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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I got a bunch of new stones for some optimistic reason. I’m hoping I can make these into pendants soon. We got some turquoise, rosarita and rose quartz going on here.

A sketch book is open to a page of jewelry design drawings with various stone laid on top to visualize the outcome. On the right is a black wire spiral binding.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

A Hubei turquoise and dinosaur bone pendant.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

A coral fossil pendant worn with a Bryan Ferry t-shirt.

A person wears a yellow coral fossil pendant on a sterling silver chain, over a black t-shirt with a dudes faces on it.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

George Lucas said AI is inevitable and to get onboard, dummies. (Via comments from @cinemaoccupy) Artists say otherwise:

@the_art__of_west wrote: AI is equivalent to a microwave oven. Convenient for people who can’t cook. But not necessary. Move along.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

These are gonna go up in the shop. They’re sterling silver earrings with a copper horse and tower motif. A hematite bead is suspended at the bottom of each earring. Photographing stuff is my biggest holdup.

Hexagonal sterling earrings with a copper horse and tower on each and a hematite tube head at the bottom. They lay on top of an art deco cloth with a scallop design with brown, red and blue colors.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

This one sold this week. Check out my shop for more unusual stones set in medieval-style settings.

A ceruleite stone, the color of cerulean blue, is set in a textured pendant made of sterling silver. It’s surrounded by a quatrefoil motif. A curly flourish at the top connects it to the chain. It lays on a jewelers steel block.

A person holds a sterling silver pendant in their hand. It the background you see their legs and feet standing on concrete.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

This guava quartz has found it’s owner at last. Check out my shop to see more items.

A person wears a hexagonal shaped pendant with a pink, pear cut stone around her neck. She has on a black Shannon and The Clams t-shirt, and a gray wool blazer.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

This sage amethyst, prong set in sterling silver, has sold. It was one of my favorite stones.

A translucent lavender cabochon is held in a sterling silver prong set pendant. A silver chain is threaded through the bail at the top. It lays on top of a pink half circular riser. Beneath it is a backdrop of lavender and gray paper.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

A Hubei turquoise and dinosaur fossil pendant. Just added to my shop. raydesignbymn.etsy.com/listing/4531...

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Dendritic agate set in sterling silver pendant. Added to my shop. raydesignbymn.etsy.com/listing/4531...

A oval-cut dendritic agate is set in a recessed, sterling pendant with a twist wire detail around its edges. Bezel set. Shown on an oval link chain with fishhook closures. Laying against green velvet.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

An aura opal set in sterling silver. Added to my shop. raydesignbymn.etsy.com/listing/4531...

A rectangular cut aura opal set in darkly patinaed sterling pendant. Attached to an oval link chain with fishhook closure. Laying against a pink velvet backdrop.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Palm root fossil set in sterling silver with a 18” fishhook style chain. Just added to the shop: raydesignbymn.etsy.com/listing/4531...

A darkly patinaed sterling silver pendant with a palm root fossil stone with shade of brown, beige and white lays against a dark orange velvet.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Moss agate pendant available in my shop: raydesignbymn.etsy.com/listing/4529...

Rectangular cut moss agate with shades of green and mauve is set in a sterling silver pendant, shown on a 20” chain. Laying on top of a postcard with a purple iris flower.

Closeup of a kiss agate and sterling silver pendant on a chain. Laying against a hold velvet backdrop.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Up in shop, a fordite pendant. www.etsy.com/listing/4529...

A trillion cut Fordite cabochon with swirls of white, black, red, gray and silver petrified paint. Set in a textured pendant with a star motif. Sitting against a gold velvet backdrop.

The back of a pendant made of hand textured silver. A star shaped window reveals the Fordite cabochon that has swirls of white, gray, silver, red and black. A wired flourish at the top is where the bail threads through, shown against a gold velvet backdrop.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Coral fossil pendant up in the shop. raydesignbymn.etsy.com/listing/4529...

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I saw this today on my walk. I think it’s a 356 Speedster Porsche circa 1955.

A silver convertible car sits parked on a street under a tree.

A silver convertible sports car is parked under the shade of a tree on a street.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Coral fossil cabochon set in a sterling silver pendant.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Moss Agate set in a sterling silver pendant.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Finished these up today. Coming to my shop this weekend (I hope). Coral fossil and moss agate set in sterling silver pendants.

Screen left shows a yellow coral fossil stone cut in an oval shaped cabochon. Set in a sterling silver pendant
Shown attached to a rolo chain. Screen right shows a rectangular moss agate, with tones of green and reddish-brown, set in a sterling silver pendant with an oval link chain threaded through its bail.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Some new designs coming together. I’m focusing more on tiny details and moving out of my “medieval” phase, I think. It was fun but the vibe is changing for me at last.

Two silver pendants are shown with their stones shown below. On the left is a coral fossil with shades of yellow and gold. On the right is a moss agate with shades of green and brown.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Here are a couple of pendants I finished up today. Both are sterling silver pendants.

