Since the twin barrel tumblers (1 & 2) are just starting Batch 17 & 18, the 4lb rock tumbler is currently inactive. That means there’s […]
Batch 18: Tumbling Lucy’s Stone
This batch of stones includes tumbling Lucy’s stone (neighbour’s daughter), found at Papatotara on Easter Saturday. Lucy asked me if it would be a good […]
Batch 17: Spectacular Volcanic Stone
These are stones going into 3lb Tumbler One and they are 40 stones collected from Gemstone Beach (Fossick #2 with JP on 24 March.) I’m […]
Batch 15: 3lb Tumbler One
The batch of stones going into the Lortone 3lb Tumbler One are a mixture this time. 13 of the first 37 stones to go through […]
Trace Fossils in 400grit
Trace fossils are usually a mud-like stone that an “animal” as left a trace or trail of movement through. Trace fossils represent animal behaviour rather […]
Batch 13: Polishing a Dinosaur Egg
Never thought I’d be polishing a “dinosaur egg” – well not really but that’s what this stone has affectionately come to be known as. “Dinosaur […]
Batch 12: Papatotara Stones
Batch 12 consists of Papatotara stones from our beach, a part of Te Waewae Bay out front. I’ve also included some ‘random’ stones from the […]
Batch 14: 56 Stones, 4lb Tumbler
The Lortone 4lb tumbler has found itself idle again so I decided to go through my ever-growing collection of Papatotara stones that have been sitting […]
Moeraki Stones
3lb Tumbler 1 is on a special tumbling mission. I’ve been given 19 stones collected from Moeraki by my neighbour up the road. He’d seen […]
Tumbling Stones for Others
I love it when people ask me to tumble stones for them. Tumbling stones for others means that I can document the before and after […]