Bought a big ass stereo microscope and all the tools to start doing high end engraving. You know those beautiful designs seen on rifles and guns?
While I wait for the tool set to arrive I'm keeping the boredom at bay teaching myself how to get used to working under a microscope by flush setting faceted stones... I call them "Quarantine Corona 2020 Quarters." In this case I flush set a 1mm faceted ruby giving ole George the "terminator eye" --LOL.
Then I give them away to friends. Just ordered 50 more rubies so next I'm going to start circulating them. Most people will never even notice the ruby is so dang small. But those that do just got a wonderful surprise. Some will keep them..... some will pay it forward. If ever you come across one.. you know where it came from!
If Pandemics become a yearly thing --I'll have to do a series... a different stone or design for every year. Ha. But next year I'll be good enough engraving that I could add some pretty cool scrolly acanthus leaves in addition to the faceted stones.
It'd be cool if "Quarantine Quarters" became a thing. Kind of like trench art back in WWI and WWII.
Just a small way of adding some good to the world in these fucked up times.
While I wait for the tool set to arrive I'm keeping the boredom at bay teaching myself how to get used to working under a microscope by flush setting faceted stones... I call them "Quarantine Corona 2020 Quarters." In this case I flush set a 1mm faceted ruby giving ole George the "terminator eye" --LOL.
Then I give them away to friends. Just ordered 50 more rubies so next I'm going to start circulating them. Most people will never even notice the ruby is so dang small. But those that do just got a wonderful surprise. Some will keep them..... some will pay it forward. If ever you come across one.. you know where it came from!
If Pandemics become a yearly thing --I'll have to do a series... a different stone or design for every year. Ha. But next year I'll be good enough engraving that I could add some pretty cool scrolly acanthus leaves in addition to the faceted stones.
It'd be cool if "Quarantine Quarters" became a thing. Kind of like trench art back in WWI and WWII.
Just a small way of adding some good to the world in these fucked up times.
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