Post by ladyt on Nov 16, 2006 19:06:30 GMT -5
Hello. Here are a few cabs I've been working on for the past 2 days. I'll describe them as I go. Each of these photos are clickable to enlarge.
The whole Lot. I forgot to put my quarter in for size reference. Sorry. You can sorta get an idea of there size in the individual photos as I held them in the calipers.
These are Boulder Opal. I love this stuff! Unfortunately, the camera doesn't pick up all the glimmer and fire in these stones. They really have tons of flash in them.
This is a piece of Flint. The lighting makes this look as though there is a crack across the front, but it's only the light, No crack. There is a small story with it, but I'll keep it short. We went to a craft show last year that's theme is old time days at Fort Christmas. There are people doing alot of different things from rope making to basket weaving, cane sugar making, ect. There was a lady there that was showing how to make arrowheads (I think) or flint knapping. Anyway, I told her I was learning to shine rocks and she gave me this small piece and smiled, "Here ya go. See if you can shine this". So I did, now I'm going to wire wrap it and take it back to her this year when we go on Dec 3rd.
This is a piece of Mexican Jelly Opal or Candy Opal. Not sure of the correct name. It did really good until the polish stage, then it cracked. I tried to keep it cool, but I should have done it by hand and not on the flat lap.
This one is Blue Challodency. I can not spell it. Freeform sent this to me along with the next piece and the Boulder Opal. I really like this stuff as it shapes very easy and was nice to get through the steps. If I knew how to facet, this stuff would work good.
This one, also from Freeform, is Texas Blue Plume. It's very cool and the shine is very bright. I love the plume in it because it looks like it's just floating in there.
This is a piece of Carneilian. I have a large agate of this and was cutting it into slabs. This is the end piece that was a little thick. You can see inside it better with the light behind it. The slabs are thinner and are better defined as far as the interior design.
Well, that's what I've been up to. Thanks for looking.
Tonja
The whole Lot. I forgot to put my quarter in for size reference. Sorry. You can sorta get an idea of there size in the individual photos as I held them in the calipers.
These are Boulder Opal. I love this stuff! Unfortunately, the camera doesn't pick up all the glimmer and fire in these stones. They really have tons of flash in them.
This is a piece of Flint. The lighting makes this look as though there is a crack across the front, but it's only the light, No crack. There is a small story with it, but I'll keep it short. We went to a craft show last year that's theme is old time days at Fort Christmas. There are people doing alot of different things from rope making to basket weaving, cane sugar making, ect. There was a lady there that was showing how to make arrowheads (I think) or flint knapping. Anyway, I told her I was learning to shine rocks and she gave me this small piece and smiled, "Here ya go. See if you can shine this". So I did, now I'm going to wire wrap it and take it back to her this year when we go on Dec 3rd.
This is a piece of Mexican Jelly Opal or Candy Opal. Not sure of the correct name. It did really good until the polish stage, then it cracked. I tried to keep it cool, but I should have done it by hand and not on the flat lap.
This one is Blue Challodency. I can not spell it. Freeform sent this to me along with the next piece and the Boulder Opal. I really like this stuff as it shapes very easy and was nice to get through the steps. If I knew how to facet, this stuff would work good.
This one, also from Freeform, is Texas Blue Plume. It's very cool and the shine is very bright. I love the plume in it because it looks like it's just floating in there.
This is a piece of Carneilian. I have a large agate of this and was cutting it into slabs. This is the end piece that was a little thick. You can see inside it better with the light behind it. The slabs are thinner and are better defined as far as the interior design.
Well, that's what I've been up to. Thanks for looking.
Tonja