A Hubei turquoise pendant with a red oval dinosaur bone accent stone at the bottom. Lying on a jewelers steel block.

An aura opal which has swirls of purple, green and blue, and is a man-made material, is set in a sterling silver pendant that has a dark patina on it. There is a starburst border surrounding the stone. It lays on a steel jewelers block.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

These are from a book I have on California watercolor painters of the 1930’s & 1940’s. I got this probably in the 1990’s! The first image was very close to where I used to live as an art student. Bullocks Wilshire is the tall building on the left.

Watercolor painting depicting Wilshire Boulevard in the 1930’s showings buildings, cars and people on a sunny day. Entitled “Wilshire Blvd.” by Charles Payzant. He worked for Disney painting backgrounds for Snow White, Pinocchio, Dumbo and Fantasia.

Watercolor called “San Francisco” by Dong Kingman 1944. It depicts a cloudy day with seagulls flying past buildings and laundry hanging out to dry.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I started a watercolor class on Udemy. The first lesson was practicing painting flat skies. It’s going to take time to get used to working light to dark. I wanted to go back into the specular areas. I haven’t painted in quite a while. It was weird…

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I found this on my phone. From when I was studying Houdini in the fall of 2020. Little did I know I needed to add a hyphen.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

An aura opal set in sterling silver. I’ll be putting this up in my shop this weekend.

A rectangular resin material called aura opal with swirls of purple, blue and green is set in a highly textured silver pendant. It lays on a steel block.

The back of the silver pendant showing an aurora borealis motif sawed out of the silver. It’s being held in a persons hand for scale. Beneath it is a steel block.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I added some texture to this Fordite pendant. Up in the shop soon.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

An imperial jasper pendant now available with an 18” sterling chain. It features two infinity links and a hook-style closure. In the shop.

A sterling silver rectangular pendant with a green imperial jasper cabochon at its center lies on a green velvet backdrop with a textured sterling chain threaded through its bail.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Rhodonite flourish pendant. Up in the shop.

A pink, oval cut Rhodonite, set in darkly patinaed sterling is shown on a rolo chain with infinity links. The whole thing is laying on top of pink velvet cloth because I felt like it and you can’t stop me.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

A oval-cut Marcasite set in sterling silver. Up in the shop.

A wooden mannequin hand wears a big ass Marcasite ring. It lays on green velvet cloth.

Closeup of a sterling and Marcasite ring sitting on a green velvet cloth.

The back of a sterling silver ring sitting on a green velvet cloth.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Pyrite set in sterling silver. Up in the shop if you’re interested.

A rectangular pyrite cabochon is set in a sterling silver pendant. A sterling silver snake chain is threaded through its bail. It lies on a Guatemalan textile.

A pyrite set in sterling silver. Lying on a bright blue wooden block on top of a multicolored textile.

A human hand holds a pyrite and sterling silver pendant over a blue wooden block laying on a Guatemalan textile.

The back side of a pyrite pendant showing biomorphic cutout shapes. Laying against a multi colored textile.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

This one sold today. I love this material, which is called guava quartz. #guavaquartz

A round pink stone, called guava quartz is set in a hexagonal silver pendant with a star motif. It’s lays against a gold velvet backdrop.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

This one might be finding its new owner today. Labradorite set in sterling.

A Labradorite oval cabochon is set in a hexagonal sterling silver pendant. It lays on a red velvet cloth surrounded by tarot cards from the Autonomic Tarot deck created by Sophy Hollington and David Keenan.

The back side of the sterling silver pendant. A floral window reveals the blue flash in the labradorite stone.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I finished this dendritic agate pendant up last night after work. I’ll try to put it up in my shop this weekend if anyone is interested. I’ll be making a chain for it but it’s currently shown on a heavy gauge sterling chain with fishhook ends.

A dendritic agate stone that appears to have silhouetted trees frozen inside it, is set in a darkly patinaed pendant made of sterling silver. It lays on top of two post cards depicting ancient statues of women’s heads.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I don’t know if I’m totally sold on this design. It’s a petrified palm root fossil. I wanted to add the infinity symbol at the top but something is off about the links proportions maybe. 🤔

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Worked on this today. Sterling silver pendant waits for its dendritic agate to be set.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

This agate pendant found its new owner this week. Check out my metal work if you’re interested.

A black banded agate set in sterling silver is suspended from a silver box chain against a deep red velvet.

The back of a sterling silver pendant featuring a black banded agate. A curvilinear shaped window reveals the striating pattern of the stone. It lays on a red velvet backdrop.

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Ray Design @raydesign.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Subhumans played tonight in DTLA. Getting the next generation energized to fight the 1%. And I saw Nick Lowe last night at the Bellwether but took no photos (so did it really happen?). He performed “What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace, Love and Understanding?” He’s sounded great. A master.