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.
