Interests:Rock-hounding, painting, drawing, ice-skating, animals and my family. I am also an air-plane pilot, ( non-commercial ) but stopped flying a few years ago. Expertise:Lapidary techniques including gem carving, faceting, and cabochon cutting. I am also a portrait artist, and used to work doing portraits as my profession. Occupation:Lapidary and artist Industry:Jewelry and Lapidary
My daughter and I recently finished a unique custom pendant using a 50 carat carved opal spider and an emerald cut diamond. My part of the project was to make this spider carving out of Andamooka Matrix gem opal.
This was taken while I was in the final phase of sanding.
