THE LOGBOOK: JANYCE TAKES THE WHEELS — THE 3D MARQUISE

In the early days of Rockhound Studio, the heavy machinery was set up, but the shop hadn't fully come alive yet. While I was at my day job, Janyce decided she wasn't going to wait around.

She had to overcome her fear of ruining the piece, but she trusted herself to tackle it completely alone. She threw on a pair of baggy latex gloves to protect her long manicured nails from that beast of a machine, fired up the equipment, grabbed a piece of raw serpentine, and went straight to the 3400 RPM wheels.

The 3D Marquise

She didn't start with a simple oval or something easy. With absolutely zero oversight, she independently cut, shaped, and polished a highly complex 3D marquise out of that raw serpentine. She pushed it all the way through the grueling grinding steps until it hit her signature glass-like finish.

When I walked into the house, looked at the bench, and saw that perfectly finished stone sitting there, the reality of this shop was permanently set: Janyce is an absolute force on the wheels.

The Universal Rescue

That 3D marquise serpentine celebrates the absolute reality of this shop: we are a two-person army. We both do it all—the hunting, the cutting, the lapping, the drilling, the kissing, and the hugging. But Janyce is the one who really commands the wheels, the lap, and the press.

Every stone tells a story of survival. Whether it is raw serpentine or a high-risk drill angle, we take the leftover can'ts and grind them into something beautiful.

Keep Exploring

🪨 Adopt a Rescue: Our shop is full of rescued, one-of-a-kind stones waiting for their next chapter. Browse All Collections →

📖 Read the Logbook: From the first solo cut to 58-pound boulders, read the raw history behind the Rockhound Studio bench. Read the Logbook →

Handcrafted by Bob and Janyce — Inspired by the shift change. 💪