The Artist
Caroline was born in New York City and moved to Arizona from England eight years ago. She has been making jewelry for over fifteen years and studying and using alternative therapies for over twenty years, while living in Europe, South America, Africa, and the Middle East.
The Materials
The jewelry is hand crafted from excellent quality precious and semi-precious gemstones from around the world, silver from Bali and Thailand, and recycled glass from Africa. These quality stones were sought out and gathered from the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, and local and international merchants. Stones have been selected based on their quality and their individual historical healing properties.
| The Inspiration
For thousands of years, individual gemstones have been associated with different healing and strengthening properties in the mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual realms.
Caroline was first inspired to use stones to heal by her study of the traditional healing properties of various gemstones, and by her first-hand observations of their effectiveness in healing both mental and physical conditions in herself, family members, and friends. These healing properties include improving focus and concentration, facilitating decision-making, aiding a positive outlook, promoting creativity, alleviating insomnia, and calming, motivating, and strengthening. Caroline currently works with over sixty different precious and semi-precious stones.
Caroline finds it relaxing and inspiring to work with these gemstones, and in selecting combinations of stones is attuned to both their colors and patterns and to the complementarity of their healing properties.
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