After seeing this picture I learnt that a lapidary is a cutter of gemstones . Can anyone tell me - or even hazard a guess what he is doing? I see he is squatting on a stool behind an instrument which resembles a sort of toast rack and is holding a wire in his left which is threaded through them and a wand of some sort in his right. Thank you.
http://www.upl.co/upload/d5Im2Lr6P