today we're going to be called some quartz otherwise known as rock crystal into a beautiful pendant like this in five easy steps the tools that you'll be using for this are a fine tipped pencil a fine tip permanent marker a ruler selection of carving tools such as it slitting discs and various other carving tools all diamond plated and of course the material that you'll be carving make sure when you choose your material it doesn't have too many cracks or inclusions which will later on damage your piece when it's finished so now I'm going to sew up the quartz make sure you use a sharp diamond saw blade and don't forget to wear your goggles and keep plenty of water on the stone and the saw blade now we're going to grind the piece of quartz that you've just sawn on the grinding machine the purpose of this is to get away the excess material and to get the shape of the quartz that you desire again remember to wear safety goggles at all times keep the grinding wheel wet when you're carving and keep your fingers out of the way so now we're actually going to flute the quartz flutings curve grooves in a stone to make a pattern of any choice after you've done it with the pen soft you can go over it again with a pen which will make it much easier to see where you're going to carve next stage of the process is to actually carve the stone you need a sharp slitting disc diamond plated and obviously your quartz make sure when you're carving you wear safety goggles at all times keep both the stone and your carving tool wet this reduces dust keeps the stone cold and doesn't break this tool go along the lines that you've just marked out previously and try and keep a steady hand while you're doing it and it will look something like this you