| The stone's cut, the fact that it is natural and was in a 22k gold setting made on a hob, make me think it was maybe 1820's India. |
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| Reticulation on the band |
