Polished up a cheap bit of peridot just to get the hang of polishing the stone. Kidna wish it was a nicer bit of rough now! Design is Emerald by Justin K. Prim. #faceting #MastoArt

Pink spinel. Design is Time Portal by Andrew Brown. I expected this to loom a bit more exciting but I think the stone is too small for the design. #faceting #MastoArt

Faceted a moss agate as an experiment. #faceting #MastoArt

Another citrine, square cut again. This guy threw off the dop weeks ago and I only just got over my grumpiness at it to finish it #faceting #MastoArt

My stab at the Smith Bar, by Jeff Graham, in aquamarine. I'm not fully happy with the polish, those long facets are a pain. #faceting #MastoArt

My first frosted cut. Design is Frost Star Hex by Andrew Brown, cut in prasiolite. Pretty chuffed. #faceting #MastoArt

Prasiolite. Cut in Emerald 150, by Andrew Brown. #faceting #MastoArt

Did a faceting course and managed to get a polish I'm happy with. Square cut citrine. #faceting #MastoArt

Did a faceting course and managed to get a polish I'm happy with. Square cut citrine. #faceting #MastoArt

Did a quick quartz to break in my new zinc polishing disk. Design is Opening Octagon by Arya Akhavan. Sadly the culet chipped, but zinc is way easier to polish with than phenolic. #faceting #MastoArt

Danburite. Design is White Asterism by the late Jeff R. Graham. Pretty pleased with this guy. #MastoArt #faceting #jewelry

Lab pink sapphire, design is Round Brilliant by Justin K Prim. First proper stab at a sapphire, I ran out of depth when doing the crown so I couldn't correct some overcuts that I did. Still, for my first stab at something that hard I'm pretty pleased. #faceting #MastoArt #jewellery

Another stone done. Sky Blue Topaz. Design is Beginner Oval 1.40 by Andrew Brown. This was a pain to get a polish on, and in not fully happy with the pavilion, but it's all learning. #MastoArt #faceting #jewelry

Clear topaz, design is Six Star Brilliant by Andrew Brown. Topaz can be temperamental to cut, but I dodged the worst of the cleavage planes. #faceting #MastoArt

Couple of stones I managed to cut over the last couple weeks. The light here has been so bad that it's been hard to photograph. The emerald is 2mm across, and is cut in Petal Cut Rev. by Glenn Rumison and Anon. The Rutilated Quartz is cut in Trioptic Blast, by Andrew Brown. #faceting #MastoArt

Another amethyst. Design is Simple Oval 1.40 by Andrew Brown. Not a great bit of rough - big ol' crack in it, and some heavy zoning, but it looks better than I expected. #faceting

Hello Mastadon world! I'm Catherine; I cut ethically sourced gemstones in my studio, and sometimes travel to collect stones to cut. I live on a small organic fruit and herb farm in Ohio (in the US) with some friendly animals, and family and friends nearby. I sell to jewelry designers, artisan jewelers and collectors, and can also cut custom gems. Let's talk about pretty rocks! #gemstones #artisanjewelry #finejewelry #precisioncutgems #gems #jewelry #faceting #prettyrocks

Hello Mastadon world! I'm Catherine; I cut ethically sourced gemstones in my studio, and sometimes travel to collect stones to cut. I live on a small organic fruit and herb farm in Ohio (in the US) with some friendly animals, and family and friends nearby. I sell to jewelry designers, artisan jewelers and collectors, and can also cut custom gems. Let's talk about pretty rocks! #gemstones #artisanjewelry #finejewelry #precisioncutgems #gems #jewelry #faceting #prettyrocks

Hello Mastadon world! I'm Catherine; I cut ethically sourced gemstones in my studio, and sometimes travel to collect stones to cut. I live on a small organic fruit and herb farm in Ohio (in the US) with some friendly animals, and family and friends nearby. I sell to jewelry designers and artisan jewelers and can also cut custom gems. I'm so happy to be part of mastodon.art and the wider mastodon community. #gemstones #artisanjewelry #finejewelry #precisioncutgems #gems #jewelry #faceting

I cut this sparklebomb garnet yesterday #gemcutting #faceting #gemstones