pxlmo.com

Yet another video test using a GIF from a Pixelfed server at pxlmo.com...

attempting to find out how and where I can post short video content and how it appears and works on Lemmy and the general Fediverse...

The weather was really nice and I saw a Gila Monster so it was 10/10 hike for me.

source

Just finished faceting this monster over the weekend. This thing was so dang easy to polish it felt a little suspicious if I am being perfectly honest. Overall I am extremely happy with my results. Even the girdle!...

So I’ve been under the impression that locked doors could not be destroyed....

Today I learned about the Ages:...

I just tried cutting moissanite for the first time and goodness gracious, it took forever at the prepolish and polish steps, I assume because of the mohs hardness. After spending ungodly hours on that polish I will never again complain about polishing quartz....

I took on a design way beyond my skill level just to see how I would fare. I didn’t leave quite enough material for my crown so please ignore the small divot in the center of the table, as well as the occasional missed meetpoint. Learning experiences abound!...

Amethyst (unknown location), 2.085 carats, 8x1 mm x 5.8 mm, design is Spellbound by Jeff Rhonemus....

This was a perfect project for getting the very basics of tatting down. Every time I made a mistake I just kept plowing ahead, rather than getting frustrated trying to fix it. Now that the motions feel more natural, it’ll be easier to advance, maybe? The pattern is from Urban Knot Design. Even though it’s chock full of...

Fire opal, 0.335 carats, Princess Trilliant by A. Collins...

I wanted to gift my maid of honor something special, since she really went above and beyond in my wedding planning. She loves giant flashy diamonds (which of course I don’t cut… and can’t afford!), and was thrilled to learn I was giving her this massive 14 carat beauty....

For those just interested in the stone information and not the backstory: Citrine, 3.015 carats, design is Gram Princess by Jeff Graham (optimized in GCS to work for citrine RI)....

My mentor gave me some leftover rough when he taught me, to include a small piece of lab sapphire. I wanted to try something more complex than the Andrew Brown cuts I was doing, so I found a round cut that looked fun and relatively easy, and it was conveniently already designed for sapphire. (Also it sparkled very pretty in Gem...

I cut my first peridot and I gotta say, much easier than the quartz by a mile. My confidence needed that boost. 🤣...

I feel like the garnet I cut first lulled me into a false sense of security. I did myself no favors picking a more complex cut, either. Quartz is ANNOYING!...

I just received my v5 last week and I’ve been working on my very first stone. Technically this is my second, but I FUBARed the first one beyond salvation so this one is my first “completed” stone....