The stones I use are the soul of my designs. I let the stones direct the relationship between colors, shapes, and accenting metalwork. Each piece is a unique, hand-fabricated work of art which always seems to find the person for whom it was made."  --Jennifer Kalled

Custom work is often requested by customers who wish to be a part of the design process or have stones of their own to incorporate in a
piece.  "I love to design, it's an expression of beauty, of self, and experience.  To help customers find within themselves the "designer" is such a privilege to me." 
The Kalled Gallery carries a wide variety of beautiful unset stones. Customers can choose from them and join the creative process of making a piece that is uniquely their own.

Titanium Agate drusy is the only stone we use which is not the natural stone color. Agate drusy is coated with titanium in a vacuum chamber as a vapor deposition, producing a permanent metal plate with spectacular shades of tanzanite blue.
 

The word druse refers to a rock surface covered with tiny, equidimensional crystals, often found inside geodes or in larger pockets of mineral deposits. Gem minerals which exhibit this feature are called drusies. 

The spectacular sparkle is not for everyone, but many people love the way they light up our jewelry. In drusy gemstones, the size and evenness of crystal coverage are important determinants of quality. Good drusies are relatively rare.

Unique among gemstones, opal is not found in the form of crystals. Opal's amazing rainbow of flashing colors is produced by silica. Water trapped in the silica refracts light to produce opal's spectacular colors. Lower water content produces the more  common blues and greens, while higher water content produces the rarer reds and  yellows.

We use several different types of opals in our designs. In boulder opal, the silica is found in dark brown stone called ironstone. In Yowah, a unique type of boulder opal, the ironstone produces interesting abstract patterns on the surface of the cut opal. We also enjoy working with opalized petrified wood and opalized sandstone. No two opals are ever alike.