Artist Samuel T Huang

I've always collected rocks wherever I go. Lots of vacations, adventures, and decades devoted to increasing my ever-growing gem and mineral collection. I love stones and they are the focal point of my jewelry. The stones have to be special. I especially like using stones that are unusual, not commonly seen, where people ask you what it is, and yet they are gorgeous and timeless.

It is amazing how geologic forces create minerals and crystals that come together to create gems, colors, and textures beyond our imagination. As a lapidary artist, I love to artistically reshape stones and crystals to accentuate their beauty, rarity, and unique properties. My jewelry is always focused on the stone and, as a stone purist, I love incorporating natural, untreated, high quality, and rare stones that I have cut myself into my jewelry designs. Combined with the rich colors of real silver and gold, I like to hand craft one-of-a-kind jewelry creations that will become special keepsakes that you can enjoy for life!

After a full time career in private dental practice, 12 years as a dental professor, and decades as a stone cutter, I've finally embarked on my lifetime passion of stonecutting and jewelry making. As a lapidarist, I have been cutting stones for over 30 years and love to facet stones at ideal proportions with unique designs to maximize the beauty of the crystal. I love it when the stone appears to glow from within. I believe that the stone cut is an art in itself and can add to the overall unique quality of the jewelry creation. As a certified gemologist from the GIA (Gem Institute of America), making sure the stone is genuine and natural is critical to the integrity of special jewelry. As a jeweler, I developed my techniques at the Revere Academy of Arts, College of Marin Jewelry Program, workshops & lectures from Donna Coryell, Kate Wolf, Charles Lewton-Brain, and the Lucy Walker Jewelry Academy in which I am still active.