laurieopal

The fantasy sculpture needs more technical work before casting!!! The only good thing I can say is that I keep improving it, and I was very happy with the original. Hopefully this is the last time. I'm just glad I'm so very pleased with how it is looking aesthetically. I'm going to put up photographs of the final waxes, as well as the sculpture, so folks can see how it's constructed.

So I decided to put up a couple of stones I'd love to work with to delight myself.

This is a rock crystal with magnetite. It's about 2" high. It's clear with gorgeous inclusions. I tried photographing it on a white background but it didn't show the stone nearly as well as the black.

This a cheetah jasper with gorgeous apatite crystals. Width is about 3".

I'll be working on the final wax carving (I hope) on the fantasy map sculpture and I'll see if it grows more dragons. Then I go back to continuing to work on the Burmese jade and natural pearls.

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