Jeffrey Appling is a noted master jewelry designer and creator. A blueprint rendering of a ring (below left) and the finished ring (below right). Isidro Aguilar is said to have been the master stone mason that built the San Juan Capistrano rock church between 1800 – 1803. Total construction time was 1797 – 1806. A … More Master vs Master. A Literacy of lies.
Jeffrey Appling GJG (GIA) Ashlar = Stone Ashlar is a term used in masonry which basically means a rough stone for building. Ashlar Rough, Ashlar Clean, and Ashlar Perfect. What is behind the meaning of Freemasonry symbolism? I don’t know. I do know some common sense. (Below left) Masonic drawing of a rough preformed rock … More Treasure Map to the Temple. Ashlar Perfect.
Jeffrey Appling GJG (GIA) I was recently collecting Nephrite Jade and Snowflake Obsidian along a gem filled strata in San Simeon, CA. Digging or collecting anywhere in Nature is one of my meditations. Below is Nephite, Jade from San Simeon California. From this Nephrite, Jade boulder I can make simple sculptures using a diamond saw … More Cutting Capistrano: Making the CNC keystone cut.
By Jeffrey Appling GJG (GIA) Thousands of children visiting the San Juan Capistrano Mission are taught the mission was constructed solely using adobe brick, red brick, and sandstone. However, this is not the truth. We must go back to the 3rd grade for keen observation of the truth. The following is a test I learned … More The Curse of Capistrano. Passing the fourth grade.
By Jeffrey Appling GJG (GIA) “The VOID” Protiktah or the 3-d Kitchana. “Mineral and Water” Gaia “4 Pillars of Reality” The 4th dimension.
The 4th dimension. The inspirational story for my art was while listening to Matias De Stefano on the Gaia website (initiation series). As a jewelry designer its a fantastic ride and a worthy muse in remembrance. Jeffrey Appling GJG (GIA) Outside the 3rd dimension of matter, we see and understand nothing. However, in the 4th … More Pillars of Reality
Sonic Drill hole made in Granite using Copper Jeffrey Appling GJG (GIA) Someone asked me on YouTube if I had tried using copper instead of a steel when drilling sonically because history so far shows ancient Egyptians didn’t have steel only copper. It was such a great question I went down to the craft store … More Sonic drill hole made in Granite using Copper
Jeffrey Appling GJG (GIA) After making rock art using gems obtained from a small beachside area in Cambria California, I decided to try a few miles north in the town of San Simeon. I brought my buddy Alan with me (a common companion on my adventures) and he told me about an Alien Abduction story … More San Simeon California Jade
Jeffrey Appling GJG (GIA) Over the mountain and west of Big Sur is the Arroyo Seco river. I do not know of any documented Jadeite or Nephrite Jade in Arroyo Seco so I will share my findings. When I first picked up some iron stained boulders from the river, I thought they were Jadeite Jade. … More Arroyo Seco California. River Jade.
by Jeffrey Appling GJG (GIA) Today we shape rock and gemstones using abrasive scraping techniques. Scraping and grinding are the same process of material removal. Hard material scraping away softer material. We grind material down into flat planes using a high speed rotating diamond impregnated discs or laps. Flat lap pictured below can make flat … More Sound Technology of our Ancient Ancestors Enables Internal Geometrics in Stone.
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