Beer Can Studio
Gemfest Festival of Gems
I have a special relationship with a small town called Rubyvale up in the Gemfields region of Central Queensland where I work with Sapphires by running D.I.Y. Beer Can Studio workshops at the pub and teach residents fossickers new, no-budget, inventive ways to photograph their own gems.
Gemfest Workshop.
Professional photographer Michelle McFarlane will demonstrate an inexpensive method of photographing gemstones (cut or uncut) using your own phone or camera, tin cans, dunny paper (unused) and a BYO LED torch.
Materials.
Camera or phone that can take photos.
Gemstone (cut or uncut).
LED torch.
Tweezers.
Cutting device for example scissors or Stanley knife.
Can opener.
Sheets of dunny paper (unused).
A piece of clear plastic like a yoghurt container lid.
2 full cans of your choice.
A big thirst… for making stuff.
The set-up.
Place the gemstone in the bottom of the can.
The Gemfields.
The Gemfields is a locality in Central Queensland in Australia with a population of 1630. As the name suggests, the main industry in The Gemfields is sapphire mining. The locality contains three small towns: Anakie, Rubyvale, and Sapphire
