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Cristina Leonard

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Artisan jeweler and lapidary artist, dabbler in many media, maker living in Iowa. 💙 See more of my work here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cristinaleonard

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The photo is of a tray of rough pieces of brilliant blue and green turquoise being ready to be made into cabochons.

The photo is of a tray of rough pieces of brilliant blue and green turquoise being ready to be made into cabochons.

I believe that I’ve hoarded this turquoise long enough. Today’s the day! 🩵🩵🩵
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29.06.2025 23:29 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The photo is of a square bangle bracelet on a weathered piece of wood. The bangle is highly textured brass with panels of sterling silver riveted on to each side. The each panels depict two dragonflies (one smaller than the other) in high relief, flying above a wood grain pattern.

The photo is of a square bangle bracelet on a weathered piece of wood. The bangle is highly textured brass with panels of sterling silver riveted on to each side. The each panels depict two dragonflies (one smaller than the other) in high relief, flying above a wood grain pattern.

Sterling silver, brass bangle.
2020
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11.06.2025 01:59 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
The photo is of my hand holding several pieces of heavy duty bronze wire that I’ve used heat and force to twist into patterns for making bracelets.

The photo is of my hand holding several pieces of heavy duty bronze wire that I’ve used heat and force to twist into patterns for making bracelets.

Time for bangles. Bronze wire twisted up ready for bracelets.

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06.06.2025 23:18 👍 21 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
The sea and ski are a shade of bluish purple on a gray day in Olympia. Abandoned train tracks and a bridge painted the colors of a rainbow run through Budd Inlet. As seen from the Fourth Avenue Bridge.

The sea and ski are a shade of bluish purple on a gray day in Olympia. Abandoned train tracks and a bridge painted the colors of a rainbow run through Budd Inlet. As seen from the Fourth Avenue Bridge.

A Gray Day

Lovely in its own right.

#Olympia l #PugetSound
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04.06.2025 22:55 👍 166 🔁 17 💬 1 📌 1
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Help me name this new piece! #artyear #dailyart #watercolors #painting #blueskyart #seascape ##eastcoastkin #artist

03.06.2025 17:20 👍 47 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Study of the day: Busy Bee

#bumblebees are a favorite subject of mine, so it was a fun challenge to see if I could paint one in a single sitting.

5”x7”
Oil on canvas paper

#blueskyartshow #oilpainting #artyear #pnw

04.06.2025 01:27 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Love love love!!

04.06.2025 22:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The photo is a beautiful green eyed tabby cat sitting on storage boxes of metals and other materials in my jewelry workshop. She is my beautiful assistant Lily.

The photo is a beautiful green eyed tabby cat sitting on storage boxes of metals and other materials in my jewelry workshop. She is my beautiful assistant Lily.

Beautiful workshop assistant, Lily helping with studio cleanup and materials organization. #CristinaLeonardJewelry
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#catsofbluesky

04.06.2025 22:55 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The photo is of a box stuffed with tubes of seed beads of many different colors. Some nearly as small as dust. Some would call it a hoard.

The photo is of a box stuffed with tubes of seed beads of many different colors. Some nearly as small as dust. Some would call it a hoard.

The photo is of a pair of earrings being held in my hand Fringe style earrings with the blue seed beads, and silver nugget cube beads.

The photo is of a pair of earrings being held in my hand Fringe style earrings with the blue seed beads, and silver nugget cube beads.

Still on a seed bead kick. A nice diversion from metal and stones. Back to the bench soon. #ArtYear
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31.05.2025 21:56 👍 22 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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I’m in northern Wisconsin on a rockhounding trip and the weather is not cooperating! Still managed to do some collecting today in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Bad ass!
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21.05.2025 05:26 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The photo is of a pair of bronze and sterling earrings against a white background. The earrings are roughly circular with a cut out at the top. There is a sterling silver bail that connects them to an ear wire. The the body of the earring has raised dots along the edge and a warm brown Japanese chemical patina.

The photo is of a pair of bronze and sterling earrings against a white background. The earrings are roughly circular with a cut out at the top. There is a sterling silver bail that connects them to an ear wire. The the body of the earring has raised dots along the edge and a warm brown Japanese chemical patina.

#ArtYear Bronze and sterling earrings with a Japanese patina.
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14.05.2025 07:04 👍 25 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The photo is of a rustic bronze pendant in the quatrafoil with 4 lapis beads suspended from it. The pendant has a central pyramidal shape in the middle. The piece is suspended from large ring nails onto the leather.

The photo is of a rustic bronze pendant in the quatrafoil with 4 lapis beads suspended from it. The pendant has a central pyramidal shape in the middle. The piece is suspended from large ring nails onto the leather.

#ArtYear This is a bronze and lapis pendant on leather that I made several years ago.
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#Lapis

09.05.2025 03:27 👍 22 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A slab of pietersite. Blue and tan with a texture much like tiger eye. With a pattern that goes in many directions.

A slab of pietersite. Blue and tan with a texture much like tiger eye. With a pattern that goes in many directions.

Some recently acquired #Pietersite that is soon to be made into something nice, I hope.
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08.05.2025 05:01 👍 21 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A few more pics

08.05.2025 04:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Last Sunday was a good day 💛😃! It was nice to have a few hours to not think about the state of the world. Thanks #WNBA !#IndianaFever #CarverHawkeyeArena #Iowa #IowaBasketball #CaitlinClark

08.05.2025 04:53 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Yes the Ammonite part is cast from a fossil that I made a mold of.

