In this video I cut a D20 from Larimar, a stone that comes from the Dominican Republic. Watch the beautiful transformation from stone to game piece. Video Editor - Andrew Janney AndrewJanney.com
The fibrous formation of Larimar is what makes it temperamental to work with, I would think. I would love to see you do a whole set of DnD dice out of Florite. It comes in so many colors and it has this sort of soft inner glow to it. It might be a pain to work with due to it's brittle nature and perfect cleavage, though, but it's such an affordable and beautiful material.
Duuuuuuude. As a lapidary artist myself. I am genuinely impressed with you even attempting this. Larimar can be an absolute nightmare to work with in my experiences. Just when it decides to have random little bits chip off itself for no reason. Good shit man.
I stumbled upon your channel with the amethyst video but I really have to say I already love your work, not only is your work completely enchanting to someone who doesn't know anything about grinding gemstones- but your camera work is lovely as well!!! The way it's all so cinematic and entertaining is absolutely astonishing!!! I look forward to your journey :D
I feel like I’m watching a documentary. Your content is amazing. Absolutely wild I stumbled on this randomly. Thank you for making such awesome videos!
I'm looking to start a small dice making venture and stumbled upon your channel, while researching how gemstone dice are made. Thank you so much for the inspiration, as I'm now looking into newer and more interesting materials. Please continue with your work on this channel, your craftsmanship is remarkable.
Marble is similar in that it is extremely soft, but is extremely difficult to grind down. I slabbed a small piece of natural marble from Greece recently, and it took about four days to finish. Even an 80 grit belt sander took hours to make any noticeable changes.
Your dice are fascinating! And your calm voice and style of video editing - they are perfectly match with your creations. Thanks for such good experience from watching your content!
@@boserboser6870 Due to the natural composition of Larimar, and looking again at the faces of the dice, I think there are enough dark areas to provide sufficient contrast for it to be readable. Whether or not it would look professional, I cannot say...
I lived in the Dominican for 2 years annd love annd adore the people. I have always talked about how cool it would be to have a larimar d20 so glad to see someone did it!!
probably one of the best channel on youtube i've ever came accross in all these years. who knew a video about making a dice could be so emotional? great job, my dude. keep it up. ❤️
As someone who can't seem to draw a straight line with a ruler, I am always amazed and impressed by people who can repeatedly do something artistic and nail it every time. The fact that you have your grinding angles down to the point where you can basically make the same 20 sided over and over again by just eyeing it and grinding away, is amazing to watch.
These videos afre exactly what holds me in that space between sleep and awake, its gorgeous to watch and so soothing yet enthralling because you are such a unique craftsman
I just found your channel yesterday... your work is all beautiful and the videos are reeeally relaxing and satisfying to watch. I hope you keep posting them.
Simply gorgeous again... If I can't buy these I might have to spend a couple years learning how to do this. It's such a beautiful process to watch. The tedious and meticulousness of it and the beauty as it's result. It must give a feeling of satisfaction that I could only imagine at this point
When an artist creates amazing works AND documents it well in video - you've earned a Sub. I admit, I never thought watching someone grind rocks would be something I'd enjoy watching, but here we are... :)
Came across one of your videos, immediately watched the rest and wished there were more. Subscribed, please keep up these great videos, they're so fascinating and calming to watch.
I absolutely adore this! The stone is beautiful! Your filmography is beautiful! Your narration is absolutely amazing! I love how you start the video with the story of the stone, what it is and how it's made and its material properties. I love how you give details about your faceting process. I love watching the die take shape. And I love how gorgeous the final result is! Your skill is incredible and my admiration has no bounds! I can't wait to see more! I know you're really new, but your videos are incredible and your channel has taken off amazingly! I hope you come out with a patreon soon! (Also, if you're in Colorado, I will pay you to teach me! Even just a couple short starter lessons on a weekend...)
Do you sell these, or just keep them in your collection? The reason I ask is, it would be interesting to know how much the raw material cost, how much time/effort went into the creation of the D20, and then what it sold for, just to understand that end of the process. Beautiful work. I don't think I've ever seen anything done in Larimar before. Really interesting material. Love the color and the motion in the piece.
@crouton_1823 1k work hours for a price of $1-2k seems unrealistic, as what you're saying is they are working for $1 to $2 a hour, which is unsustainable. Now I have no idea how long these gems take to do, or the average cost, but if the average cost is $1-2k then the time spent working on it would need to be much lower then 1000 hours to be affordable
@@Notsheropa he said he spent 80 hours on one of them, I was rounding up and accounting for the pay he deserves as a skilled artist. Anyways, I was close enough. He says on his website that he starts at 1.2k and the price increases from there depending on the complexity of cut and materials.
Came here from your instagram, and I'm so glad I did! Your videos are extremely well put together, edited, and audio balanced! Well done! Can't wait to see the inside of more stones!
i really love your videos, and I mostly noticed it in this video it´s just relaxing with the music, how calm you inform us about the material and the process. I just want to thank you that you´re uploading videos of your work 😌❤
I swear dude. you have a gift for this. All of these dice have been exceptionably beautiful. A small part of me seriously wishes that you took commissions because holy cow dude, your collection is amazing.
It depends on where he got it, here in the Dominican Republic you can get pretty big pieces if you're Dominican and go to the source (around Barahona and Pedernales). So maybe a local friend helped him? If he didn't get it here with help, then yes, he might have paid quite a bit of money for it.
I've seen lots of sets of D&D dice that use polymers to make a simulacrum of something like this or other stones. They basically just look like plastic trying to be stone. This looks amazing!
I'd love to know more about how you calculate the angles for the grinder. There must be some clever tricks because in 3D the math seems hard. Anyway, thanks for the great video!
One day, I really want to buy my boyfriend a full set of dnd dice made of gemstones. I feel like that would be the perfect present for him. If you ever start selling sets, I'd be so excited. Your craft is simply incredible!
"a small amount of copper is what provides it's beautiful color.." -proceeds to mark on it with sharpie lol In all seriousness love your videos, you have mastered your tooling and your craft. Thanks for sharing
Every time a customer convinces me to do something in Larimar, I regret working with Larimar. Full of cracks and weak pockets of explosively unstable stone. Nope. The dice looked beautiful - very well done indeed!
So, this was the first one where I wasn’t sure how it would turn out because the material seemed so difficult, but the strong contrasting black ink looks amazing.
