Post by kk on Mar 23, 2012 6:47:48 GMT -5
Hi there, just came home and found that Helens part of a trade is already here, so instead of waiting for better weather to get appropriate pictures, I gotta hurry to get her piece into the mail too. Can’t show what she send me yet, as I will not open until she confirms receipt of my part. LOL
The timing is near perfect as my subject here is Yin and Yang and this is my 2222nd. post. The number two represents balance, repetition and continuance as well as opposites pending on different regions in Chinese language, so for this to be posted on this number fits perfectly with the theme.
I started out with a simple egg-shaped solid orb on top to get a feel for the color, before the trade with Hellen fell into place. Hellens glass-work, to me, is everything about balance, so the idea was getting opposites into balance. Started playing with the idea of X and Y’s in the sense of chromosomes. This lead to an opposing hollow orb on the other end. This time I got lucky and the Orb held out. By then the overall shape (with the banding) gave me the idea to reinforce the sides to represent male/female too, so I hollowed out the whole center part from the side.
It can be worn by inserting a pin through the hollow orb from the top and affixing a bail, so it could freely roll horizontally (Which is my suggestion if the wearer is female). Hellen though, choose “Balance”, So the chain/cord goes through the body and rests on its shoulders allowing it to rotate freely in vertical motion. The ends are heavy enough, so if you want either of the ends on top you put it there and it will stay there. You would have to be pretty active, to have it switch by itself, despite it hanging unhindered.
Final seize : 16 x 40 mm
It has a nice solid color, green with indoor lighting, and slightly bluish in white light (the yellow tiger eye has been either completely absorbed or has changed to green). It has a nice chatoyance that covers most of the stone in a rather subtle manner and is not screaming into your face. Unfortunately, the pictures I took over the past few days do not do it justice.
This picture gives you the closest color to the real thing at hand (most lighting)
Thanks for looking, next up is something I got on mind since a couple of weeks.
A play on the words “Heavy Metal” or “Hard Rock” LOL
The timing is near perfect as my subject here is Yin and Yang and this is my 2222nd. post. The number two represents balance, repetition and continuance as well as opposites pending on different regions in Chinese language, so for this to be posted on this number fits perfectly with the theme.
I started out with a simple egg-shaped solid orb on top to get a feel for the color, before the trade with Hellen fell into place. Hellens glass-work, to me, is everything about balance, so the idea was getting opposites into balance. Started playing with the idea of X and Y’s in the sense of chromosomes. This lead to an opposing hollow orb on the other end. This time I got lucky and the Orb held out. By then the overall shape (with the banding) gave me the idea to reinforce the sides to represent male/female too, so I hollowed out the whole center part from the side.
It can be worn by inserting a pin through the hollow orb from the top and affixing a bail, so it could freely roll horizontally (Which is my suggestion if the wearer is female). Hellen though, choose “Balance”, So the chain/cord goes through the body and rests on its shoulders allowing it to rotate freely in vertical motion. The ends are heavy enough, so if you want either of the ends on top you put it there and it will stay there. You would have to be pretty active, to have it switch by itself, despite it hanging unhindered.
Final seize : 16 x 40 mm
It has a nice solid color, green with indoor lighting, and slightly bluish in white light (the yellow tiger eye has been either completely absorbed or has changed to green). It has a nice chatoyance that covers most of the stone in a rather subtle manner and is not screaming into your face. Unfortunately, the pictures I took over the past few days do not do it justice.
This picture gives you the closest color to the real thing at hand (most lighting)
Thanks for looking, next up is something I got on mind since a couple of weeks.
A play on the words “Heavy Metal” or “Hard Rock” LOL
Making that little hollow sphere is beyond me. The whole project is very complex and very well done.
I LOVE it!!! 
