skystone
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Post by skystone on Jul 9, 2011 20:58:28 GMT -5
I decided to carve the reverse of the piece I did the other day. So this afternoon I carved this one. Now I have two but still have no idea what I'll do with them LOL. I do that all the time. Just get a design idea in my head & have to do it. I've got more pieces & half done stuff laying arround my studio.  Mike  |
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Post by rockmanken on Jul 9, 2011 23:20:37 GMT -5
Do like I do most of the time and just throw it up on a shelf somewhere. Then go back next year and discover it and say 'when did I do that?'.
Ken
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WarrenA
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Post by WarrenA on Jul 10, 2011 0:24:37 GMT -5
Sometimes I have to sit and hold a piece in my hand for awhile. Then it will tell me what to do. Never fails.
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Post by Toad on Jul 10, 2011 6:39:13 GMT -5
What Ken says - sometimes time apart helps.
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adrian65
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Post by adrian65 on Jul 10, 2011 7:53:31 GMT -5
Sounds strange, but that coin looks great framed by your twin carvings. So you might either frame a special/antique coin, or a round cab.
Adrian
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Post by johnjsgems on Jul 10, 2011 8:52:19 GMT -5
Cut a contrasting piece that fits inside?
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Post by tanyafrench on Jul 10, 2011 11:51:40 GMT -5
I won't suggest what to do with them but I do love the stones and the carving you have done.
Tanya
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unclesoska
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All those jade boulders tossed in search of gold!
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Post by unclesoska on Jul 10, 2011 16:02:52 GMT -5
If the 2 stones switched positions, I see the wings of Pegasus... but that's just me.
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chassroc
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Post by chassroc on Jul 11, 2011 12:10:51 GMT -5
Very nice...what is the stone?
Looks like you've got the idea of complimenting a forged or carved/etched/engraved silver circle or a pearl or shell for a striking brooch.
Probaly too heavy for earrings or else you could sell to a person in love of flying
Charlie
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Don
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Post by Don on Jul 11, 2011 16:04:59 GMT -5
have them wing a larger center carving that combines both pieces and set everything in silver for a necklace.
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Post by sandsman1 on Jul 12, 2011 3:11:51 GMT -5
yup looks like a heavy but very nice set of earings make a pendent to complete the set
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skystone
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by skystone on Jul 12, 2011 13:18:21 GMT -5
Don it was your Dad's carved gem silca piece thar sparked the design for them Thanks
Mike
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peachfront
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Post by peachfront on Jul 22, 2011 16:42:38 GMT -5
I like it as a step toward making a small frame. It doesn't, shouldn't, always be about jewelry.
Too heavy for earrings, as another poster noticed and I, personally, think too heavy for a brooch. Modern women under 70 don't wear brooches very often, partly because the pins are so destructive to good fabric. Heavier brooch = weightier final piece = too important to wear with cheap clothes and yet too destructive to wear with expensive clothes.
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Post by connecticutwayne on Jul 25, 2011 6:18:14 GMT -5
Love your carvings. I have a beginner question. Do you carve with a dremel tool or something else? Thanks
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skystone
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by skystone on Jul 25, 2011 13:24:52 GMT -5
Wayne I use a Fordom. Which is also a "rotary" tool. You can use a dremmel just fine. The flex shaft with a speed control pedal is the most convenient. But even a cheap type can be used too. All of it just takes practice & experience with which burrs work best for you in which areas. Give it a try you never know what you can do.
Mike
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Post by connecticutwayne on Jul 25, 2011 19:19:49 GMT -5
Thanks for the info.
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