21 Sep 2009
by Raquel
in cabbing, Handmade jewelry, Pendants, wire weaved pendants
Tags: Berrendo agate, boulder opal, cabbing, cabochons, dino bone, dinosaur bone, http://wordpress.com/tag/jewelry/, polished rock, rock, silver, silver wire, weaved, wire weaved pendant, wire wrapped jewelry, wire wrapped pendant, wire wrapping
Today was a great day for cabbing. Not too hot and no interruptions. I had a few cuts of dino bone and a couple of others. So I just had to use them up. My saw blade is busted so I have to use up what’s already cut up. I go thru these stages where I really like a certain rock for awhile and then go on to another. But while I’m obsessed its all about that rock. lol Right now its dino bone. Boulder opal is always at the top of my list tho. There’s always time for a boulder opal.
I also finished up a wrap of the Berrendo agate from last weekend. My goal was to showcase the cab since the color is so intense. I also wanted to keep the middle of the cab unobstructed all the way thru where its transparent.
Here’s the pics…
I hope your weekend was wonderful!
26 May 2009
by Raquel
in Cuts & cabs, Handmade jewelry, Pendants, wire weaved jewelry
Tags: boulder opal, cabbing, cabochon, royal sahara jasper, slabs, wire weaved jewelry, wire weaved pendant, wire weaving, wire wrapped jewelry, wire wrapped pendant, wire wrapping
Its been great, the one extra day. Every weekend should be three days. Got lots done the cabbing in the last post. Even finished a couple of wraps. I was looking thru the slabs and pieces of rock I had because the cabbing contest on the gemstone board and found the RSJ slices. Well take a look at one of the slices, what do you see?
Here they are:
Well hope you had a great weekend!
24 May 2009
by Raquel
in Cuts & cabs
Tags: boulder opal, cabbing, cabochon, lapidary, lapidary work
I suppose a part of happiness is doing what you like best. The only problem I seem to find is that there is little time for it. For now anyway.. Today was an exception. I polished up some of the boulder opal that was cut last weekend and hope to keep going till the end of this weekend heres a few pics for now.
Raqyz's Rocks 