High-resolution still of the Window Quartz showing green tourmaline inclusions and peak light refraction through skeletal geometry.
A 9-year anniversary retrospective: The Window Quartz shimmering in natural light, revealing the internal green tourmaline architecture.

Passion Over Craft: The 9-Year Window Quartz Legacy

In April 2017, Clardy’s Crystals was tasked with a bespoke commission that required more than just aesthetic craft—it required engineering. A customer desired a way to display a polished Quartz and Green Tourmaline specifically in her home window. This challenge birthed the ‘Window’ mount: a structural, hand-patinated chassis designed to hold up to the light of a physical window while honoring the skeletal geometry of the stone.

Archival 2017 photo of a 10-gauge copper wire required for this mount.
Provenance Record: The 10-gauge structural chassis during the straightening phase (2017), illustrating the mass required for this bespoke mount.

A STUDY IN INTENTIONAL ARCHITECTURE

Ben V opted for 10-gauge dead-soft square copper sourced from Rio Grande. Working with wire this heavy is a physical struggle; Ben noted at the time that ‘just getting the copper straight enough to work with from the coil took hours.’ The piece was finished with an intentional ‘pickled’ oxidation (Cool Tools Patina Gel) to ensure the copper acted as a silent frame rather than a distracting shine.

Work-in-progress photo of the raw 10-gauge square copper wire skeleton for the Window Quartz commission before binding.
A study in structural integrity: The internal 10-gauge ‘skeleton’ before the final 12-gauge half-round binding and hand-patination were applied.

Archival cinematography: Clardy’s Crystals Legacy (2017).