Post by stephan on Nov 29, 2020 2:07:08 GMT -5
Some made from scratch, some repaired, some re-shaped some finished:
DSC_1816_Weekend cabs Pt1 by Stephan T., on Flickr
Row 1: Assorted poppy jasper (L->R):
Kinradite from Sausalito -- repaired. A real PITA to photograph. It either comes out too dark or too shiny (stay tuned)
Somewhere between Morgan Hill and Guadalupe -- the poppies look somewhere in-between what is typical for either -- made from a small, fat slablet
Morgan Hill -- made from a small piece of rough
Morgan Hill -- made from a heel cut
Cache Creek -- repaired, but the chipping at a semi-healed fracture is persistent, and the cab is now skinny enough
Row 2:
Mookaite -- old cab, scratches removed from dome
Mookaite -- old cab, reshaped more than I hoped. The piece that freed itself from the main cab is also shown. hummingbirdstones it flew off the dop
Cache Creek brecciated jasper -- old cab, reshaped, discovered new fractures
Owyhee jasper (unknown claim. Wildhorse?) -- reshaped old cab
Row 3: Owyhee jasper (Rocky Butte?) -- on dop for over six years, and finally made
Set 2:
DSC_1826_Weekend cabs Pt2 by Stephan T., on Flickr
Row 1:
Chatoyant black jade (Victorville, CA?) -- reshaped old cab; removed gnarly scratches
Big Sur jade -- finished final polish; repaired girdle
Vesuvianite (var. Californite); aka idocrase -- finished 10 year-old cab -- note: this material is a common jade simulant, and is sometimes marketed as "California jade"
or "Pulga jade." This is annoying, as the material is beautiful in its own right, and should be celebrated for what it is
Row 2:
Dinosaur bone -- finished dopped preform found in estate collection
Dinosaur bone -- freehanded from slablet (my personal fave from the weekend)
Row 3:
Richardson's thunderegg core -- removed scratches from dome. It has some interesting structures, which I believe are leveling lines cut at an odd angle. Thoughts?
Row 4:
Silver lace "onyx" -- made "fresh." Note: this material is not onyx. It is calcite ("cave onyx") and completely unrelated to agate. The black plumes ARE silver oxide,
though, so at least part of the name is accurate
Look for some select solo portraits in the near future
DSC_1816_Weekend cabs Pt1 by Stephan T., on FlickrRow 1: Assorted poppy jasper (L->R):
Kinradite from Sausalito -- repaired. A real PITA to photograph. It either comes out too dark or too shiny (stay tuned)
Somewhere between Morgan Hill and Guadalupe -- the poppies look somewhere in-between what is typical for either -- made from a small, fat slablet
Morgan Hill -- made from a small piece of rough
Morgan Hill -- made from a heel cut
Cache Creek -- repaired, but the chipping at a semi-healed fracture is persistent, and the cab is now skinny enough
Row 2:
Mookaite -- old cab, scratches removed from dome
Mookaite -- old cab, reshaped more than I hoped. The piece that freed itself from the main cab is also shown. hummingbirdstones it flew off the dop
Cache Creek brecciated jasper -- old cab, reshaped, discovered new fractures
Owyhee jasper (unknown claim. Wildhorse?) -- reshaped old cab
Row 3: Owyhee jasper (Rocky Butte?) -- on dop for over six years, and finally made
Set 2:
DSC_1826_Weekend cabs Pt2 by Stephan T., on FlickrRow 1:
Chatoyant black jade (Victorville, CA?) -- reshaped old cab; removed gnarly scratches
Big Sur jade -- finished final polish; repaired girdle
Vesuvianite (var. Californite); aka idocrase -- finished 10 year-old cab -- note: this material is a common jade simulant, and is sometimes marketed as "California jade"
or "Pulga jade." This is annoying, as the material is beautiful in its own right, and should be celebrated for what it is
Row 2:
Dinosaur bone -- finished dopped preform found in estate collection
Dinosaur bone -- freehanded from slablet (my personal fave from the weekend)
Row 3:
Richardson's thunderegg core -- removed scratches from dome. It has some interesting structures, which I believe are leveling lines cut at an odd angle. Thoughts?
Row 4:
Silver lace "onyx" -- made "fresh." Note: this material is not onyx. It is calcite ("cave onyx") and completely unrelated to agate. The black plumes ARE silver oxide,
though, so at least part of the name is accurate
Look for some select solo portraits in the near future
