Lapidary Arts | How to make a cabochon from a creek rock
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
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I just found you girls on RUclips. I love you both as well as your family. You're special to me because I have Twin sons. They are 27 this year. One of my sons just got engaged last year. They're 5 minutes apart. Lol. I have a specific type of rock you may be interested in. They are primarily found in one place, but pretty plentiful. They are Petoskey stones. They are only found in and immediately around Petoskey, Michigan. It is the north-western side of the mitten! They are beautiful when polished. I have seen some that were about 3 pounds, and others the size of a pebble. Just wanted to let you know that. Keep up the good work girls! Enjoying you all so much.
Funny how a rock is made!😎👍
Have you ever heard of rocks that contain pockets of water with small air bubbles? I've seen some that had just come out of a mine and were translucent enough to see that they contained water completely trapped in the rock with a small air bubble? What is this called and is it something you usually see? They look kinda like a snow globe type thing only in a rough rock. I love me some rocks. People are all the time asking me why I have this or that rock sitting on my porch. I can't always give them a good reason except that I found it and I liked it. Awesome video, keep up the great work. God bless y'all😁
Cool! ✨
I have heard of this yes! Enhydro Quartz, a rock that has trapped water inside. It’s pretty cool! I love rocks too and sometimes I don’t know why. Certain ones just speak to me. And rocks definitely have a certain magic about them! Thank you!
@@thepressleygirls Thanks soo much for answering my question. Finally I know what this is.
Fascinating! So many rocks, so little time! Thanks for sharing your talent with the world. From Bill in Texas.
Interesting! I had no idea how much work was involved to make a finished piece. :-)
Indeed! And thanks for watching!
I was blessed to receive some of your jewelry for my birthday this year. My dad, who purchased it, is a geologist and is very impressed with your knowledge about these stones! We love how much you love your creek. I'm so glad my children will get to grow up on a creek too (ours is called Big Shoal Creek). May God bless you and your work.
Thank you so much! And growing up on a creek is such a blessing. I bet Big Shoal creek is beautiful. And he is a geologist ? So cool! I would love to go back to school and do that one day! Thank you friend
You are soo talented! I want some of your beautiful jewelry! how do I do that?
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This was very interesting and what a beautiful stone! I love the passion you put into whatever is is you are doing🥰
Thank you! I sure do love rocks!
Michael Angelo, the Italian artist, once said... to me: "The artwork is already hidden inside the stone. He only has to uncover and release it!"
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You are very entertaining, Katie. Not only was this video educational, it was a lot of fun! All the best to you and Stamey Creek Creations!
Thank you so much! 🙏
@@thepressleygirlsit's amazing what you can do with those rocks, one you get them cut, and polished they are very pretty, very educational what you do with them
I never knew rocks could be so interesting. You are blessed for sure. The bloopers were awesome. Great video.
Thank you so much! Yes these rocks are a lot of fun. Also we are always being silly!
As an art major...... I found that a great tutorial! Very cool.....quite a process to the product!
Thank you!!!
You do a wonderful job of explaining each part of the process. It looks like the kind of work that would be very satisfying, bringing the rock from its rough state to something like a gemstone.
It’s definitely satisfying! Thank you!
I forgot to add that I pray protection and blessings for you girls and wonderful family and of course Austin. I pray daily. Sometimes it helps to know that.
Amen! Thank you so much!
I love my ring from a Stamey Creek rock!
I love watching the process by which it was made.
I live beside a creek. Taliaferro Creek, in Georgia.
It flows into the Chattooga River.
I love that you love your job!!!
That spotted rock looks like a Dalmatian. So, so beautiful!
Thank you so much friend! Yes I sure do love that creek and it was fun to share the process. I bet the creek you live next to is nice too!
Enjoy hearing about rocks you pick from the creek and make into beautiful stones…It’s really a talent and a skill to be able to do that…takes patients!! Tfs 👍💕😎
Hey thanks so much!
It's so interesting seeing step by step how you transform the rocks. I can see why you enjoy it so much and why it brings you such joy. Have a lovely weekend.🦋
It sure does make me happy! Thank you!
Rock on!!
