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Rock Art => Cabochons, Intarsias, Cameos => Topic started by: irockhound on April 03, 2017, 03:21:57 PM
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I had my sister down again and she wanted to learn more cabbing instead of Silversmithing. She is still doing remarkable for only 3 lapidary lessons with me. She had the occasional scratches and I made her go back and redo them. She makes me proud, I almost forgive her for being so mean to me as kids, lol.
She cut a nice stone from my Royal Mojave spot that had some great colors in the moss. A Burro Creek fro the spot that is no being made into a sediment pond at the Bagdad mine. A Chevron Amethyst piece and an India Moss from some material I picked up from the Aussies this year at Quartzsite. A Dino Bone cad from some Dino scrap I had and last is a Pale blue from the Royal Mojave spot.
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Somebody gave her good material and taught her well. That said it takes a diligence, patience, and coordination to produce nice cabs especially as a beginner. Well done, everyone. Now its time to sit down and relax.
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She's doing great and obviously has a knack for it as well as a wonderful teacher! :icon_sunny:
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I thought I would be sneaky and didn't warn her that the yellow area on the Dino was softer and would undercut. I was taken by surprise when it wasn't half gone. She said "Yeah I had some trouble on the Dino" . But she corrected for it herself which was a huge step.