SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – Terri Cisero has been polishing rocks for 50 years and running her jewelry business, Terri’s Treasures, for 32 of them.
Cisero said her interest in rocks began when she was 8 years old. She is a lapidary and wire artist who mines or sources her own gemstones, then saws, cuts, grinds, and polishes them before wrapping each stone in sterling silver or 14-karat gold-filled wire.
‘Every step of the process’
“One of the most important things that I’d like people to know about me would be that I do every step of the process from sourcing raw material to the finished piece,” Cisero said.
She said her inventory includes a variety of rare and unusual materials that go beyond commonly known stones…