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Post by Jugglerguy on Aug 8, 2015 13:37:30 GMT -5
Bill ( orrum) and I made a trade earlier this summer that included a tumbled unakite cross that I made. I was pleasantly surprised today to see that he had returned it wrapped in copper. Thanks Bill!  |
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Post by rockjunquie on Aug 8, 2015 14:44:00 GMT -5
Very nice!!! I like that wrap for a cross.
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Post by orrum on Aug 8, 2015 18:52:20 GMT -5
Hey you are very welcome Rob. The first cross was lost in the mail so I had to convince Rob to send another. Which he did along with another buck of slabs and stone.
Tela I usually don't put the wrap around the top of the cross, that way you font hide so much of the cross. That is 16 gauge romex building wire. I put the extra wra on in case Rob was going to wear it hounding etc where it would get snatched around.
Glad you liked it Rob cause I love my Unakite!!!
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Post by nowyo on Aug 8, 2015 19:48:20 GMT -5
Surprises in the mail are always fun, eh?
I really like that style of wrap.
Russ
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Post by mohs on Aug 8, 2015 23:41:35 GMT -5
I really like the stone and the wrap
it got a 9th century vibe
give or take a couple century
either way
way cool!
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riverrock
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Post by riverrock on Aug 9, 2015 6:38:56 GMT -5
That' goes so nice with the cross . Makes it look timeless, a old world look.
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Post by adam on Aug 9, 2015 8:49:33 GMT -5
The copper really blends with the forest green and the vein through the middle.
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Post by orrum on Aug 9, 2015 10:19:44 GMT -5
Hey thanks folks! My Hillbilly Wire Twisting class is very popular at the Quartzsite Gem Club. I tell stories that they like and they go home with two pendants at the end of a three hour class. You can't see it but the cross piece after the hook is beaten flat and textured with a ballpeen hammer and a hatchet stuck in a ironwood stump.
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bsky4463
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Post by bsky4463 on Aug 9, 2015 21:09:52 GMT -5
Yup like hillbilly wrap-o-rrum on the cross. Nice style, copper good choice. Cheers
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Post by washingtonrocks on Aug 9, 2015 21:24:42 GMT -5
Love it!
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Aug 13, 2015 17:31:32 GMT -5
Totally crazy cool!!!!!!! Liking it a lot!!!!!
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Post by talkingstones on Aug 14, 2015 4:34:25 GMT -5
Hey Orum! Love the wrap and am familiar with the hatchet and stump!!! Lol!!! Great job on this one and love the wrap with the cross!!!! Excellent!!!
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