mossyrockhound
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by mossyrockhound on Dec 30, 2018 12:44:46 GMT -5
Hello All! Here is another coaster I made a while back. Not a lot of fitting to do on this one, but bending those rocks around for the frame....  Thanks for looking! |
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Post by mohs on Dec 30, 2018 14:11:49 GMT -5
ooowwweeiiie !
that coaster would melt the ice
or keep the coffee warm
hot works!
that frame blends!
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Post by fernwood on Dec 30, 2018 16:38:27 GMT -5
Love this. The picture within is amazing.
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Post by rockjunquie on Dec 30, 2018 17:54:19 GMT -5
That is soooo sweet! Great stone and work! But, yeah, how'd you get the frame around it- other than being a magician?
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mossyrockhound
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since January 2011
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Post by mossyrockhound on Dec 30, 2018 18:21:40 GMT -5
That is soooo sweet! Great stone and work! But, yeah, how'd you get the frame around it- other than being a magician? Thanks Tela! I did the frame mostly with my trim saw blade followed up with my Foredom flex-shaft tool grinders and sanders. Kind of time consuming, but I didn't have a small enough grinding wheel to grind those inside contours. |
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Post by Pat on Dec 30, 2018 20:42:49 GMT -5
Wow!
I was thinking maybe the black was metal.
Tricky stuff! Thanks.
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Post by MsAli on Dec 30, 2018 20:47:00 GMT -5
You are so talented. That is crazy looking!
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Dec 30, 2018 20:50:25 GMT -5
This is one I really wanted to see close up from your display picture. How many pieces is the black border? It's wonderful!
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Post by vegasjames on Dec 30, 2018 21:11:38 GMT -5
Cool piece.
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mossyrockhound
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since January 2011
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Post by mossyrockhound on Dec 30, 2018 21:41:53 GMT -5
This is one I really wanted to see close up from your display picture. How many pieces is the black border? It's wonderful! Thanks Robin! The border is in 8 sections. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Dec 30, 2018 21:52:55 GMT -5
This is one I really wanted to see close up from your display picture. How many pieces is the black border? It's wonderful! Thanks Robin! The border is in 8 sections. Thanks. I was going to pass out if you told me it was just one piece.  |
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Post by johnw on Dec 31, 2018 2:18:03 GMT -5
Hello All! Here is another coaster I made a while back. Not a lot of fitting to do on this one, but bending those rocks around for the frame.... Thanks for looking! Gary, first off, congratulations on a really fine piece of workmanship. I did a micro-zoom on he frame and the joints are without a doubt awesome. What is the material for the frame? Final comment: just how did you bend the rocks to form the frame?  Cheers, johnw |
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Post by johnw on Dec 31, 2018 2:40:16 GMT -5
That is soooo sweet! Great stone and work! But, yeah, how'd you get the frame around it- other than being a magician? Thanks Tela! I did the frame mostly with my trim saw blade followed up with my Foredom flex-shaft tool grinders and sanders. Kind of time consuming, but I didn't have a small enough grinding wheel to grind those inside contours. Aw, heck, now ya gone and spoiled it. I was expecting a new method of bending rock. Dang. ..... Cheers, johnw |
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mossyrockhound
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since January 2011
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Post by mossyrockhound on Dec 31, 2018 3:08:32 GMT -5
Hello All! Here is another coaster I made a while back. Not a lot of fitting to do on this one, but bending those rocks around for the frame.... Thanks for looking! Gary, first off, congratulations on a really fine piece of workmanship. I did a micro-zoom on he frame and the joints are without a doubt awesome. What is the material for the frame? Final comment: just how did you bend the rocks to form the frame? Cheers, johnw Hey John, Yeah, l could have had some fun with my new rock-bending technique. I jokingly mentioned at our rock show that I bent the rock for the picture frame, and I had one believer. The frame is actually made out of serpentine. |
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Post by johnw on Dec 31, 2018 12:13:51 GMT -5
Gary, first off, congratulations on a really fine piece of workmanship. I did a micro-zoom on he frame and the joints are without a doubt awesome. What is the material for the frame? Final comment: just how did you bend the rocks to form the frame?  Cheers, johnw Hey John, Yeah, l could have had some fun with my new rock-bending technique. I jokingly mentioned at our rock show that I bent the rock for the picture frame, and I had one believer. The frame is actually made out of serpentine. Garry, I'll take two rock bending machines please......you gotta laugh at the gullibility of some folk. BTW, and I am not saying this to blow smoke up your wazoo, but I have every know book published about Peter Carl Faberge and your stone piece is right up there with the stone masters Faberge employed. Really fine work. So, all kidding aside, how did you bend the serpentine....   I just could not resist that parting comment. One more BTW, more pictures of your work would be very much appreciated. Cheers, johnw |
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Post by johnw on Dec 31, 2018 13:40:15 GMT -5
Garry, I lifted this from the book Peter Carl Faberge by Henry Bainbridge first published in 1949. I have the 1973 edition. What it shows is the work done by the Faberge team. They used jadeite instead of serpentine and had a sepia background as opposed to a stone picture, arguably the stone picture is more pleasing than the sepia image. The piece is no doubt bigger but the workmanship remains the same as yours, being awesome. And, they did not have the foresight to "bend" the jadeite as you have with the serpentine. Apologies for the black and white picture. They were not up to taking color pictures in 1949.  I did a micro-zoom on this and could barely "see" the joint in the image. Cheers, johnw |
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Post by stephan on Dec 31, 2018 15:30:57 GMT -5
Garry is an Earthbender!
That would explain his talent. Just be careful when he stomps his foot. Seriously, though. That is some amazing work. I, too, thought the frame was metal. Mind-boggling. But let's not forget what's INSIDE the frame. Exquisite. |
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mossyrockhound
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since January 2011
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Post by mossyrockhound on Dec 31, 2018 18:24:17 GMT -5
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Kai
spending too much on rocks
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Post by Kai on Jan 2, 2019 10:50:18 GMT -5
Amazingly beautiful! The picture within stone indeed looks like an erupting volcano... or maybe Thor's hammer symbol  I love it! |
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Cheers, johnw
Cheers, johnw
I just could not resist that parting comment. One more BTW, more pictures of your work would be very much appreciated. Cheers, johnw
I love it! 
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