Method of making ornamental jewelry stones

The process of forming an ornamental article comprising forming a photographic film transparency having substantially transparent areas and at least one image thereon, reshaping said film so as to provide at least one substantially planar film image portion having an upwardly directed peripheral lip, depositing a sufficient amount of a first at least translucent plastic hardenable resin in a substantially fluid state on the upper surface of said thus formed film portion such that said resin covers said upper surface and said lip thereof retains said resin on said upper surface but permits a minor portion thereof to slump over said lip so as to form a peripheral bead having portions radially extending beyond said film portion lip, permitting said first resin to harden to thus form one segment of said article, and thereafter reversing said partially formed article such that the bottom surface of said film portion is uppermost and depositing a sufficient amount of a second at least translucent plastic hardenable resin in a substantially fluid state on said film portion bottom surface such that said second resin substantially covers said bottom surface and contacts at least a portion of said bead so as to essentially encapsulate said film portion and thereafter permitting said second resin to harden to thus form another segment of said article and so as to complete the formation of said article, said segments and said substantially transparent areas of said film portion visually merging so that only said image of said film portion is substantially observable in such completed article.