Out of the Studio

Here's a little that's been going on in my studio this week.  Other than cleaning, placing a few orders and organizing to get ready to show at a local shop, I've pulled out one of the stones I got in Israel and started working on it.  First came the rough sketch that I laid onto the cleaned metal.  Next, I made the bezel for the cab and placed the stone inside to check the fit.

And finally, I placed the cab over dental floss which was laid in the bezel as I hadn't pierced the backplate yet.  The piece will be textured in sort of an organic pattern to mimic the stone.