TRANSFORMING a River Rock! I Make Polished Jewelry from a Stone Found in the Mud

In this video, I take one of the rocks i found during a recent rockhounding excursion with ‪@TheoKellison‬ and slab it open to see the treasures inside. The colorful jasper was even more stunning than I imagined, so I decided to make a video showing the process of taking a rock from slab to cabochon, and then set it in silver for a finished piece. Along the way I run into a few problems, but in the end, I kept on doing - and ended up with a lovely piece of jewelry made from a rock I picked up from the mud. It's a life lesson, for sure - things don't always turn out the way you envision, but with perseverance, beautiful things happen. Thanks for watching, and keep on doing!

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