48 North Highway 101, Depoe Bay, Oregon Open
10-5 Daily (541) 765-2725
Things Rich & Strange
is now open in Depoe Bay, at 48 North Highway 101 (March 7th, 2009).
The store features
mystical, magical and unusual treasures from around the world such as
Natural Crystals... Quartz, Lemurian, Amethyst cathedrals, Selenite,
Apophylite, Citrine, and polished gemstones including Tektites,
Pietersite, Agates, Lapis Lazuli, Aventurine, and many more. Gem
Carvings of animals, dragons, buddhas, otters, seals, orcas, and
goddesses round out the selection very nicely, plus there's massage
wands, pyramids, skulls and crystal balls in the mix.
Other interesting items in store include 250+ million year old fossils;
Trilobites (bug like fossils), Ammonites (spiral shell fossils) from
tiny to hefty, orthoceras and 30+ million year old Amber with insects
trapped inside. Jurassic park here we come!
There's also
artist's works, like
the
delicately etched glass creations of Eugene's Jaguar art glass with
fairies, grapes, ferns, and crabs, secret boxes by Heartwood with
petroglyphs and nature scenes, and the mythical dragons of Larry
Jeffers. Brightly colored batik flags by an Hawaiian artist hang
overhead. Capes, wands topped with gems and crystals, hats, and Wizard
staffs await to provide your magical adornment.
The shop has a nice selection of sterling silver Celtic and World
jewelry, Pentagrams, Celtic Crosses, Faeries, Dragons, Pirate stuff, Om
pendants, ammonite jewelry, a Dzi bead pendant, but what
really sets Things Rich & Strange apart is the jewelry of store
owner Michael Babinski.
Babinski's been
making original design jewelry for over 30 years, working in 18 Karat
and 14 Karat gold, Platinum and Sterling Silver. He
bends and forms the precious metals into intricate designs and clean
simple forms, carves wax models and casts them, and adds decorative
designs with delicate hand engraving. When more detail and precision
are called for, he uses computer assisted design to build 3-D models of
the jewelry, which are milled in wax and then cast, opening up
limitless design possibilities.
His wife Mary, keeps up the business end of things, doing the books,
paying the bills, payroll, and managing the essentials of being
an entrepreneur. For the past 24 years, they have owned Foxfire
Jewelers, in Woodinville, Washington (a small town near Seattle),
creating custom jewelry with the assistance of a small but very talented
staff.
Their lifelong love of the Coast dictated that they eventually
found a
home here as well, and a store was not too long
in coming.
The motto of
the new store is the well known, but in this case very sincere “Follow
your Bliss.”
Things Rich
&
Strange is a division of Foxfire Jewelers (since 1985)
When in the Seattle area, please visit Foxfire's Studio and Store,
or see our webpages at: FoxfireJewelers.com
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