Lace Agate and Crysocolla with Druze

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These are two stones I'm thinking about. They are gorgeous in different ways. The agate is about 2.5" high and the chrysocolla is a little smaller but ir should be measured for width.

I bought a small shadow box that's made for food advertising because I couldn't get a good shot of the coin I made for Nisi Shawl for her forth coming book Kinning and also her previous book Everfair.  Everfair was the best book I read that year. Anyway the coin was, as I've said, a lot of precise work and I really wanted a photo. Fortunately it worked for an OK image. It will go up after she receives it.

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The agate shot with a million reflections of the LED lights in the box, so I shot it the usual way.  But the chrysocolla shot perfectly in the shadow box.  So, I'm learning something new about jewelry photographing again

I had started out wanting to photograph 3  tourmaline small rings stones that I've finished the designs for in wax. The had too  much reflection in the shadow box from small LED lights. And weren't very photographable without it, so I'll try again after they are rings in silver. They are pink, turquoise and green and I had wanted to show the variety of tourmaline color.  Maybe the rings will work well.

Lots more design work right now. Take care all.
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