tag:dreamwidth.org,2012-10-19:1754950 laurieopal laurieopal 2020-12-28T06:40:05Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2012-10-19:1754950:90160 2020-12-28T06:36:37Z 2020-12-28T06:40:05Z public 0 I thought I'd put up a couple of beautiful stones to start the New Year.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://laurietobyedison.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/boulderopal_6194.jpg"><img src="https://laurietobyedison.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/boulderopal_6194-847x1024.jpg" alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-20879" width="455.06" height="550" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Boulder Opal</div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://laurietobyedison.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/rock-crystal-leaves_6196.jpg"><img src="https://laurietobyedison.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/rock-crystal-leaves_6196-766x1024.jpg" alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-20880" width="411.64" height="550" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Rock Crystal with Inclusions</div><br />And I've been working on an &quot;<a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&amp;q=Everfair">Everfair</a>&quot; coin for Nisi Shawl from the kingdom she creates in the novel. I'm going to have a consultation with her and then commence the last part of the design work - it will still take some time. The book is superb, I highly recommend it<br /><br />I'm also going through my stones for new ring stones that I plan to make in the new year. Hopefully a far better 2021.<br /><br />..<br /><br /> Follow my new Pandemic Shadow photos on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/laurie_toby_edison/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Instagram </a> <a href="https://laurietobyedison.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/EDISON_PandemicShadows_1icon.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-20392" src="https://laurietobyedison.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/EDISON_PandemicShadows_1icon.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="196" /></a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=laurieopal&ditemid=90160" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2012-10-19:1754950:10976 2013-10-16T04:25:46Z 2013-10-16T04:25:46Z public 0 I can finally put up the photos. It's sterling silver. The world is a boulder opal. All the elephants are different.<br /><br />For folks who are not familiar with Disc World: It's a flat world balanced on the backs of 4 elephants standing on the back of a turtle that travels through space. Water pours off the edge of the world into space. All the elephants are fully sculpted and individually different from each other. (They are about 1&quot; long and 3/4&quot; high) The total sculpture is about 4&quot; long and 3&quot; high. It sits on a luminescent obsidian base that looks like deep space. (Not in the photographs.)<br /><br />It took about 3 years to finish the sculpture. I loved making it.<br /><br />Photos are pretty good but don't catch the finest levels of detail particularly in the water. Opal has lots of color flash that isn't very photographable.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1305.photobucket.com/albums/s546/laurieopal/b5e142e9-d116-42c7-aa52-a77b13fa3df1_zpsed34971a.jpg" alt="" /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="http://i1305.photobucket.com/albums/s546/laurieopal/c87c3bc7-9394-4a42-b32c-ff6364ac237c_zps91778605.jpg" /><br /><br /><br />&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1305.photobucket.com/albums/s546/laurieopal/d60bab89-eb9f-479f-bdf8-c724eb40cd06_zps45878ba6.jpg" alt="" /></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=laurieopal&ditemid=10976" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments