The techniques I use are Tufa casting, hand forging metal , cuttle bone casting, Lapidary inlaying, lapidary Heishi turquoise and coral beads, hammering and forming vessels,, The materials I use are natural High grade turquoise . Including Bisbee turquoise, lone mountain turquoise, morenci turquoise, lander blue turquoise and others . I also use natural high grade coral from Sardinia , Italy , Japan, and Taiwan. I work with coin silver , sterling silver and 18 kt gold and 24 kt gold .