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Shaping Tufa Stone to have an even surface for carving.

Hand carving a tufa stone mold to cast a Naja pendant. Traditional Navajo Tufa casting dates back to the late 1800's.

Hand carving a tufa stone mold to cast a Naja pendant.

http://dinemetalworks.com/about/ http://www.facebook.com/48002065 http://instagram.com/jeff_dement https://twitter.com/JeffxDeMent Pouring molten silver into a Tufa Stone mold.

Pouring molten silver into a Tufa Stone mold.

http://dinemetalworks.com/about/ http://www.facebook.com/48002065 http://instagram.com/jeff_dement https://twitter.com/JeffxDeMent Shaping traditional Tufa casted stacker bracelets.

Hammering stacker bracelets into shape.

http://dinemetalworks.com/about/ Soldering gold onto a traditional Tufa cast silver stacker bracelet.

Soldering gold onto a traditional Tufa cast silver stacker bracelet.

Jamming in my studio while hand sanding silver stacker bracelets. http://dinemetalworks.com/about/ http://www.facebook.com/48002065 http://instagram.com/jeff_dement https://twitter.com/JeffxDeMent

Jamming in my studio while hand sanding silver stacker bracelets.

Final sanding and polishing a Tufa cast pendant. http://dinemetalworks.com/about/ http://www.facebook.com/48002065 http://instagram.com/jeff_dement https://twitter.com/JeffxDeMent

Final sanding and polishing a Tufa cast pendant.

Tufa Casting