All right so I have only "borrowed" these images from Dave's webpage http://www.roughrocks.co.uk/ but they are too nice not to share!
The 7th Bead Soup Blog Party is now in full swing and I guess there is a lot of soup making going on amongst beaders and jewellery makers all around the world :-) There are hundreds of participants! Pookledo on Facebook My Soup partner is Sarah Goode of Pookledo from Loughborough. Yes only about 35 miles or so from Stamford! Quite amazing that I get a fairly local partner through a party organised by Lori in USA! Don't you just love the internet? Mixed Media Art Brooch Hopefully there will be an opportunity to meet Sarah at an event or two in the near future. I don't travel too far for my shows but you never know. Sarah might be venturing our way. In fact I have a feeling Sarah and I have been in touch before as her name sounds VERY familiar. Perhaps it was for a Stamford Artisan Guild event. I am sure it will come to me at some point. I am sharing a couple of examples of Sarah's work listed in her Etsy Shop. Lovely aren't they? And S...
Really gorgeous photos Shalini. The irridescence show so well.
ReplyDeleteGreat pics of a truly beautiful stone which prompted mne to find out more about Labradorite. I thought it was Quartz family but see that it is a varety of Feldspar.
Thanks Sunset :-)
ReplyDeleteI have really fallen in love with this stone. Its amazing what nature creates! Our specimens are all from Madagascar.
Yes its from the Feldspar family. One can feel the difference when cutting and polishing it, its a lot softer than Quartz but polishes just as nicely!
Wonderful photos. You've captured the glow perfectly.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing these magnificent pics. Kudos to the photographer.
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Thank you Sharon :-)
ReplyDeleteI have passed on your message to Dave who took the photos.
There is a lot more of this Labradorite to come, we have just finished cutting and polishing another 14 cabochons - watch this space
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Hi Sharon, thankyou for your kind comments regarding the pictures, this rock can be almost as difficult to photograph as it can be to cut, you just have to get the orientation right, thats the fun part!
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Dave