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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 23, 2016 15:07:16 GMT -5
There is a reason I rarely weave. It hurts my hands, it's boring and it takes too long. BUT, I do love the look. I had this big beautiful moonstone that I got direct from India, so it had that rounded girdle edge Indian cut. Not so good for traditional border wrapping. I found a youtube video on this old design. I almost felt bad using it because I remember when the girl who came out with it had a tutorial. I have done similar wraps, but not this one. Anyway, I didn't like the way she used a clamp, so I did something different. I also did the bail significantly different. It took forever because I had to keep taking breaks. In the end, though, after the patina, I liked it well enough. Photographing it was just as much trouble. This is a really fine moonstone and photographed like opal.    And, I got another done, too. An amazonite. This one does NOT look nearly as difficult to do as it was.   Thanks for looking!  |
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barclay
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Post by barclay on Oct 23, 2016 15:43:08 GMT -5
Beautiful work as usual Tela.
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NDK
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Post by NDK on Oct 23, 2016 16:05:27 GMT -5
Sure looks like a ton of work, but the end result is wonderful!
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metalsmith
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Post by metalsmith on Oct 23, 2016 16:51:47 GMT -5
Amazing work - even better than usual... flipping awesome!
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Post by orrum on Oct 23, 2016 16:55:06 GMT -5
Sure looks like a ton of work, but the end result is wonderful! |
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Post by orrum on Oct 23, 2016 16:55:39 GMT -5
Wow Tela that's the greatest moonstone I have ever seen!
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Post by MrMike on Oct 23, 2016 18:53:53 GMT -5
Gorgeous
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 23, 2016 19:04:56 GMT -5
Wow Tela that's the greatest moonstone I have ever seen! Thanks! I searched hi and lo for some good, large moonstones and finally found some in an etsy shop from India. It wasn't cheap, so I wanted to do an expensive wrap to get my money back. |
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Roger
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Post by Roger on Oct 23, 2016 21:43:07 GMT -5
My joints hurt from looking at your weaving lol Awesome as always Tela!
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Post by accidentalrockhound on Oct 24, 2016 0:48:18 GMT -5
To cool blue, that moonstone is great , I think I just watched that weaving video with that gal, wrapping a blue agate?
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Post by Garage Rocker on Oct 24, 2016 6:54:45 GMT -5
Beautiful! Love that moonstone!!!
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icatz
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Post by icatz on Oct 24, 2016 7:05:56 GMT -5
That is a trippy wrap. It's beautiful. I agree that the wrapping is boring. And depressing when it doesn't go right cos so much energy goes into it. But you did a grate (  ) job. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 24, 2016 7:29:52 GMT -5
To cool blue, that moonstone is great , I think I just watched that weaving video with that gal, wrapping a blue agate? Yup, that's the one. I tried using the clamp, but the wires kept shifting around. If you try the vid and have trouble with the clamp, let me know. I also didn't like the way she did the top. It didn't look at all secure to me, so I did something different. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 24, 2016 7:30:18 GMT -5
That is a trippy wrap. It's beautiful. I agree that the wrapping is boring. And depressing when it doesn't go right cos so much energy goes into it. But you did a grate ( ) job. LOL! I see what you did there. |
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Post by accidentalrockhound on Oct 24, 2016 20:15:51 GMT -5
To cool blue, that moonstone is great , I think I just watched that weaving video with that gal, wrapping a blue agate? Yup, that's the one. I tried using the clamp, but the wires kept shifting around. If you try the vid and have trouble with the clamp, let me know. I also didn't like the way she did the top. It didn't look at all secure to me, so I did something different. Yeah I agree I was looking at the finished weave and the bail looked weak and flimsy, how did you make it more secure? |
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 24, 2016 20:19:47 GMT -5
Yup, that's the one. I tried using the clamp, but the wires kept shifting around. If you try the vid and have trouble with the clamp, let me know. I also didn't like the way she did the top. It didn't look at all secure to me, so I did something different. Yeah I agree I was looking at the finished weave and the bail looked weak and flimsy, how did you make it more secure? I just finished a blog post about it. I explained it in one of the paragraphs. Since you have seen the video, it will probably make sense to you. www.blog.telaformosa.com/2016/10/over-moon-weaving-with-moonstone.html |
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Post by Fossilman on Oct 25, 2016 10:02:41 GMT -5
Top notch,as always!
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