xXxAlisha91xXx
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Post by xXxAlisha91xXx on Jul 3, 2012 17:18:21 GMT -5
I actually hadn't tried the wire from Art, so, for fun, I decided to try it by leaving the plastic coating on it and use colors for the theme of the U.S. 's Independence Day:
I like the look of it, but I think I'm going to have to strip the wire and redo the wrap. The plastic coating on it makes it slide around too much. (Plus, I don't think I did the loops quite long enough)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2012 18:57:48 GMT -5
Pretty cool idea. You sure would not have to worry about loosing it. lol As far as the loops go, when you get to the end and before making the bail you can stretch out the loops and cut off any extra ones. From what I am seeing the loops on the back must be very narrow. I ended up with the same thing so I stretched them out and ended up cutting off two loops. Wasn't it fun.
Jim
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2012 19:03:50 GMT -5
Just saw the question about the stone. I have a bunch of green stone but I do not remember any that shade of green or with that pattern in it. Do you know if it is agate or quartz?
Jim
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Post by itsandbits on Jul 3, 2012 20:14:10 GMT -5
That looks pretty cool Alisha:<)) I think you're right about taking the coating off:<)) You see how the loops are twisted a little; you can straighten them out when they are still on the form by giving it a little twist back straight.
Jim; The stone is probably the same thing as you find laying around over there. Not quartz or agate.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2012 20:57:08 GMT -5
You may be right. There is a bunch of green stone around here that is not quartz as I know quartz and it is not agate. When you break it there is a little bit of a quartz look but the shiny areas are much smaller than in the quartz break.
Jim
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Post by itsandbits on Jul 5, 2012 16:43:40 GMT -5
Hi Jim
I hate to call it anything because there is'nt a known occurance here so I'll just say that I find some of the formation materials for it here like serpentine, and I cut them all, but some of this has all the qualities of the harder/tougher material.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2012 18:33:19 GMT -5
I will get out and break a piece of it so you get a better idea of what I have. Picked up a lot of it before I knew what I was doing so now I have a lot of yard rocks that I do not need. lol Hard to break until you find the direction of cleavage.
Jim
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Post by paulshiroma on Jul 6, 2012 8:31:51 GMT -5
Great idea on the wire art. Very slick. Alisha, the colors on the obsidian came out nice!
Paul
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Post by itsandbits on Jul 6, 2012 11:48:44 GMT -5
thanks Paul, I hope you try it out.
Jim, The stuff I`m talking about doesn`t have a plane and when you force it to break, is a granular, shattered look. The fibrous interlocking nature of the material does this.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2012 8:57:51 GMT -5
It sounds to me like you are talking about nephrite. Sampson from Canada (don't remember where) sent a stone to me so I could slab it on shares. He called it "jade like" and it is coal black. It cut and drilled like nephrite and when I did a ring break test with it it took a beating and would not break. Very tough stone. I just went back and checked and he is from "BC/ Alberta hills and valleys" so ya'll might be neighbors. I have not seen him on here for quite a while. I just went back and read your posts and (hitting my forehead with my hand) realized that I should have guessed nephrite before. I just went back and looked at all your photos and there is indeed some similarities to the Wyoming nephrite.  Just because there is not a known occurrence there does not mean that it is not there. I have found several things here that people do not believe came from here. I have no doubt that if the black stone that sampson sent to me was tested it would fall into the nephrite family which is a very large family. Since I started making the rings and looking for nephrite/jade I have learned about several stones that are in the family but called something else. The blue G from hand-to-mouth mining is the last one and thulite is the one before that. If there is an abundance of that stone there maybe you should have it tested. The rewards may be way higher than the cost of having it tested. You may be able to send a piece to a university and get it tested for free. Jim |
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Post by itsandbits on Jul 7, 2012 17:01:59 GMT -5
here`s one I made to try with an aluminum wire frame and lengthened the loops over the forms. I forgot that I was going to try double wrapping the loop wires on the frame and only did the first loop that way.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2012 15:41:31 GMT -5
Here is another variation on the wrap.    jim |
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Post by itsandbits on Jul 19, 2012 17:21:36 GMT -5
and one I did copying Jims nice demo; I did it just a little different though and I think his looks better  |
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Post by itsandbits on Jul 19, 2012 17:22:56 GMT -5
and this is the back, the stone rests against the frame in the front so it doesn't really need back support  |
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The Dad_Ohs
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Post by The Dad_Ohs on Nov 28, 2012 12:28:26 GMT -5
if you should decide to post a second installment to this topic, you should show 1 of the more modern wrap styles being used.
By modern, I mean a wrap where there are only a couple loops to hold the stone and the bindings/coils (I don't know the term for the wire wrapped around the main wire for looks.)
and even show the reverse side so people can see where the work from both perspectives.
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Of course I've read the rest of the this and see where the backs are being dsplayed, wish all the wrappers here would do it more often... would be a bigger help to all who are trying to learn.
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just my opinion, I think this tutorial is great and makes it look a lot easier than I thought to start wrapping!! Thanx for posting it!!
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Post by aunuts on Dec 12, 2012 21:47:59 GMT -5
This is a GREAT pattern. I'll definitely have to try this. Thanks so much for posting this tut.
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waxman
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Post by waxman on Oct 18, 2013 22:39:51 GMT -5
Hi All,
Just checked this tut by laceedge, the pics do not show, out of memory is quoted, has anyone got a copy of the original with pics, Thank you.
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Post by 1dave on Oct 28, 2013 10:12:34 GMT -5
It appears the site has run out of attachment space and all of yours have disappeared from this thread.
My posts have had to post them from another website. If the other website flames out, they will probably disappear too.
Can you post them again? Thanks!
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Post by jamesp on Oct 28, 2013 10:41:28 GMT -5
Posting out of Photobucket or Flicker or any other photo hosting site is most common.
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Enchantra
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Post by Enchantra on Dec 19, 2013 21:33:57 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing. Only one small problem. I cannot view the pictures. I try and I get an error message about the board's attachment space being over it's limit.
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