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Post by bobby1 on Dec 22, 2018 13:22:17 GMT -5
Last summer when we were travelling to the Prineville, Oregon Pow Wow we made a side trip to Richardson's Ranch to get a ton of thundereggs for our geode cutting booth at our show. In their bodacious piles of recks they had a bin of a material of they called Blue Ghost Seam Agate. This is a slab from one of the pieces. I think it is really interesting. Bob  |
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Post by fernwood on Dec 22, 2018 13:25:17 GMT -5
That is very cool. How large is it?
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Post by miket on Dec 22, 2018 13:54:22 GMT -5
Fantastic!
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Post by bobby1 on Dec 22, 2018 15:52:08 GMT -5
It is about 1-1/2" high and 4" wide.
Bob
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Dec 22, 2018 16:36:47 GMT -5
That looks like the Moroccan stuff, except the Moroccan doesn't have that brecciated rind. Interesting. And, of course, GORGEOUS!
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Post by MsAli on Dec 22, 2018 19:57:44 GMT -5
That is beautiful
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Post by Pat on Dec 22, 2018 20:08:19 GMT -5
Hmmm... looks like teeth... what are you going to do with it?
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Post by bobby1 on Dec 23, 2018 1:48:29 GMT -5
Pat,
I'm not sure what I'm going to do with this piece, probably an undulating free form pendant piece. I had a few minutes to doodle on the piece tonight but I won't get to any serious work on it for a few weeks. I just became president of out society (again) so now I have to spend my "idle" time on preparation activities for our show in early March. We are trying to make it bigger and better than ever. Last month I wrote an article on Jack Hoque, a glyptic artist. He is going to be demonstrating the process at our show so I have to build a lighting system for his table at the show.
Bob
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Post by toiv0 on Dec 23, 2018 7:11:36 GMT -5
Pat, I'm not sure what I'm going to do with this piece, probably an undulating free form pendant piece. I had a few minutes to doodle on the piece tonight but I won't get to any serious work on it for a few weeks. I just became president of out society (again) so now I have to spend my "idle" time on preparation activities for our show in early March. We are trying to make it bigger and better than ever. Last month I wrote an article on Jack Hoque, a glyptic artist. He is going to be demonstrating the process at our show so I have to build a lighting system for his table at the show. Bob Had to google glyptic art, more talent than I will ever have. Pretty cool though. They say you never start learning which I believe. Now if I can just remember it in a few weeks. |
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Post by bobby1 on Dec 23, 2018 13:02:50 GMT -5
Jack actually does reverse intaglio carving on clear quartz crystals. This is all free-form carving from his imagination. A superb artist! Bob  |
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Post by stephan on Dec 24, 2018 11:09:09 GMT -5
Wow! On both the agate and the carved quartz.
And Bobby... thanks for showing me yet another agate to add to my wishlist. I just checked the RRR price list, and didn’t see it on there. Did it seem like something in plentiful supply, or a rarity?
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Post by bobby1 on Dec 29, 2018 12:24:30 GMT -5
The material was in their yard in two bins that we picked through. In the attached photo you can see the bins. The people in the photo are some club members, my wife Pat and our granddaughter Maci. Bob  |
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Post by Gem'n I on Dec 29, 2018 22:00:30 GMT -5
That material looks a bit like Graveyard Plume...or at least similar.
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