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Rock Art => Cabochons, Intarsias, Cameos => Topic started by: ToTheSummit on May 21, 2015, 04:48:26 PM
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The wife has a co-worker who is moving to another office so she wanted me to make a pendant to give her as a going away gift. Wife chose the material and the shape. The slab was an extra thick slab of Gary Green (10mm) and the wife chose the shape out of a stack of templates I have.
The thickness of the slab and narrow shape at the top of the pendant allowed me to drill a hole through the slab sideways. This is the first time I have done this. Not an easy chore with a hand-held dremmel, but I managed. The hole is not perfect, but it'll do.
I am usually bothered by all the pits when I work with gary green, but for some reason I like them in this stone. I think there are just enough of them and they are randomly dispersed to the point that they add a unique character to the finished pendant. I also like the fact that this particular slab has some of the nice blues in it that I don't always find when I cut this stuff (I have a 5 gallon bucket full of this material). Also, some of the rusty red streaks which are often a weak point in this stone, and no exception to that here. But this stone seems plenty stable and it finished up nicely.
I put a nice high dome on the front side but I decided I liked that back almost better once I got cutting so I finished the back side also. The back has a very shallow dome (nearly flat in the center with rounded edges) but I think it looks nice and it could be worn either side out. The side view I posted doesn't really show the dome well since the pendant is domed from side-to-side. A shot looking from the top down or bottom up would probably have shown the profile a little better.
Finished cab is 62mmX23mmX9mm with a 4mm hole.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v521/ToTheSummit/Pendants/GaryGreenPendant1_zpstqev59rc.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ToTheSummit/media/Pendants/GaryGreenPendant1_zpstqev59rc.jpg.html)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v521/ToTheSummit/Pendants/GaryGreenPendant2_zps2fzwdcum.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ToTheSummit/media/Pendants/GaryGreenPendant2_zps2fzwdcum.jpg.html)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v521/ToTheSummit/Pendants/GaryGreenPendant3_zpsxrmdfg9h.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ToTheSummit/media/Pendants/GaryGreenPendant3_zpsxrmdfg9h.jpg.html)
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My last couple beads I've made using my dremel to drill them out..agreed not easy at all. Nice looking gary green and I like how you centered the blue flame on the front of the piece.
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A very unique and very pretty pendant! I like the pits in this one, too. It gives it a very "old" looking character that I like very much! :headbang:
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Man, you gotta do something about the termites around your place, so hungry they eat up your stone. That is really pretty with that blue flame and the holes do look pretty good on that rock. :icon_salut:
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Very nice with no denial , it is stone.
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I am glad you decided to work the whole pendant because like you said, it IS so pretty all around. Very thoughtful on your wife's part to give such a gift, I bet her co-worker was thrilled!
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I like the way you haloed the lighter color around the darker center.