Located at Essex Studios in the heart of the Greater Cincinnati region adjacent to the University of Cincinnati, GeoRarities are artist brothers who work primarily in stone sculpture and painting. Recently they are also creating videos for use on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. When creating stone sculptures, they select the boulders or rough mate...
Located at Essex Studios in the heart of the Greater Cincinnati region adjacent to the University of Cincinnati, GeoRarities are artist brothers who work primarily in stone sculpture and painting. Recently they are also creating videos for use on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. When creating stone sculptures, they select the boulders or rough material, imagine what each piece looks like inside and out, and use the direct method of stone carving where a fully dimensional form or figure is created for the first time in the stone itself, as the artist removes material, sketches on the block of stone, and develops the work along the way. Mother Nature informs us with each rough stone’s natural color, texture, shape, weight and imperfections playing a part in the final dimensional form or figure.
We sometimes incorporate natural items with man-made and found items to create provocative combinations that challenge the gap between “natural” and “man-made”.
We sculpt and create work using a number of natural materials including: very rare Siberian Russian jade, Wyoming jade, Mexican chrysocolla with veins of the mineral turquoise, Arizona rainbow petrified wood, Arizona chromium green petrified wood, jasper, turquoise nuggets, and rainbow calcite. We prefer rare materials that display colors, textures, translucence, veining and imperfections not normally seen in stones selected for modern stone sculptures.
Our work is suitable for indoor or outdoor display.
Common, rare, collectible, small and oversized rocks, fossils, minerals, crystals, meteorites, geodes, geologic art, jewlery, metaphysical items
Popular Services
People love the wide variety of our items. We sell to professional geologists, rock collectors, art collectors, casual collectors, people looking for a gift, to inspire their kids, heal their soul, or just looking for something pretty.
Specialty
Geologic items for: the collector, metaphysical practitioner, for indoor display pieces, outdoor landscape architecture designs, art displays. We also buy select items. and can help you identify geological items. We have a background in Geology.
How We Got Started
It started as a private collection that grew out of control :)
Favorite Part of the Business
Sharing with people the beauty and amazing variety of mother nature's artist's brush, as well as how we sometimes add our own touch to it.
Customer Can Expect
Rare and unusual items you will see nowhere else in the United States. Custom and oversized art we made from geological materials like jade, turquoise, chrysocolla, and petrified wood, plus a very wide assortment of rough and polished items perfect for gifts and kids. We also sell slabs for lapidary work. rough material for polishers and jewelers and specimens for collectors. Friendly, knowledgeable and patient staff. If you are visiting from out of town, please let us know you are coming in advance! We do request that you wear a mask while visiting (we can provide one in case you forget to bring one).
Competes On
Expertise • Price • Service • Selection • Value • Convenience
Member Of
Public Arts Network of Northern Kentucky
Essex Studios Artist Guild
Payment
Visa, American Express, Master Card, Discover, PayPal
