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Reload page in style: light

I thought I'd put up a couple of beautiful stones to start the New Year.

Boulder Opal

Rock Crystal with Inclusions

And I've been working on an "Everfair" 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

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.

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Follow my new Pandemic Shadow photos on Instagram

I can finally put up the photos. It's sterling silver. The world is a boulder opal. All the elephants are different.

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" long and 3/4" high) The total sculpture is about 4" long and 3" high. It sits on a luminescent obsidian base that looks like deep space. (Not in the photographs.)

It took about 3 years to finish the sculpture. I loved making it.

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.