JBe
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Post by JBe on Oct 20, 2020 10:20:19 GMT -5
Thanks for posting this! It's so easy to forget that when all we see is the perfect end products that what we often don't see is all the time and iterations gaining experience it takes to get those great end results. I appreciate you sharing this little peek into the evolution of your style.
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 20, 2020 10:21:03 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing these, Tela! Reminded me of stuff I did when I was first learning.
Unfortunately I didn't take pictures of my epic fails because I tore them up and started over. Sometimes I'd tear them up before I was even 1/2 done. 
The 2 smallest pictures are my first 2 (cameo and dalmatian jasper). I think they were done on a scanner. LOL! Many of these were taken apart, but a lot of them sold on ebay. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 20, 2020 10:22:40 GMT -5
Thank you!
LOL!!! I can see that. I got a little carried away with an idea that didn't really work.  |
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 20, 2020 10:23:44 GMT -5
I wish I could fail that good. Oh, it's not hard. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 20, 2020 10:24:26 GMT -5
Thanks for posting this! It's so easy to forget that when all we see is the perfect end products that what we often don't see is all the time and iterations gaining experience it takes to get those great end results. I appreciate you sharing this little peek into the evolution of your style. Thank you very much! I posted these for those reasons. |
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Post by opalpyrexia on Oct 20, 2020 10:32:49 GMT -5
Thanks for posting these, Tela. It's so interesting to be able to appreciate how far your designs have progressed. However ... "One of these things is not like the others
One of these things just doesn't belong
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?"
Can you? Never mind, I'll tell you. Your last pendant is a wonderful design! I wouldn't change anything about it.
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 20, 2020 10:57:38 GMT -5
Thanks for posting these, Tela. It's so interesting to be able to appreciate how far your designs have progressed. However ... "One of these things is not like the others
One of these things just doesn't belong
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?"
Can you? Never mind, I'll tell you. Your last pendant is a wonderful design! I wouldn't change anything about it.
Thank you, that one was a very directional spectrolite. I had to really work with it to get it to orient for a pendant. |
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Post by orrum on Oct 20, 2020 11:49:24 GMT -5
Thanx for posting those Tela. I actually think there are several winners in those.
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 20, 2020 12:08:22 GMT -5
Thanx for posting those Tela. I actually think there are several winners in those. Awwww, thanks! |
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Post by mohs on Oct 20, 2020 15:51:55 GMT -5
I keep coming back Something draw me gotta comment on that double swirly heart frame on that first cameo Don’t know if that was by design? I mean the ehart shape w/ the gem points wanted to point that out as lots of potential somehow And that second to last with the fine wire copper winding, amethyst inserted gem, and that fabulous sleek stone beaut of a jewel. What color would you call that stone Telea ?   |
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 20, 2020 17:43:45 GMT -5
I keep coming back Something draw me gotta comment on that double swirly heart frame on that first cameo Don’t know if that was by design? I mean the ehart shape w/ the gem points wanted to point that out as lots of potential somehow And that second to last with the fine wire copper winding, amethyst inserted gem, and that fabulous sleek stone beaut of a jewel. What color would you call that stone Telea ?
Ya know, I never really noticed the double hearts. Makes me like it a little more.
Not sure about that color. Maybe Rose Pink or Cotton Candy? I think it is a rhodonite. I bought my cabs in the early days.
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Post by stardiamond on Oct 20, 2020 19:16:30 GMT -5
I finally took a look at this. Hardly surprising they sold. Jewelry making can have different approaches; showing off the stone or showing off the setting. The stone is the constant and the setting changes the dynamic. I sell a very high percentage of the cabs I make to silversmiths and based on purchases, I think that some of the pieces they want to make are about the setting.
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Post by thecrystalisle on Oct 21, 2020 9:22:56 GMT -5
I see another beautiful Spectrolite Love seeing your progress, though I agree that these are lovely as well. I myself have preferred a more minimalistic approach with less embellishments to let the stone be the star, so I see why you think these are not as good, but no one can say that they aren't still impressive! ("she politely declined"... lol) |
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Post by knave on Oct 21, 2020 10:06:40 GMT -5
Thanks for posting these, Tela. It's so interesting to be able to appreciate how far your designs have progressed. However ... "One of these things is not like the others
One of these things just doesn't belong
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?"
