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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 2, 2024 13:23:28 GMT -5
Sorry, I was away all weekend, so I'm a day late.
rockbrain - go ahead and post your Challenge here.
Let's all have fun!
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Post by rockbrain on Sept 4, 2024 18:42:19 GMT -5
How about a statement piece? Something big and bold!
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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 5, 2024 5:00:49 GMT -5
How about a statement piece? Something big and bold! I like it! |
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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 5, 2024 11:10:44 GMT -5
I really enjoy designing and planning out big trophy pieces. Here's one I did a very long time ago and it remains one of my favorites. It has a built in 16g neck wire.
I did this for an art show. It is Brockman scenic tiger eye, carnelian and garnet. The idea was to have the sun rise behind the mountains. The tiger eye, in person, is real bright and rolls from top to bottom, so it creates a "rising" effect.
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Post by liveoak on Sept 5, 2024 13:49:06 GMT -5
That's a pretty nice & fancy statement piece !
My only problem with "statement pieces" is that I tend to think of them, as not something to be worn, but maybe hung on the wall. But I guess that's not always true - yours looks very wearable.
Guess I have to think on this challenge further  . Patty
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Post by rockbrain on Sept 5, 2024 17:42:26 GMT -5
Nice wrap Tela! Definitely a statement piece. You could make a wall piece Patty. Just hang a jump ring on it temporarily!
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Post by susand24224 on Sept 5, 2024 19:53:43 GMT -5
Great idea rockbrain and great execution rockjunquie ! I think statement pieces are great for bulky winter sweaters, especially if they are all one color. And I've got a cabochon in mind that's out at the fairgrounds right now--been playing with it for months (in my mind only). Yes, this one will be fun! If I were still knitting, I would make the perfect "statement piece sweater" for liveoak. |
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Post by liveoak on Sept 6, 2024 6:33:57 GMT -5
Too silly, Susan  .
I'll get there-need to get my brain thinking on "big & bold" wearable statement piece.
Good idea - start by figuring out the cab  Glad we have 2 months !
Patty
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Post by liveoak on Sept 7, 2024 10:28:35 GMT -5
So I've been thinking about this "Statement" piece challenge & I've yet to come up with any idea for this one. But it made me think of a "statement" piece that I made some years ago.
I actually made a couple of them & gave them to my niece & nephews for Christmas one year.
It's technically not a piece of jewelry, but it is made from wire & it is wrapped, sort of. And it does have a stone !
But, it's more of a multi-media wall hanging art object.
Nightmare Catcher :
Patty
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Post by rockbrain on Sept 7, 2024 10:48:50 GMT -5
Wow Patty! I love that! That would definitely meet the criteria and although it wouldn't have to be jewelry to be a statement piec. That one could be done in a size that it would work for that too. I'm curious about the skull. Is it copper? How did you patina it?
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Post by rockbrain on Sept 7, 2024 10:49:53 GMT -5
I'm well on my way with my piece. Somehow I've never done a wrap with more than one stone. This one will have 3 cabs and one is rather large.
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Post by liveoak on Sept 7, 2024 11:54:50 GMT -5
Wow Patty! I love that! That would definitely meet the criteria and although it wouldn't have to be jewelry to be a statement piece. That one could be done in a size that it would work for that too. I'm curious about the skull. Is it copper? How did you patina it? Thanks, Gary. 
All copper - the frame & skull is LOS and the wire attachment left bare. I actually think a small version could be a potential necklace (maybe for Halloween !  ).
Patty
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Post by liveoak on Sept 7, 2024 11:56:16 GMT -5
I'm well on my way with my piece. Somehow I've never done a wrap with more than one stone. This one will have 3 cabs and one is rather large. Sounds intriguing ! You're on a roll.
This is going to be a great challenge !
Patty
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Post by susand24224 on Sept 7, 2024 15:41:47 GMT -5
What a great creation! I not only love the creation, the name just pushes it over the top. (Still chuckling)
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Post by liveoak on Sept 7, 2024 17:08:07 GMT -5
What a great creation! I not only love the creation, the name just pushes it over the top. (Still chuckling) Thank you, Susan. I just knew you'd like that one . To be honest, it wasn't an original idea. But one I got 15 years ago +/- from a book by Kim St. Jean. I had to go find that book this afternoon & remind myself. She in fact intended it as a necklace & I obviously upsized it, as a wall hanging. The funniest thing, to me, is that my one nephew thought enough about it, that when it moved out of my brother's house, it went with him and got promptly hung up. He told my niece, it was one of his treasured possessions! Go figure- I don't think I even got a thank you  . Sadly, I didn't make one for myself, which is odd as I usually seem to make an extra. I might just have to re-visit it for fun . Patty |
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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 7, 2024 19:52:15 GMT -5
Very cool, liveoak Patty! Reminds me of a cross between the Grateful Dead and Nightmare Before Christmas with a Mexican flair. |
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Post by liveoak on Sept 7, 2024 20:11:37 GMT -5
Very cool, liveoak Patty! Reminds me of a cross between the Grateful Dead and Nightmare Before Christmas with a Mexican flair.  |
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Post by susand24224 on Sept 8, 2024 16:09:53 GMT -5
liveoak Patty, what you lose in "creativity" because you didn't come up with the design you gain in "active hunter of good patterns" points! I love the story; and the outcome. Seems like (in this case) your indirect compliment is worth its weight in effort since there is absolutely no question that his admiration for your creation is genuine. And you and I both know that the pattern/tutorial/whathaveyou is only part of it--the modifications, fixing and interpretation can be more daunting than one from "scratch." When you are doing your personally created pattern you are free to deviate at any turn; when you are trying to achieve someone else's pattern, you have a tighter standard.
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Post by liveoak on Sept 8, 2024 17:20:26 GMT -5
liveoak Patty, what you lose in "creativity" because you didn't come up with the design you gain in "active hunter of good patterns" points! I love the story; and the outcome. Seems like (in this case) your indirect compliment is worth its weight in effort since there is absolutely no question that his admiration for your creation is genuine. And you and I both know that the pattern/tutorial/whathaveyou is only part of it--the modifications, fixing and interpretation can be more daunting than one from "scratch." When you are doing your personally created pattern you are free to deviate at any turn; when you are trying to achieve someone else's pattern, you have a tighter standard.
^^^^^ Amen to that !
Thank you, Susan Patty
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 26, 2024 20:42:24 GMT -5
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