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Post by chris1956 on Oct 31, 2024 16:47:41 GMT -5
Here are the latest ornaments from the Lot-O. Group shot and close ups of some. The dark green trees are from a slab (bloodstone) from tribeunited. Thanks! Those two trees with the strips are amazing (my wife has already claimed those for the Christmas collection). The rose quartz trees (rose doesn't show too well in these pics) are from a slab from jasoninsd. Thanks! The green and white ones are supposed to be green tree agate. The large cross is quartzite that I found in Lake Michigan.        Thanks for taking a look, Chris |
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Post by tribeunited on Oct 31, 2024 17:33:25 GMT -5
Let me say how much I love these darn ornaments. They are absolutely perfectly wonderful. I'm a super fan of all of them - no picking favorites, they are all great. Excellent work Chris!! I'm so happy you shared them  |
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Post by pebblesky on Oct 31, 2024 18:04:49 GMT -5
The fancy jasper christmas trees look great! The way/direction you get the shapes cut is brilliant.
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Post by whalecottagedesigns on Oct 31, 2024 19:40:11 GMT -5
Those are all really lovely!
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Post by python on Oct 31, 2024 23:36:36 GMT -5
I love them, they all look awesome!
Great job!
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Post by liveoak on Nov 1, 2024 6:18:58 GMT -5
Love the bloodstone trees. Looks like natural garland on them. Fabulous 
Patty
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Post by chris1956 on Nov 1, 2024 8:03:06 GMT -5
Let me say how much I love these darn ornaments. They are absolutely perfectly wonderful. I'm a super fan of all of them - no picking favorites, they are all great. Excellent work Chris!! I'm so happy you shared them Thanks. They are fun to do. The fancy jasper christmas trees look great! The way/direction you get the shapes cut is brilliant. Thanks. The parallel patterns seemed perfect for the Christmas trees. Those are all really lovely! Thanks. Love the bloodstone trees. Looks like natural garland on them. Fabulous
Patty
Thanks. I was thinking and hoping the patterns would turn out like garland. |
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Post by hplcman on Nov 1, 2024 13:23:29 GMT -5
Chris, those are amazing! And you're creating heirlooms for people, which I think is wonderful.
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Post by mdjunkie on Nov 1, 2024 14:46:50 GMT -5
I love the ornaments. Don't take it wrong, as I love it, but the inclusions on the bigger cross make it look like "The Old Rugged Cross" that I heard so much about over the years in church. Great work Chris.
Mike
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Post by chris1956 on Nov 1, 2024 16:22:59 GMT -5
Chris, those are amazing! And you're creating heirlooms for people, which I think is wonderful. Thanks. People seem to like them. I love the ornaments. Don't take it wrong, as I love it, but the inclusions on the bigger cross make it look like "The Old Rugged Cross" that I heard so much about over the years in church. Great work Chris. Mike Thanks. It did turn out with the beaten up look. Odd material. Can't decide if it looks good or not for the ornaments (in general). |
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Post by dshanpnw on Nov 1, 2024 18:37:15 GMT -5
I love them all too chris1956. It's looking like Christmas around here. Thanks for sharing. |
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Post by rocknrob on Nov 7, 2024 12:27:29 GMT -5
Super cool looking ornaments! Are you planning to drill them at the top and hang em that way or get them wrapped?
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Post by chris1956 on Nov 7, 2024 16:23:52 GMT -5
I love them all too chris1956 . It's looking like Christmas around here. Thanks for sharing. Thanks. |
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Post by chris1956 on Nov 7, 2024 16:41:01 GMT -5
rocknrob, Funny you should ask about how I hang them. Just finished these today. In general (see pics below), I either drill the tops and epoxy an eyepin or for the thinner ones I make refrigerator magnets. On some of them I will drill a hole through for fish line or thread (see jade pic below) although with ornaments I have been making the holes much smaller about 1 mm diameter). Just today, my wife suggested wrapping them and since you brought that up also, I may have to give that a try. I have typically drilled the holes after polishing in the Lot-O but that takes some time because you have to go slow to get the hole started right on top of a point. Everytime I would drill the hole before the Lot-O, the hole gets packed with grit or tiny rocks. I recently saw that Rob of Michigan Rocks Jugglerguy uses a water pick to clean the holes out so I will have to give that a try but it will have to be done after each stage. The two on the right side are new ones that I don't think I have shown photos of before. The last pic is one that broke when drilling the top. I think I went too fast or hard and it heated up the rock and it broke even though I had water shooting right on the drill point. I plan to reshape the top on the cabber.     
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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 12, 2024 13:23:33 GMT -5
Heartbreaker on that last quartz one Chris! Nice save on it though!! |
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Post by HammyCamey on Nov 13, 2024 16:37:44 GMT -5
Those look great! I love the variety of the materials you used for the ornaments, very pretty.
I thought about making some, but I only have a rotary tumbler. I'm worried they'd break or turn out wonky. Has anyone had good results with a rotary tumbler?
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