Alan Eaton demonstrates the techniques for inserting a blue flower design inside a marble. The exterior of the marble is sandblasted, and a flat lapidary wheel is used to polish a flat window that allows the viewer to see the flower inside the marble from various angles.

This article was originally published on page 32 in the Summer 2017 issue of The Flow.
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