Why is your left index fanger all sigogglin like that? is it bent funny from playin’ fiddle?
Bahah! Yes I love it! Rock on. Also it’s because I cut it as a kid (I was 11) and I cut the tendons. I had surgery but this is the best it got 😂
I want to see ALL of the rocks! ;) Thanks for sharing. I hope to get a cab machine one day. Right now I just tumble rocks, but I have lots of red ones...and white, orange, and even green.
Thank you friend! I want to show all my rocks in my collection! And oh man rock tumblers are a lot of fun!
I am so enjoy wearing my necklace with the stone from Stamey Creek. I love seeing the process of gem mining and cutting. Your first one is beautiful! I think it’s great how God has allowed you to follow your passion. I know you’ve blessed me through using your craft. I am so grateful for that and for you all sharing your lives with us. Much love, Jane in SC❤️🙏🏻
Thank you and I’m so glad that you like your Stamey Creek rock! God has been so good to me. And it makes me so happy to hear that my craft has blessed you! Much love right back at ya! ❤️🙏
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That little rock was shaped just like the state of Kentucky already...:) Great video!
I didn’t even notice! That’s so cool! Thanks!
Katie, that is a wonderful video! You did a great job of demonstrating and explaining how you do what you do, that you do so well! I'm always curious abot how things are done, and you did an excellent job of showing us!! Your stones are absolutely beautiful and I love that most of the rocks you use come from right here in Stamey Creek. You have worked so hard to learn this work, I know you've loved rocks all your life and now you've made a business out of it! You really are something special!
Thank you so much! Love you to pieces!
You made the lesson so interested. You should become an instructor.
Wow thank you so much!
I enjoyed watching and learning. I know that you know that you are fortunate. You are blessed with so many gifts. I get a kick out of watching you, how you explain everything, your interaction with your sister. You have the cutest facial expressions! I love rocks too! I brought with me a huge rock from NY to Florida. There are a cluster of crystals visible. I would so love to see what's in that rock. I found it when I was 10y about 1/4 mile away. Made my friend get my Dad to take it home. I thought he'd kill me for wasting his time. Talented girl!
Thank you so much for your kind words! I bet that rock you got is beautiful and I would love to see it! I sure do love all the rocks!
Beautiful cabochon rock! I would think any rock looks great all shined up. Can you show what rocks are not worth bothering with? I think I would shine up all rocks just to see what they would look like.
I had to look up what cabochon means, now I know. I find it all very interesting and so glad to hear you take all the safety precautions.
I like the cabochon better than faceted.
I too and a big fan of the Cabochon cut! And I could show the rocks that won’t take a cut sure. Some of them just won’t take a polish! And I do like to shine a little corner of each rock just to see. Thank you!
great video keep up the great work
Thank you!
your welcome have you ever worked with any flint rock
I haven’t worked with any flint yet!
Fascinating video, Katie. It's magical that you can transform a creek rock into a beautiful cabochon that will become the focal point in a treasured piece of jewelry. Katie Pressley, Lapidary Artist. Absolutely! Thanks for including the bloopers. They're always a treat.
Thank you friend. It’s such a blessing to get to do it. Makes me so happy! Thank you!
Careful with those lungs Silicosis is some bad stuff. I use to test soil and stone in the central testing lab at NC DOT . I breathed enough silica dust for me and you and a few more folks too. Safety First is a good plan :-)
Oh wow! Yes that stuff is horrible for your lungs! Safety first!
I'm an old lady but have enjoyed collecting rocks and fallen wood that I used to work with. I love watching you tell and show your rocks . Thank you for explaining the procress.
Collecting objects from nature is always fun! And thank you so much!
I love seeing you Play music so take care of your fingers I don’t use much that machine that you cut those rock, thank you 🙏🌟
I’ll be careful:) thank you!
It is very beautiful! You did a wonderful job! Everyone in your family is so talented!❤
Hey thank you so much!
You better not let Earnest T. Bass see you with all those rocks.He might break every window in the house. Interesting video actually. Thanks
😂 thank you!
You are a skilled lapidary, Katie! I never realized how many wheels were needed for cutting and polishing.
