Stanford Wellness

🌲 The holiday season has got us thinking about this beautiful Red and Green Moss Agate.

Don’t you just love how my dad coordinates the colors of his waxed thread with the stone?

The colors are perfect for decorating for the winter!

We’re thinking about selling some of these baskets at the Christmas Star Bazaar in Portland!

Would you decorate with an artisanal crafted piece of art?

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Photographed by my dad Gregg, sitting on the dock of the lake he lives on in Washington.

You’ll often find him here during the summer months fishing or weaving his baskets!

✨Lapidary Artisanal Bushcraft by Gregg Stanford

🦖Dinosaur Bone.
🪡100s+ of pine needles foraged from the PNW.

Spider (Starburst) Jasper - from Mexico

A little sneak peak of what it looks like for my dad working on this masterpiece.

My dad enjoys weaving his baskets in his spare time. It takes hundred of hours to make just one. He finds it relaxing actually!

Amongst my dad’s many interests and talents, he has a geology degree, so needless to say he loves rocks! He and I have been rock hounds since I was young, always digging up and collecting rocks along our adventures.

A few years ago he got into lapidary as a way to be able to shape and cut stones to his liking. He picked it up so naturally he became the President of his Lapidary club in Arizona!

Now he has found a truly creative way to display his collection. By weaving them into intricate baskets with beautiful colors highlighting the stones within.

What do you think of his latest creation?