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Rock Art => Cabochons, Intarsias, Cameos => Topic started by: Gergis on March 31, 2015, 04:35:54 PM

Title: Sweet Olympic Poppy Jasper high dome cab
Post by: Gergis on March 31, 2015, 04:35:54 PM

After a nice weekend spent with  goodearth joshua i got a few nice pieces to come home with and thought its about time to try and cut some more local stones and joshuas is about my most favorite pattern so i found a really nice silicated piece with great fortified poppy pattern showing. (http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/31/73254648e029aa9023b370d3b3996925.jpg) decided to go with a more classic oval high domed cut for this to show as much of the sweet poppy pattern as possible (http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/31/98f5e0aca7d7e7a2e3be36d0588bd2e1.jpg) (http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/31/d5e6079cbda5dfe5aba41d39c0cfbb51.jpg) top (http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/31/4ae6d4bf14f9626d5db5fb3196102607.jpg) the bottom (sorry for the blurry subpar photos) (http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/31/4b2e21b2289ed52f08acf2e2324f317b.jpg) sideviews (http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/31/a9a638f7555b5cc8ecb1d0af896b0ba4.jpg) (http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/31/2448f2b75b6e488caf5f55ddab756225.jpg) after some polishing on the wornout 600grit diamond (http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/31/58bc390a794aa8e949502438651b140c.jpg) (http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/31/b57b91ba98881a832a2c2c8770dd6f83.jpg) definitely looking forward to cutting some more of thee elusive olympic poppy jasper into beads!!

Title: Re: Sweet Olympic Poppy Jasper high dome cab
Post by: Minkos61 on March 31, 2015, 05:25:20 PM

Very nice job Gergis  :coffee2:

Title: Re: Sweet Olympic Poppy Jasper high dome cab
Post by: drnihili on March 31, 2015, 05:57:48 PM

Nice shine on that, Gergis.  I love the little quartz vein.

Title: Re: Sweet Olympic Poppy Jasper high dome cab
Post by: Gergis on April 01, 2015, 12:01:07 AM

Quote from: drnihili on March 31, 2015, 05:57:48 PM

Nice shine on that, Gergis.  I love the little quartz vein.

I've only done one other piece of this poppy so far and had a bit of trouble getting a good polish without undercutting and I feel I just about nailed this piece

Title: Re: Sweet Olympic Poppy Jasper high dome cab
Post by: Itsandbits on April 01, 2015, 09:35:26 AM

well, you're getting it right from the source so should get the best material :)