opal for a change and others

[KKHK]

Look what I'm playing with!!! for a change.
Looked for some eyes for my Halloween project and started to rub down some opal That Ian Bell send me some years ago.
Only to uncover colour after colour. The pic on the left is outdoor just before rain. So while not in focus basically the worst colour those little things show.
The rest taken indoor with flash. The one on the right is the smallest, but needs a lot more shaping to qualify as a cab.
Very small buggers, all 5 together are just about 1.5 ct.



Going crazy taking pics of nephrite. Must have taken a good 500 of the lizard by now, and not one picture where the focus is clean on the whole piece.



Ghost for challenge playing same trick on camera



And Ohh yeah, the coral-piece is done too



Thanks for looking, Kurt

[opalcreations]

Awesome carving as usual Kurt!
Love them

[crazy8s]

Nice eyes guy

[PinkDiamond]

Nice opals, and I love the carvings; especially the ghost. That's adorable.

[KKHK]

Thank you all for the kind feedback.

[Lydia]

I always enjoy seeing what you are working on.

[PinkDiamond]

We had a few more replies to this thread yesterday, but they were lost last night when the server had a hiccup. I had to log back in, and everything I posted yesterday has to be reposted because it was all lost, so we apologize for the replies that fell off this thread, and for the other threads we lost. I know OpalSupreme's necklace and ring thread has disappeared, as did the wire wrap discussion between Chris and MoDo, so I have asked them to repost. If anyone finds their post or reply missing, please repost it for us. Thanks

Guess I should put this in a separate thread too, to make sure people don't miss it and wonder where their comments in other threads went.

[kjsspot]

Your skill is steadily advancing Kurt!