Ray Design

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Ray Design@raydesign· 13d

A Hubei turquoise and dinosaur bone pendant.

Ray Design@raydesign· 13d

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.

Ray Design@raydesign· 18d

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.

Ray Design@raydesign· 21d

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.

Ray Design@raydesign· Jul 4

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.

Ray Design@raydesign· Jul 4

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.

Ray Design@raydesign· Jul 2

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.

Ray Design@raydesign· Jul 2

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

Ray Design@raydesign· Jul 2

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.

Ray Design@raydesign· Jul 2

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.

Ray Design@raydesign· Jul 2

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.

Ray Design@raydesign· Jun 29

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.

Ray Design@raydesign· Jun 29

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.

Ray Design@raydesign· Jun 28

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

Ray Design@raydesign· Jun 27

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.

Ray Design@raydesign· Jun 27

Coral fossil cabochon set in a sterling silver pendant.

Ray Design@raydesign· Jun 27

Moss Agate set in a sterling silver pendant.

Ray Design@raydesign· Jun 26

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.

Ray Design@raydesign· Jun 26

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.

Ray Design@raydesign· Jun 24

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.

Ray Design@raydesign· Jun 12

David Hockney

A still life showing a phone charging. It lies on top of a blue book on the floor and its cord is plugged into a socket in a yellow wall.

Ray Design@raydesign· Jun 10

A little pine tree #watercolorpractice

Ray Design@raydesign· Jun 10

A jacaranda tree. #mywatercolorstruggle

Ray Design@raydesign· Jun 2

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.

Ray Design@raydesign· Jun 2

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…

Ray Design@raydesign· May 23

Swingin Utters and the Casualties. Now I must lie down.

The Swingin Utters musical band performs on a stage in front of a crowd of people.

The Casualties, a punk band, perform on a stage in front of a crowd of people.

Ray Design@raydesign· May 16

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.

Ray Design@raydesign· May 14

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.

Ray Design@raydesign· May 14

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

Ray Design@raydesign· May 9