Yowah arrow head
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Yowah arrow head
Its been quite a while since my last post. My latest carving, Yowah boulder opal from QLD Australia.
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Your patience creating those challenging shapes is impeccable. And your workmanship immaculate as usual.
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Thanks Kurt, this one tried me, first boulder opal I have carved, huge variation in hardness, my carbide smoothing undercut badly, but diamond smoothing and polishing helped fix this.
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Another gorgeous carving, Michael. I love the second opal on the piece too. Thanks for sharing it with us, and give Margie our best. ![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif)
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NIccce Wasn't expecting that shape. Good look to the necklace.
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Beautiful ![Exclamation :!:](./images/smilies/icon_exclaim.gif)
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Thats such a clever way to make the best of little color, and the stop is grouse too.
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Ditto...what they all said! ![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif)
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Thanks, this piece was a challenge, the small toggle string piece is a real eye catcher, I entered this in the Yowah opal jewlery comp last weekend, not sure of the result yet, just like getting my carvings seen.