Cornwall Botanical P08172-P00370 with more sophisticated tools being

with more sophisticated tools being used for the final shaping and detailing

ingeniously fashioned from the leaf's own stem

Gray chalcedony

4mm VS1 diamonds with a 0

The piece is then burnished by hand to a satin finish

Cornwall Botanical P08172-P00370 with more sophisticated tools beingThis image is part of the artist's ongoing Floraphilia project, which was first published in the prestigious Lenswork Magazine in July of 2010. A second black and white portfolio was published in 2014, and a third portfolio, in color, was published in 2017. A new Floraphilia portfolio is featured in the July 2018 issue of Shadow & Light Magazine. This latest portfolio has added texture and structure, giving the images the three dimensional feel of a