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Visiting Daniel's lapidary workshop by AdrianL

By: mkt33 (registered) Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

here are the pics we took last year when we visited his wrokshop...i posted these in the past, but since we have plenty of newcomers, i think a refresher is always welcomed....

the hands of an artist...



petrified coral in the lower right corner...



the holders for the stone polishing step...



plenty of stones to choose from...



mmmm, dumortierite...



different stones...







ready to be cut for different J*D models...



some interesting stones...petrified wood, dinosaurus bone, spectralight...that piece was stunning...light reflections are different depending on the angle you look at it...







ready for the watches...









our favorite stone!!!!!!





meteorite before the acid treatment...



already cut...



Daniel putting together a dial...







some tiny blue screws...