Lost wax jewelry is finished, polished and set. I made one bead necklace with large moonstones, vintage Chinese beads and narrow art iridescent deco tubes. I really like it. Also I finished some new gear work pieces. One had a large steel watch part with a couple of moving gears.
I got some amazing lowland Ethiopian opals from my lapidary to bring with me.. They look like liquid rainbows. I'm excited about working with them.
And I get to bring my friend Marsha her ring, a chatoyant dendritic malachite with a diamond flecked waterfall. And I'll be bringing the black persimmon ( dark antiqued silver and rubies) pendant for Bayla as well, so I'll be able to finally put up the photo of it when I return. The malachite is pretty much unphotographable.
This is a stunning boulder opal I set for the collection of Val Ontell. She bought it in Australlia. The setting is subtlety textured to compliment the stone. Actual size is about 1".
Oh and the onions I planted are being mildly dug up by what I suspect are squirrels.
Mood: Done
See you soon! That will be good.
Really looking forward to seeing you.
P.
Hmm, yeah, either squirrels or gophers. The squirrels probably don't actually want the onions, but are wondering if you buried something else good there. Apply cayenne.