I really am only banging rocks together ........

liveoak still telling self it's just a hobby Member since January 2022 Posts: 4,700 Member is Online	I really am only banging rocks together ........ Jun 7, 2023 5:59:43 GMT -5 drocknut, NDK, and 11 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by liveoak on Jun 7, 2023 5:59:43 GMT -5
	"The Lyf so Short, the Craft so Long to Lerne" - G. Chaucer www.liveoakstudios.us goimagine.com/liveoakstudios/

rockjunquie Global Moderator Member since March 2012 Posts: 34,968	I really am only banging rocks together ........ Jun 7, 2023 6:15:54 GMT -5 hummingbirdstones and liveoak like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockjunquie on Jun 7, 2023 6:15:54 GMT -5 Imagine the hours that go into something like that... Absolutely beautiful! I don't think I have seen one that sings before.

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Post by liveoak on Jun 7, 2023 7:02:53 GMT -5

I'm amazed that's it's all wind up - no motor or anything.

And look at all the stones set in the birds, and the dragonfly is to die for.

Made me think of Hans Mevis and all his cool metal sculptures.

www.meevis.com/hans-meevis-art-creations.htm

But this French guy took that to a new height !

Pretty amazing,

Patty

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allbetzoff noticing nice landscape pebbles Member since November 2020 Posts: 77	I really am only banging rocks together ........ Jun 7, 2023 9:25:05 GMT -5 via mobile hummingbirdstones and liveoak like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by allbetzoff on Jun 7, 2023 9:25:05 GMT -5 🤯

Pat misunderstood rock expert Member since February 2012 Posts: 11,828	I really am only banging rocks together ........ Jun 7, 2023 11:21:18 GMT -5 via mobile hummingbirdstones and liveoak like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Pat on Jun 7, 2023 11:21:18 GMT -5 WOW!! Mesmerizing!
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Post by liveoak on Jun 7, 2023 11:50:38 GMT -5

I mean, think about all those gears he made (besides figuring out how to make it all work)

and the little chains with the beads going around, keeping it in time.

And all the faceted stones set in it - did I mention the dragon fly & don't forget about the water lilies opening and closing.

Patty... awestruck.....

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I really am only banging rocks together ........ Jun 7, 2023 20:06:18 GMT -5 Pat and liveoak like this

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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jun 7, 2023 20:06:18 GMT -5

gemfeller - you have to see this!

Robin

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."

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quartz Cave Dweller breakin' rocks in the hot sun Member since February 2010 Posts: 3,359	I really am only banging rocks together ........ Jun 7, 2023 22:43:55 GMT -5 liveoak likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by quartz on Jun 7, 2023 22:43:55 GMT -5 The mechanism alone is amazing, then all the decoration visible makes the project little hard to describe, certainly a brilliant effort. Wonder how long it took start to finish.
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parfive no longer being taken for granite Member since August 2005 Posts: 9,606	I really am only banging rocks together ........ Jun 8, 2023 0:41:55 GMT -5 quartz, rockjunquie, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by parfive on Jun 8, 2023 0:41:55 GMT -5 The Fontaine aux Oiseaux automaton . . . more than 25,200 hours of craftsmanship overall. A look at his shop. Some of the trades making another piece.
	Last Edit: Jun 8, 2023 0:42:32 GMT -5 by parfive Consider the Earth’s history as the old measure of the English yard, the distance from the King’s nose to the tip of his outstretched hand. One stroke of a nail file on his middle finger erases human history. John McPhee - Basin and Range

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I really am only banging rocks together ........ Jun 8, 2023 6:07:12 GMT -5 Pat, rockjunquie, and 1 more like this

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Post by liveoak on Jun 8, 2023 6:07:12 GMT -5

Thank You Rich, parfive, especially for the second video.

I really don't think my skill level is up to faceting stones on a hand cranked flat lap.

I'll have to work on walking & chewing gum at the same time, as a start.

Absolutely jaw dropping the craftsmanship.

Diamond encrusted, opal paneled butterflies, is not something I could have even imagined.

Patty .... more awestruck

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quartz Cave Dweller breakin' rocks in the hot sun Member since February 2010 Posts: 3,359	I really am only banging rocks together ........ Jun 8, 2023 21:48:56 GMT -5 hummingbirdstones and liveoak like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by quartz on Jun 8, 2023 21:48:56 GMT -5 Thanks to both of you for putting these videos up, just facinating what those people do.
	Larry