06.05.2025 20:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sterling earrings made it cast silver ammonites on a textured round background. Black patina, burnished high spots.

Sterling earrings made it cast silver ammonites on a textured round background. Black patina, burnished high spots.

#ArtYear Sterling #Ammonite earrings 2024
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06.05.2025 19:48 👍 34 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
The photo is of a sterling silver and gold lapis ring in my hand. The band is a thick silver with bronze embellishments, a gold basil with a faceted oval lapis stone. The lapis is from Afghanistan. 2024.

The photo is of a sterling silver and gold lapis ring in my hand. The band is a thick silver with bronze embellishments, a gold basil with a faceted oval lapis stone. The lapis is from Afghanistan. 2024.

#ArtYear #Lapis and gold ring. 2024. Lapis is magical.
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05.05.2025 00:38 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The photo is of four 5 gallon buckets turned on their sides, spilling out different kinds of turquoise rough stones onto a table. This is a scene from a gem show last February in Tucson, Arizona.

The photo is of four 5 gallon buckets turned on their sides, spilling out different kinds of turquoise rough stones onto a table. This is a scene from a gem show last February in Tucson, Arizona.

#ArtYear A photo from one of the big gem shows in Tucson last February. I want all of the #Turquoise
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#Tucson

03.05.2025 18:17 👍 19 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The photo is of several pairs of beaded tassel earrings in progress. The are blue and silver, silver with vintage French charlotte beads, greens and orchid.

The photo is of several pairs of beaded tassel earrings in progress. The are blue and silver, silver with vintage French charlotte beads, greens and orchid.

#ArtYear It’s been a long time since I’ve worked in seed beads so I thought I’d pull them out and do something completely different. Tassel earrings in progress.
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#SeedBeads

02.05.2025 19:59 👍 16 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Omg. The cuteness.

02.05.2025 04:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The photo is of a large quantity of beach pebbles picked up along the shores of central coast California. The pebbles are surf worn and are primarily greens, blacks and a few reds.

The photo is of a large quantity of beach pebbles picked up along the shores of central coast California. The pebbles are surf worn and are primarily greens, blacks and a few reds.

#ArtYear a multitude of stones, jade, serpentine, jaspers, etc I’ve collected along the central coast of California over the years. Waiting to be made into things. #CristinaLeonardJewelry
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01.05.2025 19:34 👍 71 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

Thank you ❤️

01.05.2025 19:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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#acoloradAyPRIL #ArtYear
Last day! #Charcoal
A little video of my charcoal block that I solder on.
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30.04.2025 16:50 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The photo is of a heart shaped pendant on a white background. The pendant has a heart shaped stone of blue Dumortierite with sterling silver embellishments in the shape of leaves and a rose. The pendant hangs from a handmade chain with a twisted sterling wire bail.

The photo is of a heart shaped pendant on a white background. The pendant has a heart shaped stone of blue Dumortierite with sterling silver embellishments in the shape of leaves and a rose. The pendant hangs from a handmade chain with a twisted sterling wire bail.

#acoloradAyPRIL #ArtYear
Ok, playing fast and loose with the prompt, #Rose, but here goes. Sterling and dumortierite.

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30.04.2025 01:34 👍 27 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The photo is of a semi circular shaped fossil coral cabochon about 3 inches in length by 1 inch and a small, roughly trapezoidal turquoise stone. The stones are sitting on a gray metal surface while I plan out what to make with them. The turquoise is black lime, green, and turquoise colored while the highly textured coral formations and is beige and dark brown in color.

The photo is of a semi circular shaped fossil coral cabochon about 3 inches in length by 1 inch and a small, roughly trapezoidal turquoise stone. The stones are sitting on a gray metal surface while I plan out what to make with them. The turquoise is black lime, green, and turquoise colored while the highly textured coral formations and is beige and dark brown in color.

#acoloradAyPRIL #ArtYear
#Beige is a tough one for a color lover like me. I don’t even like the word, lol but I do love texture. Fossil coral cab cut last year.
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28.04.2025 18:39 👍 41 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yes, I use them with a hammer for punching holes in thin gauge metal and leather. Also, for making divots for pilot holes.

28.04.2025 03:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you!!

28.04.2025 03:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Pictured are two vintage steel fence spikes about 6-7 inches long against a steel background. One is rusty and the other has been twisted and shaped into a scribe for marking sheet metal. It is sharp and pointy with a black patina. Also good for killing zombies.

Pictured are two vintage steel fence spikes about 6-7 inches long against a steel background. One is rusty and the other has been twisted and shaped into a scribe for marking sheet metal. It is sharp and pointy with a black patina. Also good for killing zombies.

A pointy steel scribe freshly made from an old fence spike in my very dirty hand.

A pointy steel scribe freshly made from an old fence spike in my very dirty hand.

4 scribes with a twisted surface and very pointy ends sitting atop my anvil.

4 scribes with a twisted surface and very pointy ends sitting atop my anvil.

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The word is #Rust. These are antique fence spikes that I turn into scribes for marking metal. 2020
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27.04.2025 23:45 👍 18 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0