Red Crazy Lace Agate Hand Carved Crystal Butterfly Set (4pcs)

A butterfly set pcs worked in red crazy lace agate. At 58 inches and 80 g it wants a shelf of its own rather than a desk corner.

The banding in crazy lace is folded and contorted rather than concentric, the record of silica filling a cavity that kept shifting while it filled. Carving it means the pattern changes direction under the tool with no warning.

The difficulty in an animal figure is mass rather than detail: getting the shoulder, haunch and neck to carry weight convincingly while staying within the block the carver started from.

Item ID 3100180
Material 100% natural red crazy lace agate
Size 58 × 30 × 5 in
Weight 80 g