Thank you!
To me that trimsaw looks very dangerous for your fingers, please be careful
I will be careful I promise!
How much time would it take you to make that one if you weren’t demoing, from the time it is cut from the larger piece to finish?
Probably an hour or less!
I took a Jewelry class in high school and really loved it. I wish I would have kept up the hobby.
That stone is beautiful!
This was fascinating! What a talent and gift God gave you! I had no idea what all goes into making a cabochon; didn't even know its name. Thank you again, Katie! God has truly been using you because I used to think only the huge rocks were interesting enough to look at. When really there's so much beauty in all kinds of rocks- rocks He created. He gave you eyes to see His beauty and now I am too. May He bless you!
P.S. loved the bloopers! Thanks for the laughs!
I’m glad you liked the bloopers! We are never serious! And indeed it’s all Gods beauty! He’s made us such a beautiful place. And the big rocks are really fun too! And even the small ones can sometimes be interesting! Thank you!
Hey Katie, your cabochon rocks are absolutely beautiful. Do you have an Etsy shop or a place where you sell jewelry? Faceting is not beyond you. You’ve just never had the classes and equipment. I like that you carry the hope of one day being able to facet gemstones. I’m 55 and I still love to learn. While I don’t do what you do, I quilt, embroider, garden, and preserve. I’m always trying to improve the talents God gave me. Keep learning. It keeps your mind on good things. I understand your love of the creek. It’s probably where you meet with God. He gives each of us desires and when we pursue that with thankfulness to Him, he meets us there with peace and joy. God bless you sweet one.
That’s right he meets me at the creek every time I go! And yes hopefully I can learn to facet one of these days. And it sounds like you do some really cool things! I love to garden and always wanted to quilt! Also I put a link to my shop in the description on this video! Thank you friend!
@@thepressleygirls if I lived closer, I would love to teach you to quilt. Us older women love to teach the younger. It’s passing down our heritage. I love that the Lord meets you at the creek. He is so good to us! Looking forward to future videos.
i AM INSPIRED!!!! i was thinking... why not use regular rocks with cool designs... now in the 10 or so minutes of your video... i have a plan. thank you!!!!!
I am impressed with how comfortable you are with your equipment-fellow rock hound from the Pacific Northwest. I really enjoyed this video! Thank you
The speckled rock looks to be a plutonic rock, so something similar to granite. You're probably right about the black being Hornblende, but the white is probably quartz (or maybe quartz and Feldspar), the rose color is probably K-Feldspar. Looks lovely! Thank you for sharing!
Do you have a online shop ? Loved watching this video !
I put a link in the description to my work! Thanks so much!
What you make out of rocks is amazing. You are very talented! Thank you for sharing this. Hugs from the southeast coast of Florida 😎🦩🌞🦩😎
Good clear Information, I hope Folks of all ages find Your shows especially Younger Folks, ( Good Inspiration ) You make a Good Teacher
Impressive Katie - You make it look so simple. Best of all, your explanations are so easy to comprehend.
From watching and listening to you, I can do this!!! Thank you Miss Kate.
Be careful using pvc as a spacer at high rpm
OMGosh! You look so much like my cousin in Minnesota.
Seriously, you look so much alike.
Great content.
Make as much rock as you can the more rock ✡️ in your head butter but don't. Leave out ✝️♥️ Jesus The Christ 🔭♥️
Edit to my former comment. Just found a video on lap safety that I think may be helpful ruclips.net/video/IjEpKEKJtXY/видео.html
That was really interesting! I see you’re getting some downvotes, which is actually RUclips street creed’ 😂 You ladies are doing an awesome job 👍👏
😂 street creed 😂I love it! Thank you friend!
Good luck with the 'faceting' .I started last year and it is not easy,but can be learned!Best of luck!🥂
You sound just like my Lumbee family from Pembroke NC 😁 great video
Seems like a lot of time on one rock and little money when selling them from what I've seen them go for. I'm from the Appalachians and live near a creek with a lot of cool rocks. There is a cave also near my parents 3 mins away on foot that has a spring that runs to it with lots of cool rocks. I used to bring some to my mom and most were already oval shaped and big. She put them in her garden.
