Ships worldwide. This piece is held at our workshop and ships internationally.
One of a kind
Every carving is cut from its own block of rough. The photographs on this page show the exact piece you will receive — not a sample from the same batch.
Natural stone, untreated
100% natural stone, never dyed or reconstituted. Veins, inclusions and small shifts in colour are how the material formed; they are marks of origin rather than faults.
Carved by hand
Cut, shaped and polished by hand. Proportions differ a little from piece to piece because each one follows the block it came out of.
Checked and packed
Hand-inspected before dispatch and shipped in shockproof packaging.
Lightness
Its traditional association is with humour and with not taking a situation more seriously than it needs, which is rare among stone attributions.
Keep it where things get too serious — the desk, the meeting room.
Movement
The chaotic banding is read traditionally as an argument for flexibility over plan.
Hold it when the route you had decided on stops working.
Steadiness Underneath
Despite the lightness reading, the red passages tie it to the usual grounding associations of iron-bearing stone.
Set it where you both work and relax, if such a place exists.
Sociability
Folk practice associates lace agate with gatherings rather than solitude.
Place it in the room where people actually sit.
Why We Carve Into Geodes
Carving a skull around an open crystal pocket means letting the void decide the composition. The cavity was there long before the carver was, and the form has to be built around what the stone was already hiding.
Set it so the opening catches a light source; the interior is the point.