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Courtesy Jarod Cox Jarod Cox became interested in jewelry design at a young age — sculpting beads from the Kentucky clay and collecting geodes that he found in Fishing Creek near where he grew up. Cox has turned that love into a business. Through Fishing Creek Jewelry, the metalsmith and lapidary artist specializes in fashioning locally-sourced stones and gems into wearable art. One such stone is Kentucky agate, which Cox cuts and polishes before setting in handcrafted bezels of s...