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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2022 14:50:15 GMT -5
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Post by pebblesky on Oct 30, 2022 14:54:23 GMT -5
Beautiful cab and very appropriate pumpkin background. The wrapping itself resembles a pumpkin! š
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Post by adrian65 on Oct 30, 2022 14:55:50 GMT -5
So delicate! Beautiful.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2022 14:56:04 GMT -5
Beautiful cab and very appropriate pumpkin background. The wrapping itself resembles a pumpkin! š Thank you!  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2022 14:57:14 GMT -5
So delicate! Beautiful. Adrian Thank you! |
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 30, 2022 15:01:27 GMT -5
Very nice! Love the cab and the photos with the pumpkin. The wrap is very neat and your bindings look very good. Well done! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2022 15:05:40 GMT -5
Thank you Tela!! |
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Post by susand24224 on Oct 30, 2022 15:21:48 GMT -5
Ashley, you did a great job! Not only on the "technical" aspects, but also on the complimentary wrap that suits the opal. And you are right to go to the basics and get them nailed, it will serve you well forever. (I need to do more of that!) A possibly helpful hint: at least for me, working with square wire is less forgiving and more difficult. Round wire seems to flow easier and is easier to get tight around the stone. As I type this, I realize that this varies from person to person, but you may want to give it a try.
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Post by liveoak on Oct 30, 2022 16:03:21 GMT -5
Thanks for showing the back ashley, it looks nice and clean (I hate busy wrap backs). And so does the front (look nice & clean).
Good you didn't try to over-complicate it- your wrap fits the pretty simple stone, IMHO.
My only feedback (and I know I am VERY much still in the wrapping stage that I want feedback) is to try and get the stone tight into the bottom, personally unless there is a reason not to (in a certain design) I work on that.
Also I think others have mentioned it- they sell finger nail boards (I buy them at the dollar store)
that work pretty good on getting little tool marks out.
I'll tell you what I'm finding out, the more wraps I do, it's getting a little easier. So keep up the good work !
Patty
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2022 17:14:09 GMT -5
Ashley, you did a great job! Not only on the "technical" aspects, but also on the complimentary wrap that suits the opal. And you are right to go to the basics and get them nailed, it will serve you well forever. (I need to do more of that!) A possibly helpful hint: at least for me, working with square wire is less forgiving and more difficult. Round wire seems to flow easier and is easier to get tight around the stone. As I type this, I realize that this varies from person to person, but you may want to give it a try. Thank you Susan! I will give the round another go. It seemed a bit easier for me with the square on this one as it sits nicely on each other where as the round felt clumsy to me and seemed to roll around on me where it felt so awkward and hard to control if that makes sense. Wire wrapping seems to be a bit of a tedious task. Maybe the fast pace action of kids makes me anxious to get it done before they start hounding me lol. Perhaps the next wrap I try will be during nap time! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2022 17:16:20 GMT -5
Thanks for showing the back ashley, it looks nice and clean (I hate busy wrap backs). And so does the front (look nice & clean).
Good you didn't try to over-complicate it- your wrap fits the pretty simple stone, IMHO.
My only feedback (and I know I am VERY much still in the wrapping stage that I want feedback) is to try and get the stone tight into the bottom, personally unless there is a reason not to (in a certain design) I work on that.
Also I think others have mentioned it- they sell finger nail boards (I buy them at the dollar store)
that work pretty good on getting little tool marks out.
I'll tell you what I'm finding out, the more wraps I do, it's getting a little easier. So keep up the good work !
Patty
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Thanks Patty! Oh yeah I see that now, it is lifted up off the base a bit. Thank you for pointing that out to me! I will remembered that next time. Thanks for the tips! |
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 30, 2022 18:44:45 GMT -5
Way to go kiddo! I agree you picked a great design idea for this wrap as it compliments what's going on (or not going on) in the cab! You absolutely nailed the binding wires...there are no gaps and the pressure you applied when putting them on was consistent! Great job!! Hint: I have made a TON of teardrop cabs. One of the things that helps me keep the wires so "tightly" formed against the bottom of the teardrop wraps that I do...I have a preform of a teardrop that I use to bend the wire into the same shape of the bottom of the cab that I'm doing. I use the preform, because it's 1/4" thick and ALL the wires are going to bend at the exact curvature of the cab I'm using in the wrap. Not all shapes are going to be a teardrop...so something you can pick up rather inexpensively is a set of "Beadsmith Mandrel 4X". They're less than $10 on eBay...and if you Google it, you can find them for sale elsewhere. I use the round one quite frequently to make the curve on the bottom of wraps. I have a digital caliper. I measured the width of each of the round sections and wrote the measurements onto the mandrel with a Sharpie. Then I use the caliper to measure the piece I'm going to wrap and know which section of the round mandrel I need to use to make the appropriate bend. The same thing can be accomplished with a bunch of dowels of different sizes...but the above mandrel has a bunch of different sizes in one compact little tool... |
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Post by vance71975 on Oct 30, 2022 20:19:54 GMT -5
The more I practice wrapping them more appreciation I have for all of you wire wrappers who make it look easy! This is not the easiest thing and certainly takes practice. All you wire wrappers are awesome! Here is my latest attempt at wrapping. I wish it were more symmetrical and had less tool marks. But Iām happy to have gotten more practice and like parts of it. (I added a picture of the back for you Patty liveoak lol!)     girl that is AWESOME!!!! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2022 20:35:05 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2022 20:54:23 GMT -5
jasoninsdThank you Jason! thank you so much for that tip! That will be so helpful. I am so thankful for all of the helpful friends on here.
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 31, 2022 6:30:29 GMT -5
jasoninsd That's really smart to use a preform! I never thought of that, but I do have plenty of mandrels that serve the same purpose. A preform would have been cheaper! LOL!
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 31, 2022 19:01:33 GMT -5
jasoninsd That's really smart to use a preform! I never thought of that, but I do have plenty of mandrels that serve the same purpose. A preform would have been cheaper! LOL! I told myself all summer long to take some thick cut Prairie Agates and cut all the "normal" shapes I use, so I could use them like the teardrop. That didn't happen! LOL |
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Post by drocknut on Nov 2, 2022 13:39:10 GMT -5
Great looking wrap. Keep up the good work.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2022 13:41:09 GMT -5
Great looking wrap. Keep up the good work. Thank you Diane! š |
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