Monet Lillies and Kyanite with Rubies

[laurieopal]

I just finished a wax carving for a gorgeous kyanite with rubies. The setting was influenced by late Monet water lily paintings. I grew up in the Modern Museum in NYC and I love think upon on the paintings I grew up with.

It required a kind of precision and design that was time consuming and a pleasure. (Somehow I think I've said that before.)

I just got two colored sapphires in varied shades of orange/red to be accents on a pendant with a very vivid lightning ridge opal. It's always hard to find small precious stones that work with vivid opal colors really well.

I'm very sorry I'm missing Boskone but I am doing work that is making me very happy.