Can you? Never mind, I'll tell you. Your last pendant is a wonderful design! I wouldn't change anything about it.
Woah. I had the same thought but thought I was missing something. The wrap and the wild colors really work good. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2020 11:30:52 GMT -5
Don't know that I'd describe any of those as fails. I've seen similar to some of those in major art museum collections (yeah, they were by established artists, but so what). I do think that grouping the pieces into themed collections having a similar aesthetic would bring out some qualities that you may not be seeing (or have since forgotten). They definitely depart from most of your work, but that can be a good thing. Like they sometimes whisper in the art business: "Ugly sells" (meaning that there are connoisseurs who appreciate and snap up experimental and departures-from-the-norm works).
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 21, 2020 15:16:22 GMT -5
I finally took a look at this. Hardly surprising they sold. Jewelry making can have different approaches; showing off the stone or showing off the setting. The stone is the constant and the setting changes the dynamic. I sell a very high percentage of the cabs I make to silversmiths and based on purchases, I think that some of the pieces they want to make are about the setting. Yeah, you are right. Different strokes for different folks and beauty is in the eye of the beholder. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 21, 2020 15:21:07 GMT -5
I see another beautiful Spectrolite Love seeing your progress, though I agree that these are lovely as well. I myself have preferred a more minimalistic approach with less embellishments to let the stone be the star, so I see why you think these are not as good, but no one can say that they aren't still impressive! ("she politely declined"... lol) I used to have a "spectrolite guy". I had lots of nice ones for cheap. What's left are in my cases now.
My SIL and I are pretty close. We were talking recently when I asked her if she wanted me to rewrap that cameo (I did give it to her, but she didn't wear it on the big day). She said, "Yes, please." |
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 21, 2020 15:23:20 GMT -5
Don't know that I'd describe any of those as fails. I've seen similar to some of those in major art museum collections (yeah, they were by established artists, but so what). I do think that grouping the pieces into themed collections having a similar aesthetic would bring out some qualities that you may not be seeing (or have since forgotten). They definitely depart from most of your work, but that can be a good thing. Like they sometimes whisper in the art business: "Ugly sells" (meaning that there are connoisseurs who appreciate and snap up experimental and departures-from-the-norm works). Thank you! After reading all these comments, maybe I'm just being hard on myself. But, seriously, most of them are just NOT MY cup of tea.
"Ugly sells", I like that. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2020 15:47:51 GMT -5
But, seriously, most of them are just NOT MY cup of tea. Still, there are interesting ideas there, even if they aren't something you would buy for yourself (or even were going for when you made them). Some of them remind me of jewels from Alexander Calder and others I've seen go for 5 and 6 figure prices (e.g., 1, 4, 5, 10, 12 - group those together, and you have a "collection"). Have you ever tried hammering and/or drawing your own wire (beside the point, just curious)? Merely my opinion, but what would I know - I gave up trying to knot shoelaces the middle of the last century. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 21, 2020 15:55:03 GMT -5
But, seriously, most of them are just NOT MY cup of tea. Still, there are interesting ideas there, even if they aren't something you would buy for yourself (or even were going for when you made them). Some of them remind me of pieces from Alexander Calder and others I've seen go for 5 and 6 figure prices (e.g., 1, 4, 5, 10, 12 - group those together, and you have a "collection"). Have you ever tried hammering and/or drawing your own wire (just curious)? Merely my opinion, but what would I know - I gave up trying to knot shoelaces the middle of the last century. Yes, I do hammer wire sometimes. Back when I made these, I was trying to reinvent the wheel and was more inspired by soldered work than wire wrapped work. I think of it as architecture.
I just looked up Calder. Very interesting. I like his simplicity.
Thanks for sharing and for your comments. As with everyone, maybe I shouldn't be so harsh with myself.
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