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After the long hard winter we have all just endured the Lapidary workshop was just too cold to be worked in, even the wood burning stove couldn’t cope, so it’s lain dormant for a quite a number of months. So yesterday we spent much of the day cleaning up out there, sorting out rocks, while all the . . . → Read More: Lapidary Workshop Prepared for use In a previous post I described how we cut the crosses out of green Aventurine, since then we cut some more out Orange Aventurine, Rose Quartz, Sodalite and Lapis Lazuli, just to get the feel for using different materials for making crosses. . . . → Read More: So How Did Our Gem Stone Crosses Turn Out We recently had a request from a lady who wanted a cross made from rose quartz, fortunately there is no rush for this item as we need to figure out how to make these, good job as we needed to teach oursleves how to do it. . . . → Read More: Teaching ourselves how to make Gemstone Crosses Now regarding the Lapis Lazuli, well the first step is the shaping on the harsher silicone carbide belts then I continue through the steps on these belts through to 600 grit. . . . → Read More: How I Polish Lapis Lazuli I am sorry I haven’t made any new posts here for a short while it’s because I am recovering from a broken left collar bone at the moment which happened as a result of a motorcycle accident back on July 17th. . . . → Read More: Lapidary Activities on Hold I am considering offering Labradorite slabs soon in our shop. . . . → Read More: Labradorite Slabs Well I had a “field day” no pun intended, as you can see from the picture I filled my boots, this field has lumps of flint all over the place. . . . → Read More: When is black agate not black agate – when its flint! I peered into a field and was amazed to see it was literally littered with lumps of agate . . . → Read More: Black Agate – What A Find Timw to get the Lapidary workshop ready for use. . . . → Read More: Time to prepare the workshop for use again
Welcome to our messy world of Lapidary, yes Lapidary is very messy but extremely rewarding, it really brings out the “creative” in you, sometimes with realising it.
So what is Lapidary, well as far . . . → Read More: Cutting and Polishing |
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