Where the Materials Come From

Every piece I make starts with a material decision. I don't work from a catalog. I source in person, by hand, from people I trust.

The Boneyard Alaska

The fossil ivory I use comes from my brother John Reeves and the Reeves family at The Boneyard Alaska in Fairbanks, Alaska. We discover and gather every piece from ancient permafrost deposits — Ice Age material from woolly mammoths that lived 10,000 or more years ago. No modern animals. Pure provenance.

The colors you see in each piece — the deep ochres, creamy whites, vivianite blues and greens — are the result of thousands of years of mineralization in the permafrost. No two pieces are alike. That's not a selling point. That's just the truth.

Kingman Turquoise

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I hand-pick every Kingman Turquoise cabochon directly from the Kingman Mine in Arizona. Kingman sets the standard for matrix turquoise in the American Southwest — the color, the character, the consistency. Choosing in person means I only bring home stones that earn their place next to mammoth ivory.

The Kingman Mine has been producing turquoise for over a century. When I hold a Kingman cab next to a piece of Boneyard fossil ivory, the pairing feels inevitable — warm earth tones meeting cool desert blue.

Two Stories, One Piece

When you wear an Ice Age Treasures piece, you're wearing two stories: one from 10,000 years ago in Alaska, and one from the Arizona desert. I just connect them.

Every piece is one of one. Handcrafted at Ice Age Treasures.