Copper Leaf Ornaments

Jim Charneski makes these leaf ornaments by hand out of copper and pewter.  They are inspired from the trees on his property in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Bakersville, NC.  Each one is sawed out by hand and then carefully etched  and bent into the shape of the leaf.

They would make beautiful keepsake Christmas ornaments or simple fall decor around the house.  People have used his bigger pieces for unique key holders on a hallway table.  They are nice to put out during the fall before the Christmas decor comes out.

Rubellite Pendant

Jim Charneski recently brought us this rubellite pendant set in gold. Tourmaline comes in a wide variety of colors, but only when its a red/pink does it get a special designation. We have quite a few good specimens of tourmaline, many of which are bi-color and have a range from green to yellow to pink, but seeing this bright faceted gem you understand why they decided to call it something different. True natural rubellite is a raspberry color, which varies in the amount of pink or red and will have a bit of peach, depending on the light.

Most rubellite will have some heat treatment, which doesn't really affect the value, but unless you can spot it you will want to ask if the stone has been irradiated. This adds color to the stone that wouldn't naturally occur, and diminishes the value.

This natural rubellite pendant is a bright raspberry color with just a hint of peach, cut in a trillion shape. Set in a variation of Jim's signature "J" design, the rubellite pendant highlights the beauty of the stone. We now have this and more of Jim's line of handmade gemstone jewelry available to see in the store.