Fun adventures with agate

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Here is some more agate porn:

First trial at jewelry

When I was looking for ideas, I decided to see about jewelry. Then inspiration struck. I found a supplier carrying agate that had been edged in gold and been prepared as a pendant. It was a beautiful piece, in green. Green is my oldest daughter’s favorite color. Hrmm… She is (or has been) obsessed with turtles for a long time. Hrrmmmmmmm… Enter Glowforge and a little work. [IMG_4493] I’m pretty much set for her for Christmas, once I get a chain for it. The downside? I can’t post it publicl…

And here are some settings, from not exactly this kind of agate, but at least it is polished rock:

Etching on Rock " Beware the SQUISH"

I have collected a lot of lapidary material including many 10’s of lb’s of cut slabs. I have a small fresh water aquarium that I set some of the slabs in rather than full stones as there is limited room in the aquarium. I thought it would be fun to make some etched rock signs to add to the tank. I first created some text in illustrator converted it to outline, saved it as an .svg, I uploaded the file to the GF app and took a wild guess about the settings for the Glowforge. The text came out…