Wednesday, 24 January 2007

Cuttlefish molding



Here are some pictures of a cuttlefish mold that is going to be used to cast a circular silver pendant. The mold will be held together by wire with the molten silver inside.

Tuesday, 23 January 2007

Amber before polishing

This is what 500g of raw amber looks like.

Some of the pieces have what looks like petrified bark on them. Some are like honey, and most of them have insects and pieces of stick in them. Most of these have been polished and you can see some of them in the previous post.

Sunday, 21 January 2007

Some beautiful amber specimens











Here are some photos of polished Baltic amber. You can see insects inside some of them.