Well, I guess I'll start this one off one the 1st day of 2014............. dancer27 ............Finished the piece today......
The stone rough was a gift from our Dear Scarlet-O-Sara about a year or so ago. Finally polished it out this autumn. I don't know what it is so if anyone has some insight into that I would appreciate a name.
Here's the stone...........
To get the stone height I wanted for the 3/16" bezel tape, I needed to build a two strand step bezel on the 22g backing sheet.............
Since the stone is translucent, the backing is cut out to allow light through............
For the outside accent I created another step to raise the gallery bezel.........
Once the gallery was fitted I curled the spires to touch the edge of the bezel backing................
The dry fit photo #1 - top view.............
The dry fit photo #2 - side view aligning the spires to the edge of the backing rather than the top.............
Finished piece - Photo #1
Outside photo showing translucency...........
Happy New Year everyone and keep 'em coming...................... yes16