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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2015 16:45:56 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2015 16:50:19 GMT -5
Now all I have to do is figure out what to do with them. A couple are getting mounted on black jade but beyond that I don't know. I am not going to start working silver because I have done enough metal work to last a lifetime.
Jim
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Post by herchenx on Jun 10, 2015 18:05:53 GMT -5
Dang those are sweet Jim!
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Post by minerken on Jun 10, 2015 19:42:03 GMT -5
boy if that isn't the right way i'd sure like to see it. Dang those are nice
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Post by Fossilman on Jun 10, 2015 20:42:01 GMT -5
Jim,those are totally awesome!!!!! Can't wait to see the end results...........Thumbs up
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Post by orrum on Jun 10, 2015 20:56:41 GMT -5
Jim you got a knack there!
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Post by nowyo on Jun 10, 2015 21:09:26 GMT -5
Cool stuff right there. that's really neat.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2015 22:14:00 GMT -5
Thanks all. I have not been around opal except for common so I was not sure if it was good stuff or not.
Jim
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Post by rockroller on Jun 10, 2015 23:41:40 GMT -5
Nice...really, really nice!!!
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Post by snowmom on Jun 11, 2015 4:59:00 GMT -5
those are freaking beautiful! They would make great pendants, the light could play in them that way...
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Post by kk on Jun 11, 2015 19:53:31 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2015 20:10:05 GMT -5
WOW, looking absolutely great. Now would just wish they would come in affordable 2 inch sizes.  Yes, that would be sweet but then I would really really worry about them breaking. I am working on some common opal to mount some on but as soon as I get a thin blade for my trim saw I want to cut some black jade for mounting them. They are pretty tiny but a couple of them could probably stand alone some how. I have never tried wire wrapping that small but I do have some wire small enough to try. Jim Thanks all for the great comments. Jim |
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Post by gingerkid on Jun 14, 2015 11:14:52 GMT -5
@wampidy, your welos look fantastic!  I cannot wait to see them finished! You did an excellent job working them and they have excellent play-of-color. Your heart and first oval are my faves. |
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Post by jamesp on Jun 15, 2015 7:25:34 GMT -5
I love bamboo shish kabob sticks.
I knew a man who used to fly to Australia and pick up rough opal and cut it.
He made a fortune selling finished opals similar to what you are doing there Jim.
Great niche you got going there.
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Post by chassroc on Jun 23, 2015 14:25:32 GMT -5
Great work on the Welo!
I took an Opal class 3 or 4 years ago and was introduced to Welo and could not believe the color and fire
A little tricky because it likes to fracture. Yours are great specimens
Charlie
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2015 21:38:48 GMT -5
jamesp the bamboo works perfect with Elmer's ProBond Advanced for the first go but if it comes off it will stay better with super glue the second time. The small ridges in the bamboo help keep it from spinning in the fingers too. chassroc all of these pieces are fractured pieces from a larger stone. Some of the fractures happened while I was working it too. Just have to work with smaller and smaller stones. hahaha And not worry about it because worry does not help. I am working two pieces now that are the same width as the sticks and one piece that is triangular that has no sides big enough to put a stick on. gingerkid jan told me that she uses match sticks so I am going to have to try those next. Jim
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Post by FLrockhound on Jun 26, 2015 13:49:19 GMT -5
Beautiful pieces, outstanding work on them!!!
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Post by talkingstones on Aug 18, 2015 20:19:01 GMT -5
Wow, those just glow!!!!! Beautiful!!!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2015 20:23:12 GMT -5
@wampidy strikes again!
Nice work old friend. Nice work.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2015 22:10:28 GMT -5
Thanks, I am blushing. Some people probably call it gloating or is that glowing, hell, I never know but thinks for the compliments.
I am working on some, what I think, awesome stones to mount some of these opals on. I will be asking advice about how everyone thinks they go together because my fashion and color sense are both nonsense.
Jim
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I cannot wait to see them finished! You did an excellent job working them and they have excellent play-of-color. Your heart and first oval are my faves. 
