tag:dreamwidth.org,2012-10-19:1754950 laurieopal laurieopal 2019-02-16T06:17:04Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2012-10-19:1754950:71133 2019-02-16T06:17:04Z 2019-02-16T06:17:04Z public 0 <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://laurietobyedison.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/opalbarb_3569.jpg"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I just finished the wax carving of the phoenix I've been writing about. I'm really happy with it. The tail feathers are set with 2 purple sapphires and a diamond in the center feather. It's a Chinese phoenix.<br /><br />And the opal below is being set in a Japanese landscape setting with a waterfall, I've been has been developing for quite a while. It's a magnificent stone.<br /><br />Opal is about 1.5&quot;<br />&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://laurietobyedison.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/opalbarb_3569.jpg"><br /><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-18378" src="https://laurietobyedison.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/opalbarb_3569-701x1024.jpg" alt="" width="308.16" height="450" /></a></div><br /><br />I had a good day. <br /><br />But last week I had the first casting failure in about 5 years on a carving with one of the silver pearls. (I put up their photo a while ago.) It was very disappointing but it was a design I was working on for my collection rather then a commission. And casting is an art not a science - so once in 5 years is really good.<br /><br />Tomorrow I'll mostly be polishing.<br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=laurieopal&ditemid=71133" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments