Novmber, 2008. Made to honor and commemorate the Bar Mitvahs of both of my sons, David and Robert. Made from a 600 pound black jade boulder found in Wyoming in 1958, and sterling silver. The Star of David is carved from one piece of jade, about 4 inches in diameter, weighs in at 116 carats. The tree is lost wax cast, soldered, and forged, the chain is fabricated. Both stones are set to the silver, the star using a reverse hidden flush channel set technique, the jade arc segment set with a reverse expansion tension set. The Hebrew engraving roughly translates to "Here my sons, honor your father's teachings and don't forsake your mother's Torah"
Overall height (without chain) is about 12 inches, about 8 inches wide.
Mark Zirinsky
Studio Z
Some various works. Of hundreds of unique pieces, here are a few of the better ones. All designs copyright 1997-2008 Mark Zirinsky.
Symmetrical Z cut (tm). 2007, black wyoming nephrite jade. about 6.5 inches long, 3 mm thick. 122 carats. Photo by Jeff Scovil.
2007, Argentinian jade, 53.42 cts , 60 x 40 mm approx, 2.0 mm thick, photo by Jeff Scovil
2004, nephrite jade ands silver, 2,222.2 cts. Photo by Jeff Scovil
completed 2005, about 700 carats. Over 500 spherical facets. Photo by Jeff Scovil . Hand by Gail Devore. Carved nephrite and sterling.
1999. Sterling silver and gemstones. Weighs about 65 ounces. Set with 12 gemstones, labradorite, gem silica, amazonite, red agate, imperial picture jasper, rhodochrosite , lapis, crazy lace agate, meteorite, agate, sugilite.
Photo by Jeff Scovil.
If you will be attending the Denver Gem and Mineral show, Denver Colorado, we are purchasing:
Now entering our 40th year of gem cutting, carving and collecting.
so, have something we'd be interested in? drop us a line.
Mark Zirinsky
Studio Z
Denver, Colorado
gemcarver@pemed.com