Gemstones in their raw form attracted Shimon’s  during his travels in the world, from every place he passed he collected stones of different shapes and colors, his natural curiosity led him to learn from craftsmen and  stone polishers he met on the road, in the years he returned to Israel he was fascinated by the stones of Eilat, the stone that was mine  only in Israel and became rare because of the closing of Timna mines , after receiving raw Eilat stones from a polishing factory that worked with the mines in Timna, he began to independently develop his skills in stone polishing