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Post by krazydiamond on Aug 12, 2007 14:17:08 GMT -5
here is a batch for ya! i've been working on these for a while and finally finished them today. this first one is some sort of picture jasper and you know how you are working this stuff, it hardly ever turns out how you thought it would, and as you are working the stone, working the stone, in the zone, working the stone, you start to see stuff?? what do YOU see in this one (two diff views, 30mm x 22mm)   next up is a fairly boring looking set, but the story behind the stone makes up for it. my aunt (who is also my godmother) gave me a collection of rocks that she'd collected over the years on her travels, there weren't many and they weren't all that interesting, but they meant something to her. so, i decided to make a "Three Generation" set for her (25mm x 18mm), her daughter (18mm x 13mm) (who is MY godchild) and her little girl (14mm x 10mm) for this coming Christmas:  this next one (25mm x 18mm) came from a slab Steve Holmes sent me, don't know what it is, but the second shot shows it backlit and that purple on the bottom has to either amethyst of some sort of fluorite?   Steve also sent me a chunk of hickoryite (this is also 25mm x 18mm):  next up is a piece of rhodocrosite (18mm x 13mm) and a small (14mm x 10mm) jasper that snowdog sent me, i think he called it "candy cane jasper"?? don't remember.  a 25mm x 18mm porcelain exotica jasper:  a montana agate (also 25mm x 28mm) and a backlit shot:   two (25mm x 18mm) lace agates from a chunk that Kim sent me:   a 30mm x 22mm of what Liz181 called "Arkansas Turquoise", the photo sucks but the stone is beautiful (taken with flash to try and show the color and detail):  a 30mm x 22mm brazilian agate oval backlit:  and not backlit, kinda dull:  and last but not least, some of Jamie's chysocolla (18mm x 13mm and 25mm x 18mm) and a 18mm x 13mm turquoise oval (taken with flash).  thanks for looking!!! KD |
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Post by SteveHolmes on Aug 12, 2007 15:13:15 GMT -5
KD,
Beautiful Bunch of Cabs! I love those blues and green in the last set. It's good to see your work.
Steve
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Post by WyckedWyre on Aug 12, 2007 15:45:18 GMT -5
Jamie's blues as executed by KD. Gotta love 'em...
:)S
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Post by luv2hound on Aug 12, 2007 16:46:05 GMT -5
KD, you sure have been busy. Wow. They're all gorgeous.
Love the story about your aunt and the "three generation" set you made. She's gonna love it.
Thanks for the pics and the story.
~~Mitzi~~
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Post by spikeict on Aug 12, 2007 16:51:24 GMT -5
Wow Kd, very cool. Like them all but the porcelain exotica jasper is really elegant.
Mark
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Post by stoner on Aug 12, 2007 17:35:31 GMT -5
Great bunch of cabs KD. In the first one I see a bearded guy with a mustache and a light colored afro. What do I win?
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Post by beefjello on Aug 12, 2007 18:17:29 GMT -5
Nice buncha ovals there!
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Post by Lady B on Aug 12, 2007 21:21:39 GMT -5
Love the cabs and love the stories/details that accompany them. But I especially love the first cab in the second orientation...the one with the profile of the Golden Retriever! So who wins, me or Ed?
Did anyone notice that happy, dancing fellow in the second of the two lace agates from a chunk that Kim sent? And what about that golden retriever--it jumped from one cab to another (the cab from the slab Steve Holmes sent) and is now sitting beside its master!!!?!?
Where were these cabs when I was looking for images for the poetry contest, hmmmmm??
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Lady B
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Post by adrian65 on Aug 12, 2007 23:07:07 GMT -5
Wow, KD, you turned red your cabbing machine these days! My fav is the one that you've posted both in normal and back light.
Adrian
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Post by joe on Aug 13, 2007 0:25:27 GMT -5
Awesome batch KD! Glad to see you going Kab Krazy!
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Post by Tweetiepy on Aug 13, 2007 9:36:34 GMT -5
That first one looks like you erased some of the cab... pretty awesome all of them, hard to pick a favorite.
Don't you sometimes wish you could add a little light to the back of some cabs, it makes them all that much nicer...
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Post by stefan on Aug 13, 2007 10:12:44 GMT -5
WOW KD you have been busy- SHoulder must be doing well Huh??? THat first one- Very very strange- Some type of Arab dude-
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Post by krazydiamond on Aug 13, 2007 12:40:30 GMT -5
lol, everyone saw the man's face in that first cab, i must admit, i've been sitting here looking at it and i can't see the Golden Retriever that Lady B does. in the first orientation, i see a woman looking into her baby's cradle but i also see the top part of an Emperor penguin wintering the long night......
anyone else?
also, thank you all for the kind comments,
KD
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Post by nightop on Aug 13, 2007 12:55:33 GMT -5
I like the first lace agate. Made me smile just to look at it.
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Post by Sabre52 on Aug 13, 2007 14:51:45 GMT -5
Boy you know, I just love crazy lace agate. I think is always been a very underrated agate because years ago the good stuff was so common and cheap. Now the good stuff is scarce and that last cab of yours is a real good one! Love all the beautiful blues too!....Mel
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Post by BuiltonRock on Aug 13, 2007 14:58:43 GMT -5
I see the face but also could be an atomic bomb blast or a tornado.
LadyB, No dog but I see a happy fat dancing man! Could be the Michelin man's brother. LOL
john
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Post by SteveHolmes on Aug 13, 2007 16:05:37 GMT -5
That's it...my mouse can't keep up with all this scrolling! I can see an arab dude like Stefan, and in the first pic I see a cocker spaniel looking up. It's ears are the banded areas. I love reading what everyone else sees. I'm still looking for the rest of them. What about that one in the 5th pic....it looks like a person shucking corn, eating peas while a cow is doing the limbo with the rhino....see it???
GOTCHA!!
Steve
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Post by Jurrasic Jonje on Aug 13, 2007 20:26:37 GMT -5
KD those are some great looking cabs.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2007 20:11:47 GMT -5
Great cabs!
Ok, the first photo. I see the top of a chocolate ice cream cone. See the tip of the cone, yum! Second photo, I see a closeup of a poodle's head. The fluff on top is the topknot and the big spot at the bottom is its nose. LadyB will probably be the only other one to see that. Since Im a groomer Im always seeing dogs in things.
What a great story on that set of three.
Shannon
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Post by Zoran on Aug 14, 2007 21:40:28 GMT -5
Gorgeous cabs.
My favs are crazy lace and montana agate.
I also see nuclear blast in the first cab.
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