barclay
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Post by barclay on May 3, 2013 17:51:16 GMT -5
My first "big" jewelry job. My Pastor asked me to make him 10 cross pendants for him to give to kids who have good attendance at Sunday school. This is the first one I completed as a demo piece for what I proposed. He liked it. Choosing the stone for the project was challenging. I did not want to just make a cross shape out of rock. I wanted to find a stone that had a design that worked on the small surface area of a cross. It also has to be strong enough for a kid to use and abuse. The second requirement knocked out a lot of contenders. I found this piece of agate from Mexico. The design in the rock reminds me of a man and blood. I will get 7 crosses out of the original rock and have to find another for last 3.  |
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Post by deb193redux on May 3, 2013 18:15:23 GMT -5
It looks nice, and I'm always in favor of thoughtful design choices. Neat project.
IMO, unless it can be worn as a pendant or used as a key-fob or something, the kids will not use it. It will get buried on a dresser or lost in a junk drawer. Even a thin leather cord tied around the cross and permitting it to be worn around the neck should greatly increase the kid's actual use. Just a thought.
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barclay
has rocks in the head
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Post by barclay on May 3, 2013 20:52:35 GMT -5
That is the plan, although I still think most of them will end up in a sock drawer unless they have an iPOD glued to them  |
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Post by rockjunquie on May 3, 2013 22:50:34 GMT -5
Sweet! Nice work and great cause. Depending on the size of these, they might make a good book mark with a tab of leather attached to it with a string or something to that effect.
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Post by susand24224 on May 4, 2013 0:08:30 GMT -5
What a beautiful job you have done with that pattern. Very nice, indeed.
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Post by Toad on May 4, 2013 7:35:45 GMT -5
Looks great. Nice choice of stone.
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garock
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Post by garock on May 4, 2013 14:49:30 GMT -5
Mr Barclay ! EXCELLENT ! ! !
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Post by talkingstones on May 5, 2013 15:11:19 GMT -5
Beautiful piece and I'm sure the children will love them!
Cathy
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peachfront
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Post by peachfront on May 9, 2013 20:24:39 GMT -5
Wow. Wonderful use of the natural pattern.
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barclay
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Post by barclay on Jun 1, 2013 8:53:03 GMT -5
Here are most of the rest of the crosses. To my surprise the kids receiving them were excited.  |
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JUDY
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Post by JUDY on Jun 1, 2013 12:57:04 GMT -5
oh wow!!! VERY nice!!
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Post by talkingstones on Jun 19, 2013 7:04:02 GMT -5
Why wouldn't they be? They're gorgeous!!! Cathy |
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mc2
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Post by mc2 on Jun 19, 2013 7:53:05 GMT -5
Those are really nice! Excellent workmanship!
Mike
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deedolce
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Post by deedolce on Jun 19, 2013 11:39:37 GMT -5
Very nice!
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Post by Bikerrandy on Jun 19, 2013 15:42:43 GMT -5
I missed this one. Crossed are tricky, those all look perfect!  |
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cccbock
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Post by cccbock on Jul 8, 2013 17:47:42 GMT -5
nice job!
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RocksForBrains
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Post by RocksForBrains on Oct 19, 2013 22:14:27 GMT -5
impressive! great work.
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