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Post by rockjunquie on Dec 14, 2017 7:25:09 GMT -5
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Post by fantastic5 on Dec 14, 2017 9:19:10 GMT -5
Beautiful work. I love earrings and those fordite and beautimus!
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Post by orrum on Dec 14, 2017 10:17:13 GMT -5
Very nice Tela. LikeLike the wire on the cuprite!!!
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Post by MrP on Dec 14, 2017 10:21:05 GMT -5
Great job! I know how hard difficult it is to wrap the small ones so only the wife gets them. Great job on the symmetry.......................MrP
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Post by MsAli on Dec 14, 2017 11:20:34 GMT -5
I saw the Fordite ones yesterday on your site and about died ---beautiful!! You need to show off that Maw Sit Sit (if you haven't already)
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Post by rockjunquie on Dec 14, 2017 11:23:11 GMT -5
I saw the Fordite ones yesterday on your site and about died ---beautiful!! You need to show off that Maw Sit Sit (if you haven't already) It's an older piece, but I think I recently listed it here. There was a ban on selling during the Obama years. Thankfully, I can sell it again as I have a bunch of cabs of it and some rough. It's one of my favorite stones. |
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Post by MsAli on Dec 14, 2017 13:07:08 GMT -5
I saw the Fordite ones yesterday on your site and about died ---beautiful!! You need to show off that Maw Sit Sit (if you haven't already) It's an older piece, but I think I recently listed it here. There was a ban on selling during the Obama years. Thankfully, I can sell it again as I have a bunch of cabs of it and some rough. It's one of my favorite stones. It is very beautiful-the green is just incredible |
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Post by rockjunquie on Dec 14, 2017 13:25:03 GMT -5
I know right! And, the black is just contrast icing on the cake. I have different grades of it. Some of it- if you took a close up picture and cropped- it would look like dense jungle foliage with all the fibers in it. Very cool.
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icatz
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Post by icatz on Dec 14, 2017 14:07:04 GMT -5
Beautiful work as always, but I'd oxidize the Fordite. The sterling is too pale next to all that white. Just my opinion.
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Post by rockjunquie on Dec 14, 2017 16:42:56 GMT -5
Beautiful work as always, but I'd oxidize the Fordite. The sterling is too pale next to all that white. Just my opinion. I agree and I almost did. But, I think whilst cleaning and polishing, some of the dark would come off on the cabs and I wouldn't be able to get it off. I haven't patinaed with white fordite before- or any fordite. |
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Post by fernwood on Dec 14, 2017 20:05:14 GMT -5
Beautiful.
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Post by fishnpinball on Dec 14, 2017 20:10:54 GMT -5
The workmanship in your wraps stuns me every time.
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Post by tims on Dec 15, 2017 2:47:54 GMT -5
Wow, that fordite pops without the wrap but with the wrap ... wow. I'm usually put off by beads but the red accent just pulls it all together. The cuprite wraps are the kind of clean, elegantly minimal look I really hope to achieve some day.
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icatz
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Post by icatz on Dec 15, 2017 8:26:07 GMT -5
Beautiful work as always, but I'd oxidize the Fordite. The sterling is too pale next to all that white. Just my opinion. I agree and I almost did. But, I think whilst cleaning and polishing, some of the dark would come off on the cabs and I wouldn't be able to get it off. I haven't patinaed with white fordite before- or any fordite. I put patina on a Fordite ring I made. I was really careful and used a fine point dry brush. My Fordite was darker than yours and, slob that I am, I still didn't get patina on the cab. I know it's different with wire wraps, there are a ton of little spaces you can't see that it could bleed into. I know Fordite is too expensive to test on, to see if the patina would come off. Now I'm just blabbering. Sorry. Thinking out loud.  |
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Post by rockjunquie on Dec 15, 2017 8:52:07 GMT -5
I agree and I almost did. But, I think whilst cleaning and polishing, some of the dark would come off on the cabs and I wouldn't be able to get it off. I haven't patinaed with white fordite before- or any fordite. I put patina on a Fordite ring I made. I was really careful and used a fine point dry brush. My Fordite was darker than yours and, slob that I am, I still didn't get patina on the cab. I know it's different with wire wraps, there are a ton of little spaces you can't see that it could bleed into. I know Fordite is too expensive to test on, to see if the patina would come off. Now I'm just blabbering. Sorry. Thinking out loud. Gorgeous ring! I love the fordite and the setting.  |
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Post by icatz on Dec 15, 2017 13:38:02 GMT -5
I put patina on a Fordite ring I made. I was really careful and used a fine point dry brush. My Fordite was darker than yours and, slob that I am, I still didn't get patina on the cab. I know it's different with wire wraps, there are a ton of little spaces you can't see that it could bleed into. I know Fordite is too expensive to test on, to see if the patina would come off. Now I'm just blabbering. Sorry. Thinking out loud. Gorgeous ring! I love the fordite and the setting. Thank you. It was the first piece of Fordite I ever bought, quite awhile ago. Cost like $2 then. It was several more years before I learned how to solder. I love that it's mostly metallic paint. I have other pieces just sitting around that cost a lot more, but I got burned out on jewelry making early summer. They'll have to wait till the bug bites again. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Dec 15, 2017 14:19:25 GMT -5
Gorgeous ring! I love the fordite and the setting. Thank you. It was the first piece of Fordite I ever bought, quite awhile ago. Cost like $2 then. It was several more years before I learned how to solder. I love that it's mostly metallic paint. I have other pieces just sitting around that cost a lot more, but I got burned out on jewelry making early summer. They'll have to wait till the bug bites again. Oh, I know! I remember when the great old metal flake pieces were really cheap. I should have bought more! I really hope your muse comes back. I feel ya. I go through spells, too. But, I usually find some way to be challenged. |
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Post by pghram on Dec 22, 2017 12:31:37 GMT -5
Fabulous, very stunning.
Peace,
Rich
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