My gf has been into them lately.. it must be popular on TikTok 🤷

Huh very interesting. Its cool that there is such highly specialized CAD software for this craft.

Very cool, glad you had someone to teach you this amazing art form. And thanks for sharing your creations with us all. Are there low value gems that you practice on before cutting more expensive ones? In your post you talked about refractive index of the gem itself, does that really vary between gem types enough to make certain gems react different to certain designs?

This does look like an actual eyeball. I could see this as an eye for some kind of D&D style construct. Very cool!

I love the illustration, its exactly what I would want from a book like this