MatsMachinations
Kansas City, Missouri ·
MatsMachinations
Mat's Machinations LLCKansas City, Missouri 188 Sales On Etsy since 2010
Announcement Imagination born in metal and stone.
Announcement
Imagination born in metal and stone.
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Pretty pink sapphire ring.
$59.99
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Beautiful oval padparadscha sapphire tie tack.
$59.99
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White Sapphire Three Stone Engagement Ring
$64.99
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Fine Silver Year of the Monkey Chinese Zodiac Necklace
$29.99
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Citrine Tie Tack
$45.00
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Purple Trillion Sapphire Earrings.
$36.00
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Bright Pink Sapphire Earrings.
$29.00
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Large bright red ruby tie tack
$65.00
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Labradorite Cabochon Tie Tack
$48.00
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Happy Amethyst Tie Tack
$55.00
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White sapphire sterling ring.
$54.99
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Massive sterling diamond cut rope chain. 24 inches.
$99.00
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Sterling light curb chain. 20 inches.
$17.00
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Sterling light serpentine chain. 24 inches.
$22.00
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Sterling medium octagon snake chain. 18 inches.
$23.00
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Sterling light octagon snake chain. 24 inches.
$22.00
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Sterling light box chain. 18 inches.
$18.00
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Decorative black opal ring.
$129.99
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Silver and spinel tie tack
$42.99
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Amethyst Accented Ruby and Sterling Ring.
$74.99
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Sunshine and Silver
$39.50
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Sky Blue Sterling Silver Ring
$34.50
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Hexoganal Ruby Ring set in Sterling Silver
$39.50
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Lighter Rip Clip (Gear)
$19.99
Reviews
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Abel Espino on Aug 15, 2018
5 out of 5 starsOnly seller that was able to find what I needed for a very important wedding gift! Provided beautiful gemstones and the proper materials for what I needed
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Abel Espino on Aug 15, 2018
5 out of 5 starsOnly seller that was able to find what I needed for a very important wedding gift! Provided beautiful gemstones and the proper materials for what I needed
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Updates
About
I'm a dwarf trapped in a 6'4" body.
One of my grandfather's did a lot of lapidary work, the other came from a long line of blacksmiths. Neither of these things really registered with me in a significant way until about 5 years ago. Reading a science magazine I came across an article on how we were able to grow rubies by taking the materials that ruby is made up of and basically getting a furnace hot enough to melt them into stone. So after poking around on the internet I found somebody selling them and bought a few for curiosities sake. As soon as I got my first few I was hooked. My dwarven DNA said I needed more, and different stones too! About 3 orders later my brain kicked in and said, "Mat you're spending a lot of money on pretty things to look at that you don't even look at that often since you keep it in a locked chest in the back of a cave guarded by 3 troglodytes."
It didn't take long to wrestle my artistic and creative drive in that direction and figured that if I started making things with them it would be good justification to acquire more. With what little I was able to sell I was able to take a class buys some tools, and start to collect lapidary supplies.(Pretty expensive stuff and my family sold off my grandfather's equipment when he passed.) I found better suppliers and have been increasing production ever since. Very soon I'll be listing some stones that I tumbled set in silver, and I hope to expand into leather work, and gold soon.
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Shop members
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J. Mathew Riggs
Owner
When I was young I read through my grandpappy's lapidary magazines and saw that scientists could actually melt the materials to make ruby. When I got a bit older, and some extra money I bought some rubies that were the size of my thumb. I was hooked.
Production partners
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Silver supplier From KC gem and mineral show.
Kansas City, MO
Supplies purchased at trade show to go with my pendants.
Shop policies
Accepted payment methods
- Accepts Etsy Gift Cards and Etsy Credits