A jeweler was approached by a local university history professor. The professor had a photo of an ancient Roman coin and wanted to know if the image could be carved into a black and white Onyx cameo. Material of this nature is very difficult to come by. I scoured the Tucson gem show that year and found a slightly larger cameo with the head of a woman carved into it. I saw that it could be “re-carved” into the cameo that the jeweler needed. I was able to do most of it with my tools but for the finer details I used the tools of a friend who is a dentist. He had once offered me to use his tools if needed. I took him up on his offer and was able to finish the piece with the detail that was required.