I’m impressed with you skills. Fun watching it come to fruition!!
I love this video! So interesting.
I learned something new! This was cool… and the rock turned out real nice. This sort of reminded me of cutting pearl for instrument inlay. I’ve made a few banjos and have used pearl for inlay but have always had the idea of inlaying stone before. It would be unique for sure! Have thought of colored glass too but don’t know how it would turn out… metal/copper etc. But reckon you could inlay anything into a piece of wood/fingerboard though if you done it right… it’d be pretty cool to have different little flat pieces of polished rock inlays down a instrument neck! Or to set a piece of rock in the peg head as a centerpiece of some sort. Anyway it was a cool video to see your process!
Yes you probably could inlay just about anything into the wood. Some materials might be tricky but it could all be done. And well you can get a rock pretty dang thin if it’s the right kind of rock. Some rocks can go that thin and others will break! But I’ve never tried to get them that thin before! Cool thought though! Thank you friend!
The black stuff in the whit rock is tourmaline. The white may be hounds tooth quartz
I enjoyed this video, I love rocks and used to hand polish them with a dremel. You have a great set up!
I was going back through your videos and watched this one. It was so interesting and the stones are beautiful.
That was amazing. I love rocks and pick them up when we travel.
That is really a beautiful stone. I need to introduce you to my friend Janeen McMurtrie who is a geologist. She could identify your stones for you. I also know of several books I'll look up for you and dm you the titles on insta. Some of those stones looks so familiar, but my dusty old brain isn't bringing me the names right now. My favorite earrings are my garnet bezels in silver that are from your etsy store.
Oh great! And I love rock books! :) so glad you like those earrings. Thank you friend!
God Bless You .. We love you all…..Thats really a satisfying art ! Nicely done
Thank you so much! God bless!
Really enjoyed you sharing your process, Katie. Thank you
That first can of yours is beautiful. If you can get it, get discontinued floor tiles. I got tons of nice beautiful tile to cab.
Enjoyed this a lot but WATCH YOUR FINGERS
Thanks for the the video I just bought a king cab and I'm eager to learn and the thing about the head I do that all the time and no one ever gets it
Thanks for this great video. I was hoping you would do a video on creating a cabochon. When you get a really interesting stone please do this again.
I will! Thank you so much!
Going to be a lucky guy who winds up with Katie. Sometimes I wish I was much younger! Still can't help but being a bit smitten. Peace, love & happiness in all things for the Pressley Girls and their families.
Thank you!
I love rocks too...All my life and I just turned 56!
My daughter loves rocks and quartz and stuff.
It’s pretty fun stuff!
You Rock Katie! I lived in AZ for a few years and went to the Rock and Gem festival every year. io Love looking at gems and knowing the final gem is not always apparent in the rough. Putting rocks in your mouth may indicate a mineral deficiency LOL! and throwing them may indicate a desire to help others appreciate the beauty.
Bahahah! I mineral deficiency 😂 and man I always said I would get out there to go to the rock sales and shops! Thank you!
Very cool to see the entire process. Would love to see you set one in a bezel one day!
Sure I could do that, thank you!
🤯 😳 most wonderful nothing I think I have ever seen on you tube
that is really interesting, great hobby or career, thanks for posting!
That was so interesting! Your finished piece was so pretty (love your 1st one too). Thanks for sharing!
Thank you friend!
Yes we DO wanna see ALL the rocks! That was so cool!😄
My high school had a course in lapidary. We did not use as many grits but did use a felt wheel with cerium oxide for the final polish. One thing that stood out in this video, was the spitter style of providing water on the wheels. This going throw bits of rougher grit up on finer wheels. Something one definitely does not want to do when using abrasives to sharpen knives or chisels, or when used to sand wood. Seems like you really only want clean water falling from the top of each wheel.
Indeed you take a risk with this kind of machine to have your wheels contaminated like that. They make machines with fresh water on each wheel. I actually had one like that before I got this one!
Katie you had 30 minutes to clean the fridge!👍😎
That's so neat very cool craft it came out purdy too, I have a thing for unique rocks also. Need one of those to put in the middle of my cowboy hat. Great stuff love you ladies rock n roll!
