I think this tree is proof that I can make anything you can think of.  A friend of mine had a dream in which there was a tree with clear quartz leaves, a vertebra in the trunk, a red stone in the vertebra (it is actually garnet), and sitting on an obsidian - so here it is.  I think it is the strangest tree I've ever made . . .

Here is an opal I just finished cutting - it is a little guy so it is still on its dop so it is easier for me to move it around for the video.  Dops are little pieces of wood or metal that are attached to a stone to make it easier to hold while cutting.  We have had no sun around here lately, so I improvised with a reptile light.  Opals are terrible to try to take pictures and videos of - but this one has a lot of good orange in it that is really not showing up on video.

Sometimes people give me little pieces of jewelry that are broken or have lost their mates - I made this tree with kitties climbing in it at a cat show using an earring that had lost its mate.  A different cat can be seen from each direction.

Here is a little Zuni owl fetish that I set up flying over a piece of selenite - I think it came out pretty nice . . .

I have been working on this elk forever - he came from a friend of mine who hunts for meat but thought it would be cool to have a European mount of one of his elk since I do them.  I'm very picky about why people hunt as I'm not a fan of trophy hunting.  However, I think hunting for meat is more humane than buying factory farmed meat, so I have no problems working with hunters who eat the animals they kill.

General shots of the skull:

Lower jaw, atlas vertebra, half of the axis vertebra, and larynx bone

Then this is a bit of taxidermy porn - if you are ever going to pay A LOT of money for a skull ask for these two shots - it will tell you how skilled the person who preserved the skull is.  The nasal bones and sinuses are extremely delicate and hard to preserve:

Nasal bones:

Rear sinuses:

Here is a tree that I'm going to put in the cat show this weekend - here is a link to the show if you want to come (I'll also be vending)

http://www.ticamembers.org/calendar/141213c.htm

We finally had a little sun today so I took some pictures of my most recent trees:

The Willow

The Cherry Tree (which is a special order but I can duplicate something like it)

A crystal tree:

A fall tree:

This is late notice but I'll be at the Burleson Senior Center at a craft show on Saturday (a friend is putting it on - she swears to me that it gets a lot of traffic - Burleson is a small place so I sort of believe it) . . . it is from 9am to 1pm at 216 SW Johnson Ave, Burleson, TX 76028

I had a busy weekend this weekend working at a craft show - I created a weeping willow tree that I will post a picture of as soon as we have some sun - it is an amazing piece