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Post by opalpyrexia on Dec 25, 2022 16:41:38 GMT -5
Beautiful!  Are the four prong-like posts protection for the opal and setting? Also, are the colors on the backplate between them actually there, or are they possibly reflections due to texturing? |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Dec 25, 2022 21:07:48 GMT -5
Pretty! Very nice opal.  |
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Post by jasoninsd on Dec 25, 2022 23:47:21 GMT -5
Shut the front door!! Man...that patina on that backplate looks AMAZING!! I love the play of colors in both the opal and the backplate!! Great job!!  |
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Post by jasoninsd on Dec 26, 2022 0:06:14 GMT -5
Shut the front door!! Man...that patina on that backplate looks AMAZING!! I love the play of colors in both the opal and the backplate!! Great job!! Thanks The piece taught me a few lessons, and it came out far from perfect especially with regards to the setting of the stone, but I’m pretty happy with it. This must be the week for "lessons learned"! I jacked up a Malachite cab after wrapping it...hard lesson learned on that one! LOL |
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Post by jasoninsd on Dec 26, 2022 0:24:26 GMT -5
This must be the week for "lessons learned"! I jacked up a Malachite cab after wrapping it...hard lesson learned on that one! LOL I’m still puzzling just how you fixed that one, great save! LOL  LOL - The reworking of the stone wasn't a problem. It took about 10-15 minutes (if that) on the wheels. I was able to reshape the dome on the 600 in just a couple minutes. It took longer to get it OUT of the wrap...and then even longer to get it back IN the wrap! LOL |
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Mountain DEW, and Mountain Don't. (sorry-2)
Water, water everywhere, and the very boards did shrink 
