u/Aggravating_Might_62

This piece of rough was on discount because it was slightly included and while looking at the rough I knew the main inclusions could be cut out for a nice clean gemstone. I felt inspired to cut a freeform design after watching a couple of Justin K. Prim's videos on Youtube. The video titled, "How and Why to Learn Advanced Faceting Techniques" and his conversation with Jean-Noel Soni, both great videos. The rough weight started at 11.615 Cts. I preformed the stone by hand and cut away the inclusions and was left with 8.2 Cts. Once dopped, I cut the girdle. Now, I didn't have the confidence to cut this stone freestyle like Jean-Noel Soni, so after I figured out my girdle indexes I inputed them into Gem Cut Studio and began designing the stone around that. For an asymmetrical stone I think I came up with a pretty well balanced design. With exception of the girdle facets, every single facet was cut at a different angle. I'm very pleased with the final results and definitely want to continue down this path of cutting.