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Post by whalecottagedesigns on Sept 13, 2024 23:21:09 GMT -5
Hi All,
This is Theo from whalecottagedesigns. You can find out how we are doing learning the dark arts of lapidary and basic jewellery making by checking out that same name on Instagram. We are a husband and wife team, Sheugnet does mostly opal and is learning silversmithing, and I cut anything I can get my grubby paws on in order to learn about material and shape and polish and whatnot, and do a bit with wood and the other metals.
We are about two years into the game now, it all started from me picking up a rock on my early morning walk - being bored with our kids being grown up on other continents now and grew from that! :-) And we love it! We live and work in Dubai, but in a few years will retire back after 25 years here to the very southern tip of Africa. We both still work full-time jobs, and are still on the learning curve, not selling anything yet! We do not tumble or facet, it is mostly cabochon-making and the metal and wood fusion stuff.
I was put onto your website by lapidary1234, who said it was a rocking forum! :-)
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python
spending too much on rocks
Member since June 2024
Posts: 292
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New Member
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via mobile
Post by python on Sept 13, 2024 23:31:27 GMT -5
Welcome!
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Post by vegasjames on Sept 14, 2024 0:14:45 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum Theo.
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RockyBeach
spending too much on rocks
Member since July 2023
Posts: 342
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Post by RockyBeach on Sept 14, 2024 0:30:40 GMT -5
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Post by chris1956 on Sept 14, 2024 6:18:20 GMT -5
Welcome!
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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 14, 2024 6:45:48 GMT -5
Welcome from Virginia! I understand Dubai is a beautiful place.
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Post by opalpyrexia on Sept 14, 2024 10:27:18 GMT -5
Welcome from Washington State. Beautiful work!
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 14, 2024 21:48:12 GMT -5
Hey Theo! Welcome to the forum from South Dakota, USA!  Definitely don't hesitate to post pics of your pieces! We love seeing everybody's works! |
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titaniumkid
has rocks in the head
Member since June 2023
Posts: 501
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Post by titaniumkid on Sept 15, 2024 2:38:39 GMT -5
Hi from Australia |
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Post by whalecottagedesigns on Sept 15, 2024 4:53:58 GMT -5
Cheers folks, thank you for the welcomes! Appreciate! :-) Dubai is great, we have enjoyed living here very much! But between you, me and that over there tree - Rocks are better! :-)
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Post by liveoak on Sept 15, 2024 7:17:24 GMT -5
Welcome from NW Florida
As I'm not on Instagram, I hope you'll also share here ,what you & your wife get up to. Patty |
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RockNerds
noticing nice landscape pebbles
oooooooooo a rock lol
Member since August 2024
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Post by RockNerds on Sept 16, 2024 20:34:00 GMT -5
Welcome from the Great Lake State  |
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Post by whalecottagedesigns on Sept 16, 2024 22:22:35 GMT -5
Cheers for the new greets! :-) I am just finding my way and having a looky-loo through the forum, but will post as soon as I can find a 15-25 year old to show me how to sort the Cloudinary image upload doodad... sitting giggling here! Even since I turned 60 (much to my surprise by the way) I have been using that as an excuse to get out of things!
For a day or two I can probably just say that I did not see the tutorial right below this reply "because I could not find my glasses"! :-)
Thank you very much Opalpyrexia! Having the most wonderful fun!
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Post by liveoak on Sept 18, 2024 6:23:56 GMT -5
Actually, Cloudinary really isn't too bad to set up.
At least I didn't think so.
Patty
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rocknrob
has rocks in the head
If Costco only sold slabs in bulk...
Member since May 2024
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Post by rocknrob on Sept 18, 2024 10:59:53 GMT -5
I agree, really beautiful cabs you have there! Welcome from Washington State!
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rockinrenn
starting to shine!
Member since December 2023
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Post by rockinrenn on Sept 18, 2024 11:15:53 GMT -5
Hello from Utah!
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Post by Rockoonz on Sept 18, 2024 11:33:06 GMT -5
Welcome from AZ, USA
Beautiful stones, and a nice kitty too, looks like my old departed friend Cheeks who used to come visit me in my shop.
In your location, I imagine some materials may be more available than here, some of the spectacular agates from Iran come to mind.
The cloudinary is fairly easy, just have to follow the steps exactly, I had to open 2 tabs on my laptop and jump back and forth to remember, but it worked first try. Tapatalk also works from what I hear, if you use a mobile device primarily.
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Post by whalecottagedesigns on Sept 18, 2024 22:35:33 GMT -5
Thank you for the kind words Rocknrob and Rockoonz! And for the Cloudinary pep talks too! We literally cannot go rockhounding this side, because there is zero, zip, de nada rocks to be found locally! I have seen some decayed thin epidote layering, and I know that somewhere south of Al Ain there is a bit of marble, but other than that there is nothing useful for lapidary. So we stock up when we go down on holiday to the southern tip of Africa (we are both members of the Cape Town rock and mineral club - and those guys are wonderful!), but mostly we just buy rough online. Shipping kills us, a 5 kg package of rough from Oz cost twice the price in shipping than the actual rocks did! :-) But as we are learning still, we will cut anything we can get our grubby mitts on though begging, buying or stealing :-)
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Post by liveoak on Sept 19, 2024 6:01:20 GMT -5
We literally cannot go rockhounding this side, because there is zero, zip, de nada rocks to be found locally! Sounds like Florida !
Patty
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austindruella66
off to a rocking start
Member since September 2024
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Post by austindruella66 on Sept 21, 2024 18:18:30 GMT -5
I was searching for more information on belts for the 5 gallon tumbler I inherited from my dad by slik lapidary equipment, and found this forum.
Really am excited about learning more. I have been an avid rock hunter since I was 2 years old, but still have a lot to learn.
Thanks for allowing me to join, this tumbler is awesome and I watched my dad use it since I was little and now it's my turn.
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