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Post by Woodyrock on Jan 2, 2009 3:40:02 GMT -5
This cab is a piece of Tahoma framed with black jasper, white petwood, and dark brown petwood made by Mossyrockhound. Two of the black borders are the edge of the Tahoma seam itself. Mossyrockhound is not only one of the Tahoma claim owners, a fifty plus year rockhound, and lapidary. He did not post this due to computer glitches, so I will let him answer the questions.
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Post by SteveHolmes on Jan 2, 2009 7:54:09 GMT -5
Very Nice! I am amazed seeing intarsia like this. It's one of the things I'd like to do...but then Think I can't! That Tahoma is really neat material...and I can't wait to do something with mine that Charley sent me. Steve
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Post by Bejewelme on Jan 2, 2009 9:14:14 GMT -5
That looks like a lot of work! What a beautiful piece! Amber
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Post by Saskrock on Jan 2, 2009 11:31:12 GMT -5
Nice work. What does he use for glue, to hold it together?
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Post by bobby1 on Jan 2, 2009 11:31:17 GMT -5
That is an amazing scene. Beautiful work! Bob
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Post by mossyrockhound on Jan 2, 2009 13:34:12 GMT -5
Thanks Woody for posting this photo. I did finally manage to get the photo posted under the topic, "Ever hear of Intarsia". Also, highplainsdrifter posted some fabulous pieces of intarsia from his collectrion under that topic. There is also a very nice opal intarsia posted there. Although this is my first intarsia cabochon, I have done some larger intarsia work out of stone, but the intarsia cab was the most rewarding for the time spent.
I used a 5-minute epoxy to hold the pieces together on this one, although I have used Epoxy 330 which also works very well. A piece of Scotch tape will hold the pieces together while drying. Just get a piece of wax paper and do the gluing on it. The work piece, along with the excess glue will pull loose easily from the wax paper. Then you can clean the work piece up with an Exacto knife or grind/sand the remaining excess glue off.
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Post by frane on Jan 2, 2009 21:48:25 GMT -5
That really looks like a nice piece of art! You did a great job with it! Fran
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Post by NatureNut on Jan 2, 2009 22:05:00 GMT -5
Truly art!
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Post by sitnwrap on Jan 2, 2009 23:10:34 GMT -5
That is absolutely beautful.
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Post by Tony W on Jan 2, 2009 23:27:27 GMT -5
Nicely done! Great pattern beautifully framed! T
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Post by 49er on Jan 3, 2009 14:48:50 GMT -5
Exceptional work. Great detail in selection of stone and placement. Which machine are you using to create your work?
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Post by mossyrockhound on Jan 3, 2009 18:43:02 GMT -5
Thanks for the compliments. I have an old Hillquist arbor that I mounted the six Diamond Pacific Titan (8" dia.) wheels on. I believe they are called the Galaxy grinding and Nova sanding wheels. Boy, I've got a lot of hours on those wheels - almost worn out! I just hand-held the cab while working it and periodically measured the sides and diagonals during the grinding operation to make sure I was relatively square.
mr
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Post by highplainsdrifter on Jan 3, 2009 22:24:09 GMT -5
I absolutely love Tahoma Jasper. It is one of my favorite materials. I love the stalagtite-like jasper plumes. It is hard to find though. I was lucky to find a dealer at the Prineville Pow-wow this year who had some good slabs.
The intarsia is very nice. Beautiful materials and excellent work.
HPD
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2009 23:54:29 GMT -5
That is beautiful! Reminds me of ocean waves.
Shannon
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Post by UtahRockHound on Jan 4, 2009 2:41:28 GMT -5
Very nice work. A lot of time and care, and it shows.
And they call rockhounds nuts. Go figure.
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Post by stonesthatrock on Jan 4, 2009 9:57:12 GMT -5
that is sooooo nice. looks like an expensive art work.
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Post by sparkles on Jan 4, 2009 14:44:23 GMT -5
That is just gorgeous! What an amazing piece of work on some seriously beautiful stone. I really love the effect and the finished piece is amazing. Thanks for sharing this demonstration of lapidary talents, there are some extraordinary skills on show here and they are well and truly appreciated. Congratulations Mossyrockhound and Woodyrock, thanks for posting the photo, what a showpiece!
Cheers,
Sparkles.
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Post by fiftiesrock on Jan 5, 2009 0:08:43 GMT -5
Woodyrock---that if fantastic.
Something else I never thought of before.
That is great and thanks for sharing.
Charles
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Post by Titania on Jan 5, 2009 10:14:34 GMT -5
I've got to get around to trying this technique sometime...I'll add it to the list. You really performed this one flawlessly! I really like your choice of stones. The finished product really works exceptionally well.
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Post by Woodyrock on Jan 5, 2009 13:23:19 GMT -5
Titania:
Mossyrockhound did this great cab! Me, all I did was post it when I thought he was having trouble posting the picture. I did not notice that he had already posted it as a reply to the intarsia post. Woody
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