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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 6, 2021 14:10:19 GMT -5
Got a wild bug to do some wrapping. It's been months! Crappy picture, but the piece turned out pretty good. This is Mojave turquoise. I bought the cab. I love this stuff, but haven't bought any slabs, yet. |
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Post by miket on Apr 6, 2021 14:19:39 GMT -5
Pretty good, she says.  I really like it. I love the colors in the stone and the wrapped accent wire on the top is pretty cool, too! |
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 6, 2021 14:23:18 GMT -5
Pretty good, she says. I really like it. I love the colors in the stone and the wrapped accent wire on the top is pretty cool, too! Thanks.
As you can tell from the sketch, I wanted to do a woven bail, but I changed my mind. |
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Brian
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Post by Brian on Apr 6, 2021 14:32:28 GMT -5
That is beautiful, Tela! I really like that wrapped wire at the top, too.
I love seeing the sketch, too! Do you sketch out all of your designs beforehand?
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 6, 2021 14:36:18 GMT -5
That is beautiful, Tela! I really like that wrapped wire at the top, too. I love seeing the sketch, too! Do you sketch out all of your designs beforehand? Thanks!
Not all of them, no. Anything other than a simple wrap and I do. I save them all, too, so I can go back and look for inspiration.
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Post by drocknut on Apr 6, 2021 14:37:06 GMT -5
That is awesome. You definitely haven't lost any skills from the long time away from wrapping. I haven't wrapped in a long time either. I think it's great that you can sketch out your designs. I never have been able to do that. I have tried but it never works out anywhere near the sketch so I just wing it.
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 6, 2021 14:40:55 GMT -5
That is awesome. You definitely haven't lost any skills from the long time away from wrapping. I haven't wrapped in a long time either. I think it's great that you can sketch out your designs. I never have been able to do that. I have tried but it never works out anywhere near the sketch so I just wing it. I wing the ones I don't sketch. Some that I do sketch, don't come close to what the sketch was. LOL! Oh well. |
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Post by Brian on Apr 6, 2021 14:45:20 GMT -5
That is beautiful, Tela! I really like that wrapped wire at the top, too. I love seeing the sketch, too! Do you sketch out all of your designs beforehand? Thanks!
Not all of them, no. Anything other than a simple wrap and I do. I save them all, too, so I can go back and look for inspiration.
It must be fun to look back at some of them long after the final product is gone. I have a friend who is a painter who laughs because I often like his preliminary sketches and rough drafts almost as much as his paintings. I find it interesting to see the evolution of the designs. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 6, 2021 14:50:08 GMT -5
Thanks!
Not all of them, no. Anything other than a simple wrap and I do. I save them all, too, so I can go back and look for inspiration.
It must be fun to look back at some of them long after the final product is gone. I have a friend who is a painter who laughs because I often like his preliminary sketches and rough drafts almost as much as his paintings. I find it interesting to see the evolution of the designs. I wrote a book on wire wrapping a long time ago and I put images of the pages with the sketches next to the finished pieces. Maybe I can find them and post them. The pieces are all long gone... |
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Post by drocknut on Apr 6, 2021 15:58:08 GMT -5
That is awesome. You definitely haven't lost any skills from the long time away from wrapping. I haven't wrapped in a long time either. I think it's great that you can sketch out your designs. I never have been able to do that. I have tried but it never works out anywhere near the sketch so I just wing it. I wing the ones I don't sketch. Some that I do sketch, don't come close to what the sketch was. LOL! Oh well. Glad to know you wing it too sometimes. LOL |
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Post by MsAli on Apr 6, 2021 16:10:17 GMT -5
It's really great to see your work again! That is beautiful
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 6, 2021 16:11:22 GMT -5
It's really great to see your work again! That is beautiful Thank you! Took me longer than usual, but it felt good to be doing it. |
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Post by jasoninsd on Apr 6, 2021 18:34:18 GMT -5
Oh Tela!!! It's so good to see a new wrap from you...dare I say the first comeback of many more to come??  I really do love looking at your work. To me, it's how they're "supposed" to look. Flawless. And inspirational. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 6, 2021 18:51:40 GMT -5
Oh Tela!!! It's so good to see a new wrap from you...dare I say the first comeback of many more to come?? I really do love looking at your work. To me, it's how they're "supposed" to look. Flawless. And inspirational. Awww.... thank you- you made an old lady blush. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 6, 2021 18:53:22 GMT -5
Brian, I posted a new thread with some more sketches.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Apr 6, 2021 18:58:22 GMT -5
Beautiful wrap, Tela! Love the Mohave Turquoise. Because it's all reconstituted and smashed with the matrix under pressure, it's really easy to cut. No soft spots - just nice even hardness. Polishes like a breeze, too.
Good to see a new wrap from you!
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 6, 2021 19:08:24 GMT -5
Beautiful wrap, Tela! Love the Mohave Turquoise. Because it's all reconstituted and smashed with the matrix under pressure, it's really easy to cut. No soft spots - just nice even hardness. Polishes like a breeze, too.
Good to see a new wrap from you!
Yeah, I'm not concerned about cabbing it, I just haven't gotten any. It's always really popular, though. |
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Post by Brian on Apr 6, 2021 20:12:39 GMT -5
Brian , I posted a new thread with some more sketches. Thank you, Tela!! |
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Post by NevadaBill on Apr 9, 2021 12:33:12 GMT -5
It is really cool. I would like to plagiarize all of your efforts, really! But I just can't think of any cool stuff myself. When I do find time to wrap, I just have enough time to do the same old thing. Haha. I can't imagine how long it takes to make these ones you do.
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Post by jasperfanatic on Apr 9, 2021 12:40:29 GMT -5
Beautiful!
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