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Dec 2, 2019 7:54:36 GMT -5
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Post by MsAli on Dec 2, 2019 7:54:36 GMT -5
Hi & welcome from Mn.
Shells can be so beautiful. I love your personal gorget.
Thank you for sharing these!
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Dec 2, 2019 13:11:24 GMT -5
Post by Tommy on Dec 2, 2019 13:11:24 GMT -5
Yes please do idk if I could Identify it but I may give you some ideas of how to carve it. Hi, I'm fairly certain it's a piece of beach-tumbled-polished abalone as the area where I found it is a popular abalone diving spot. I don't want to hijack your introduction thread so I'll try to put up a new post soon with photos and tag you for your input.
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Dec 2, 2019 13:21:58 GMT -5
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Post by rockjunquie on Dec 2, 2019 13:21:58 GMT -5
Awesome stuff. Thanks so much for the details. I’m looking forward to seeing your future projects. I’ll be thinking twice now, when I see sea shells down by the seashore. I haven’t messed with to many sea shells but from the few I have they seem to be less stable and harder to work with.Besides your mother of pearl type or abalone. I would really like to get my hands on some black lipped pearl I think that’s what it’s called. Beautiful work! Thank you for sharing and for a glimpse into your culture. Hope to see more.
I made some earrings last night from Kuku shell from New Zealand. I think it's called black lip mussels. It's soooo beautiful. (They were already cut and had a hole.)
What is a gorget? Never heard the term.
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Post by ᎡᎵᏔᎻ on Dec 2, 2019 15:58:41 GMT -5
I haven’t messed with to many sea shells but from the few I have they seem to be less stable and harder to work with.Besides your mother of pearl type or abalone. I would really like to get my hands on some black lipped pearl I think that’s what it’s called. Beautiful work! Thank you for sharing and for a glimpse into your culture. Hope to see more.
I made some earrings last night from Kuku shell from New Zealand. I think it's called black lip mussels. It's soooo beautiful. (They were already cut and had a hole.)
What is a gorget? Never heard the term.
it comes from a french word it’s the part of armour that protects the throat. Later it was used as a symbolic accessory military officers Wikipedia does a good job explaining it. They were given to Native Americans as gifts or for badges.Today we still use them as part of traditional wear. Historically we had something similar and they are now called the same thing although they have a older name ᎠᏔᏁᏥᏠ meaning ”It hangs to the chest” if you google shell gorget you will see some old ones and possibly some new ones.
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Post by jamesp on Dec 3, 2019 6:10:30 GMT -5
Double WoW. Awesome shell work. Welcome from Georgia. Quahog clams were a source for beads over this way.
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Post by HankRocks on Dec 3, 2019 8:03:09 GMT -5
Double WoW. Awesome shell work. Welcome from Georgia. Quahog clams were a source for beads over this way. My friend from New Jersey gave me some polished pieces of the Quahog Clams back in Oct during our Quartz Dig. The Design Consultant here at home immediately confiscated two of them for herself and said I need to get the rest drilled for the coming Shows. They are all gone so I need to make more out out of the Shells he gave me(if I can find them!!). The Warehouse Manager has been slipping lately!
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Dec 3, 2019 8:31:50 GMT -5
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Post by RocksInNJ on Dec 3, 2019 8:31:50 GMT -5
Double WoW. Awesome shell work. Welcome from Georgia. Quahog clams were a source for beads over this way. My friend from New Jersey gave me some polished pieces of the Quahog Clams back in Oct during our Quartz Dig. The Design Consultant here at home immediately confiscated two of them for herself and said I need to get the rest drilled for the coming Shows. They are all gone so I need to make more out out of the Shells he gave me(if I can find them!!). The Warehouse Manager has been slipping lately! Do you know where in New Jersey he found them?
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Dec 3, 2019 8:44:28 GMT -5
Post by jamesp on Dec 3, 2019 8:44:28 GMT -5
Quahogs are common in the marshes between the barrier islands off Florida and Georgia HankRocks. In some spots the shells are piled deep where the inlet current is strong. The purple zone can be removed easily with a tile saw. Sure would be nice to be able to tumble polish them. Perhaps dry tumble.. They also generate less durable calcite pearls. (non-nacreous pearls what ever that means) see Wampum/trade beads Probably in the salt/brackish marshes RocksInNJ. Or at a seafood market, they are edible if you like to chew on rubber.
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Dec 3, 2019 9:15:27 GMT -5
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Post by ᎡᎵᏔᎻ on Dec 3, 2019 9:15:27 GMT -5
Yeah our local Grocery Store (Reasors) sells them. I’ve messed with them but they can be difficult to work. I hear there is a way to treat them were they aren’t so brittle but I don’t know how yet.
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Dec 3, 2019 15:09:01 GMT -5
Post by RocksInNJ on Dec 3, 2019 15:09:01 GMT -5
Quahogs are common in the marshes between the barrier islands off Florida and Georgia HankRocks . In some spots the shells are piled deep where the inlet current is strong. The purple zone can be removed easily with a tile saw. Sure would be nice to be able to tumble polish them. Perhaps dry tumble.. They also generate less durable calcite pearls. (non-nacreous pearls what ever that means) see Wampum/trade beads Probably in the salt/brackish marshes RocksInNJ . Or at a seafood market, they are edible if you like to chew on rubber. Interesting and many thanks. Damn, I wish I knew all of this when I had my wave runner.
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Dec 11, 2019 18:19:45 GMT -5
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Post by TheRock on Dec 11, 2019 18:19:45 GMT -5
Hello ᎡᎵᏔᎻ to RTH Forum, I looked thru your pictures you have posted and I commend you on your craftsmanship! Id say you well on your way. My nic is Duke or Bob whatever you prefer. And Welcome from SW/Michigan.
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Dec 11, 2019 19:58:04 GMT -5
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Post by ᎡᎵᏔᎻ on Dec 11, 2019 19:58:04 GMT -5
Hello ᎡᎵᏔᎻ to RTH Forum, I looked thru your pictures you have posted and I commend you on your craftsmanship! Id say you well on your way. My nic is Duke or Bob whatever you prefer. And Welcome from SW/Michigan. ᏩᏙ
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Dec 16, 2019 23:26:39 GMT -5
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Post by As I in does tries! on Dec 16, 2019 23:26:39 GMT -5
Greetings from Scotland on the other side of the pond!
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