Little red devil

[mick B]

Started this today, sanded to 120 grit, smoothing these inner cuts are harder than they look, may put in the bead comp if finished in time.

[wyrock]

BEAUTIFUL little carving.
Jim

[Helene]

Just perfect.  Please enter it.

[mick B]

Thanks Jim & Helene, this style is popular in jade, never seen it carved in rhodonite, I think it suits the red, must be very careful not to fracture, not as tough as good jade, will be a challenge to polish, is a bit crystally but I like a challenge, I think the crystals look better.

Cheers mick B

[socalagatehound]

Oh, that's very cool!   

[Arizona Rocker]

I know this is going to sound silly but I thought that band saws had a continuos blade. How did you get the blade on the inside of that rock. Thanx in advance..

[thewrightthings]

That is sooooooo spectacular in the rhodonite.  Nice work.

[christopherl1234]

These are cool!!

[mick B]

Thanks for the great comments, the outer was cut with a band saw and the inner with a ring saw that has a separating blade, read this.
http://gemstone.smfforfree4.com/index.php/topic,11763.0.html

It shows the separating blade.