Rock Crystal - Bud - 224.15ct
There is something truly beautiful and mesmerizing in the way light ebbs and flows within this gem carving, the way a perfect piece of rock crystal turns it into liquid silver. It moves as through honey, slowly, gently and feels alive. I carved this miniature sculpture from a piece of optically clear rock crystal. The process of gem carving is one that requires looking at a gem in a very different way to that of faceting.
If faceting is yang then carving is yin. Where faceting is all about precision, sharp crisp lines and angles, bright flashing bursts of light and brilliance, carving is about curves and fluid lines, where the light moves within to a deeper, slower rhythm washing around the inner surfaces. This gem carving invites you to touch it, hold and caress it's curves with your fingers, gaze within and to slow your thoughts and stimulate that sense of wonder.
I have named this carving, ‘Bud’ because of how it looks and the feelings that it evokes.
Details:
#1363
Clear
Rock Crystal
Brazil
Untreated
Eye Clean
224.15 Carats
35x19x17mm
There is something truly beautiful and mesmerizing in the way light ebbs and flows within this gem carving, the way a perfect piece of rock crystal turns it into liquid silver. It moves as through honey, slowly, gently and feels alive. I carved this miniature sculpture from a piece of optically clear rock crystal. The process of gem carving is one that requires looking at a gem in a very different way to that of faceting.
If faceting is yang then carving is yin. Where faceting is all about precision, sharp crisp lines and angles, bright flashing bursts of light and brilliance, carving is about curves and fluid lines, where the light moves within to a deeper, slower rhythm washing around the inner surfaces. This gem carving invites you to touch it, hold and caress it's curves with your fingers, gaze within and to slow your thoughts and stimulate that sense of wonder.
I have named this carving, ‘Bud’ because of how it looks and the feelings that it evokes.
Details:
#1363
Clear
Rock Crystal
Brazil
Untreated
Eye Clean
224.15 Carats
35x19x17mm
There is something truly beautiful and mesmerizing in the way light ebbs and flows within this gem carving, the way a perfect piece of rock crystal turns it into liquid silver. It moves as through honey, slowly, gently and feels alive. I carved this miniature sculpture from a piece of optically clear rock crystal. The process of gem carving is one that requires looking at a gem in a very different way to that of faceting.
If faceting is yang then carving is yin. Where faceting is all about precision, sharp crisp lines and angles, bright flashing bursts of light and brilliance, carving is about curves and fluid lines, where the light moves within to a deeper, slower rhythm washing around the inner surfaces. This gem carving invites you to touch it, hold and caress it's curves with your fingers, gaze within and to slow your thoughts and stimulate that sense of wonder.
I have named this carving, ‘Bud’ because of how it looks and the feelings that it evokes.
Details:
#1363
Clear
Rock Crystal
Brazil
Untreated
Eye Clean
224.15 Carats
35x19x17mm