Gold Inlays, lets see them! Options

[CP]

As you all know....we like to prospect, cut, polish just about any rocks, gems, minerals....
So it just seemed natural we should combine some of those finds into combination lapidary pieces.
Colorado has some purty' gold and nice dark colored agates.

We have gotten all the supplies together, dug some of that dark Colorado agate out of the buckets, picked out a few choice gold flakes from Vic's, also here in Colorado....... And viola......Let us know what you think.


Oh and the square one is already designated for Geno......but if ya' are intersted in the others, give us a hollar.

CP

[jmann]

How u do dat? Joe

[Gat-Wa.]

WOW I like it way way cool!!! and very nice afect.

Gat.

[Denise]

Here is another way I like to inlay gold, especially in the winter.

Woodburning and carving is something else I like to do, so I combined them.
This piece is already taken, but If you would like something like this done for yourself, just let me know.
It looks best when personalized with the gold you found.

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[faaus]

What a beautiful job you did on that clock!

If only you'd had some prettiergold to work with. That stuff looks like it came from California. GACK! (or is it GAT?)

I don't know of a prospector anywhere who wouldn't LOVE a clock like that!

[CP]

Thanks Faaus,

The clock did turn out well and hopefully Gat ain't knocked off any nuggets yet!

Here are a couple more projects using gold as inlays and or as dressing material to finish pieces.

This one was done for Faaus with his own gold for a custom order. He said he couldn't find his daughters nickname "lollimom" anywhere on anything.


This piece is a carved amazonite flower with gold flakes for center pieces, accented by a gold & silver wire wrap


A smokey quartz crystal with gold flakes dressing out the top, accented by a twisted gold loop in 14k filled wire.

[CP]

Here's a new inlay project that's been in the works for ever it seems, shaped it out months ago and finally just recently got to the inlay steps.

Turned out really well we thought, a snowflake carved into sodalite and inlayed with some Colorado gold.
Bottom curves of the carved area creates a neat rolling flash to the piece.
Now listed in the CP Miners Market, make this stone the center piece of your next creation!

CP

[Denise]

You did an amazing job on that Sodalite piece Dan!
I think I even see a few very tiny pieces of Garnets in there with the gold you added.

Keep up the good work your doing....Your creations are fantastic!

[faaus]

Both of you are excellent artists in lapidary! You bring the worlds of art and nature together in beautiful and creative ways.

Thanks,
faaus

[CP]

Thank you Denise
Thank you Faaus

Was a bit worried during this project as to how it would turn out.
Glad I didn't have to toss it out!

CP

[Denise]

I forgot to add this one to this thread.

Here is a double terminated smokey quartz crystal. I polished it up and inlayed some of Dans Colorado gold fines into it for him.
Gold was inlayed from the backside, giving it a cool effect from the frontside. Was my first gold inlay with fines so I wasnt sure how much to use.
Next time.............MORE GOLD! Can never have too much gold.

picture of it before the gold



picture of it after inlayed with gold


Thanks for looking.