Russ_B Posted December 28, 2010 Report Share Posted December 28, 2010 Hi I tried to work with a small piece of Mexican Fire agate that I came across at the lapidary club. I re-read the descriptions from Daniel Lopaki's site, then the parts in the various entries in the carving path. The carving was fun and I was able to use the new sanding techniques I learned with the moldmaker sanding stick. I only found a small area of green fire and a bit of purple when held just right. Well the butterfly in chalcedony looks not too bad over the non-fire agate. I am still happy with this little piece. The carving is 45mm high and does look good in the right light. I will try again with another piece of agate later on. Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopacki Posted December 28, 2010 Report Share Posted December 28, 2010 Russ, Nice use of the Chalcodeny cap I like what you did with it. As usual you found very little fire in the rough, I am getting ready to go through all of the fire agate I've collected over the past ten years, as I do I will be finding true gem material when in fact I have some available I will let all on this forum know as I assure you I will never be able to carve even a small protion of what I have and I'd rather see in in the hands of others than see it sit here and collect dust. Again nice carving ............... All my best .... Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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