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Post by Tweetiepy on May 26, 2005 19:51:27 GMT -5
I was looking through my stash of beads to make a necklace for my daughter to wear at her first communion and what I was hoping to find was a flattish piece of rock that I could hopefully get into the shape of a cross so i could make a necklace for her. (no luck on the rock all of mine are pretty triangular or roundish - nothing that i could shape like that) Well I came upon these: They were my first practice attempt at wrapping stones. I thought I'd share the humor- I had kinda modeled one of them after a wonderful wrap that Banjo had done (I apologize profusely to Banjo for that - you'll see in second) Here they are: Please make sure you have no food to spray on keyboard! ;D Here is the one that I modeled of Banjo - I'm so sorry!!  This one... well who knows what I was thinking... those squiggles hook on everything!!  You can laugh, I sure did |
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Post by krazydiamond on May 26, 2005 20:22:39 GMT -5
wow, you got the basics down tho! i am not a squirrley whorlly fan, so i like basic and simple wraps, but i think you got the right moves there!
way to go!
KD
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Post by docone31 on May 26, 2005 20:57:42 GMT -5
Tweety, my first wraps were a disaster. There is good technique there! Keep wrapping and it will become second nature.
I have a feeling your daughter will not notice the things you do. I bet she keeps it for a long time and only remembers you cared enough to wrap something for her. Someday, you will be real good, and those wraps will mean more than any technical expertise imagineable.
Not too bad.
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tinman
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since May 2005
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Post by tinman on May 26, 2005 21:07:08 GMT -5
hay thay are an inspiration to me to see your
mess ups that I can say that I am going to do bad at first
Tinman
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Post by rockyraccoon on May 26, 2005 21:25:36 GMT -5
you did just fine tweetie!
kim
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Post by Cher on May 26, 2005 21:55:01 GMT -5
Hey Tweety,
I am not laughing, I see definite good in those wraps,
meaning that you have the idea of what you have to do to
enclose the stone. That to me is the hardest part.
Don't worry about the tails of the wire, that will come. If
you don't have a pair of the plastic jawed pliers, get one.
Use them to keep your wires straight so they stay
together. Your doing good, time will only make you better.
Cher
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Post by Alice on May 26, 2005 22:47:07 GMT -5
They don't look that bad Tweetie. It takes lots of practice to get the hang of it.
Did you use 2 different gauges on your wraps?
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Post by Tweetiepy on May 27, 2005 7:08:06 GMT -5
Oh come on you guys! I thought they were hilarious!!! The wrapping part is okay, but the squiggly ends are a riot! The mex lace that I wrapped in pink was much better IMO.
Alice the first wrap is done in 20 gauge and the second is something like 26 gauge - that stone is about the size of an elongated dime.
I can't wait till I get so much better and then I can look back on these like Sands does with his first cabs (I hope to see that much improvement in my stuff as he has in his!!)
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stefan
Cave Dweller 
Member since January 2005
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Post by stefan on May 27, 2005 11:34:21 GMT -5
Tweet that was good the basics are ther but that curly one had me LMAO- it has character!
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Banjocreek
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since March 2003
Posts: 1,115
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Post by Banjocreek on May 27, 2005 16:03:38 GMT -5
Easy Tweet!
I'll see if I have a pic of one of my first wraps.
I can assure you, they look much worse than yours!
But it is good we can laugh at our early work.
You have to crawl before you can walk,
you have to walk before you can run,
You have to run before you can fly,
and you have to fly before you can Transmorgifiey.
-Banjo
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Post by krazydiamond on May 27, 2005 17:03:35 GMT -5
i keep trying but the assimilation just ain't working........
KD
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