Rock and roll! Whoohoo! Thank you!
@@thepressleygirls So when we jamming? I'll play rhythm you take lead? ;)
Great explanations. You have many gifts.
Thank you friend!
My mom and dad used to have a place in Franklin N.C., and they had a gravel filled driveway. You could pick up almost any one of the pieces of gravel, and it would have what looked like amethyst encrusted on it. It was a rich medium purple that was transparent with a very smooth surface. I wish i would have saved some to keep.
Franklin is a hot spot for beautiful rocks! It may have been Garnets that you were seeing in those rocks. Franklin has a lot of Garnets!
@@thepressleygirls You may be right. I looked up purple garnets, and they looked the same as I found in my Mom's driveway.
Really amazing.I couldn't imagine that beautiful piece coming out of that rock.You have to have an eye for it.Lo,the artist.thank you for sharing.Enjoyed it much.Be blessed.♥️🤗
Thank you friend! I am truly blessed! And God bless you!
Follow the red. It will lead you to some even more interesting stones
Loved the video. Super job with your explaining of the process. So glad you can follow your passion with the creek, rocks, and beautiful stones! Excited for next piece. Bloopers are adorable...you are hilarious.
Thank you so much! God is so good! And we don’t have a serious bone in our bodies!
Thank You Ma'am.
U could have made a North Carolina shape rock out of the first one u got out of the saw
Very cool! Where does someone buy one of your rocks? :)
I put a link in the description to my work!
@@thepressleygirls oh cool!
@@thepressleygirls How much would it cost to get a 4 or 5 inch long orangey color rock cut in the shape of Tennessee? :)
@@ArtisanTony well I don’t know if my machine could make one that big!
I am so impressed. Not only is it obvious that your heart is into what you’re doing but you are wonderful at doing instructional videos that are so clear and informative. There is no doubt that you are so knowledgeable about this. I think you could take my driveway gravel and turn them into a thing of beauty. I am just in awe. I will never look at a rock the same. Super super job!
Thank you! ☺️
If you want some rocks from Colorado, let me know! 💕
So interesting!!! Thank you for sharing.
Working smart, suppress that dust and get after it ;)
Alot of my buddies do that,they are cool. Im more into the natural stones and finds. Thanks for the share katie
Thank you friend!
@@thepressleygirls you do good work, multi talented to say the least😃☕ thanks again
Katie, that was a really informative video. Great job. Your creek is beautiful. Loved the bloopers at the end.
I enjoyed your video very much! Thank you!👍
My 17 year old son and I just signed up for a lapidary class. Watching your video got us interested in this art. We are SOOO excited. Thanks for sharing
Cool, thanks for watching!
Wooohooo! Sounds like fun!
Dear Katie! This is a very fine and interesting video. Thank you for your work, both on the video and the rocks.
Best regards from Hamburg (good old Germany). And promise me, whatch your fingers!!!
Thank you, I promise!
Katie, fun video. A little food for thought, #1 take your first cabochon name it K-1, put it up for sale by offer on internet, see the surprise. # 2 The water from grinding has many minerals that are good garden soil boosters. Thanx.
Hey I love it! Good idea and oh I had no idea that stuff is good for the soil! Momma will love that! Thanks for sharing!
The river rock hunting videos was how I found you guys and your awesome Momma. Subscribed to them all. I've learned so much from yalls channels. Greetings from Roanoke Virginia!!!
Thank you!
you Pressley girl's are simply Amazing .... y'all are simply Awesome young Ladie's %100 .... everything you all do you both do well ....
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If you’re ever in Michigan again, you should try getting some rocks from Lake Michigan. They’re amazing! I too am fascinated with rocks and scouting for them. I didn’t know (until watching your videos) the meaning of lapidary. Never thought to Google it. I just assumed I had an odd obsession with rocks.😅
I am a new subscriber and I really enjoy you and your sisters videos. I’ve followed your mom for a while now. You all are a blessing!❤️
Thank you! ☺️
Very fun and educational video!! R there rocks that can't be cut and polished??