Ep 59: Lisa Carroll - The Silversmith and Her Opal Miner: A Family Legacy Rooted in Craft and Mining
If you’ve ever wished you could create all your jewelry from gemstones you’ve discovered, you’ll love this conversation with my guest today.
Lisa Carroll is a silversmith and self-proclaimed treasure hunter from Australia who recently joined the Slowmade Collective. She loves incorporating Australia’s beautiful Lightening Ridge opals into work, but an even bigger thrill is going down into the mine that she and her partner own and discovering beautiful opal specimens. I can only imagine. I’m always trying to source gemstones from small family owned mines with ethical mining practices, but honestly that can be really challenging and with so many stone dealers outside of the US, it’s hard to know who you can really trust. I love that Lisa is literally creating jewelry with opals that come from their own mine and I couldn’t wait to chat with Lisa about all of this.
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