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Post by jasoninsd on Jul 24, 2021 21:23:59 GMT -5
Here's a group shot of all the wraps I've done this week. I'm planning on giving them all a Liver of Sulphur bath tomorrow and I'll post some closeup shots of them after they've had their beauty treatment.   |
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Post by stephan on Jul 24, 2021 22:09:23 GMT -5
Wow! Busy is an understatement. Don’t even make me try to pick a favorite.  |
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Post by catskillrocks on Jul 24, 2021 22:20:03 GMT -5
Wow, nice job. I like how no
two are wrapped the same. Nice
variety.
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Post by jasoninsd on Jul 25, 2021 0:50:04 GMT -5
Wow! Busy is an understatement. Don’t even make me try to pick a favorite.  Thanks Stephan!  I wrapped two more Dryhead Agates since I posted this! LOL - I'll get some threads of each type after I get them Sulphur bathed.  Wow, nice job. I like how no two are wrapped the same. Nice variety. Thanks Don! I appreciate the compliment...and I wish I could say it's true...but there are several that have the same wrap pattern. Overall, they have have the same basic design...with a few minor tweaks. I can only think of so many different varieties with this design. I wish I was more artistically inclined to come up with some different ideas...but I just say the rocks make them individualistic. |
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Post by fernwood on Jul 25, 2021 5:43:26 GMT -5
Busy is an understatement. Nice group of cabs and wraps.
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Post by standles on Jul 25, 2021 7:58:47 GMT -5
So with that volume I assume you are selling them. You in the business? If so post a link to your storefront.
All great work
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Post by Brian on Jul 25, 2021 8:25:13 GMT -5
Was there another 90 Day Fiancé marathon? You have certainly been busy!
What’s cool is to see how consistent you are with your work.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jul 25, 2021 8:35:38 GMT -5
Geez, Louise, you've been busy as a beaver! Looking good, jasoninsd! |
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Post by Rockindad on Jul 25, 2021 8:36:46 GMT -5
Um, think you've go the hang of it. Bunch of beauties Jason!
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Post by jasoninsd on Jul 25, 2021 12:12:44 GMT -5
Busy is an understatement. Nice group of cabs and wraps. Thanks Beth! I just got done giving them their sulphur bath...now I have to scrub off the crud and then I'll post some better pics. So with that volume I assume you are selling them. You in the business? If so post a link to your storefront. All great work Thanks Steven! I haven't gotten the guts to really put them up for sale yet. LOL - I keep telling myself I need to build up the volume before I try to sell any. (I did sell two to a good friend, but they weren't advertised.) I also need to take the time to figure out how to get really good pictures. I keep coming up with all kind of excuses not to get these listed for sale...and I really don't know why... Was there another 90 Day Fiancé marathon? You have certainly been busy! What’s cool is to see how consistent you are with your work. Thanks Brian! It was actually a Forensic Files Marathon! LOL - By "consistent", do you mean they all pretty much look the same? LOL Geez, Louise, you've been busy as a beaver! Looking good, jasoninsd ! Thanks Robin! I figured the busier I was with this stuff, the less trouble I would get into with other stuff! LOL - It's been too hot to go hounding...plus I figured I'd better get some stuff done with the material I already have before I start dragging more rocks home! LOL Um, think you've go the hang of it. Bunch of beauties Jason! Thanks Al! I'm getting a little more confident with each one. It's really fun to realize I've picked up on a few little tricks here and there that make things work better...like how to bend the wire a specific way before winding it...just little things that make a big difference. Do you have a favorite in this batch? I know you’re a fan of those teepee and fairburn cabs, those Botswana and the pic jasper in the center catch my attention. It's really difficult to narrow it down to "one" favorite" in this batch. You're right though...I would probably say the Fairburn without the druzy hole and the three Teepees on the bottom would be at the top. Oh, and a couple of the Thundereggs, and some of those Botswanas, and definitely the large teardrop shaped Prairie Agate would be at the top too! LOL My wife is just infatuated with that Botswana on the left in the line of Botswanas (the oval - almost circular one). And that amazes me as that was not one that was even close to being on my radar. So amazing the different strokes for different folks kinda thing. |
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Post by perkins17 on Jul 25, 2021 12:20:56 GMT -5
Very nice!
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Post by jasoninsd on Jul 25, 2021 12:25:19 GMT -5
Thanks Perk! My least favorite part is what's left...scrubbing the wraps with steel wool to take off some of the tarnish/patina from the Liver of Sulphur treatment. Hopefully I won't put it off to much longer today and I can post some better pics of everything. LOL |
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Post by greig on Jul 25, 2021 16:42:26 GMT -5
I like. I like them a lot.
Your energy puts me to shame.
Greig
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Post by jasoninsd on Jul 25, 2021 17:04:57 GMT -5
I like. I like them a lot. Your energy puts me to shame. Greig Thanks Greig! It shouldn't...I didn't have a tree fall on me for gosh sake! |
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Post by perkins17 on Jul 25, 2021 17:16:12 GMT -5
Thanks Perk! My least favorite part is what's left...scrubbing the wraps with steel wool to take off some of the tarnish/patina from the Liver of Sulphur treatment. Hopefully I won't put it off to much longer today and I can post some better pics of everything. LOL Wow! That does sound like quite a bit of work! I see why it would be the least fun. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Jul 25, 2021 18:17:51 GMT -5
Color me impressed! Not only are you working quick, but they all look so good, too! I really appreciate your restraint and balance with curls. Never too much and never obstructing... good for you! It makes me sad to see a curly wrap with the wire all over a pretty stone.
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Post by jasoninsd on Jul 25, 2021 23:03:24 GMT -5
Thanks Perk! My least favorite part is what's left...scrubbing the wraps with steel wool to take off some of the tarnish/patina from the Liver of Sulphur treatment. Hopefully I won't put it off to much longer today and I can post some better pics of everything. LOL Wow! That does sound like quite a bit of work! I see why it would be the least fun. It took two hours for me to steel wool all of these wraps tonight! LOL Color me impressed! Not only are you working quick, but they all look so good, too! I really appreciate your restraint and balance with curls. Never too much and never obstructing... good for you! It makes me sad to see a curly wrap with the wire all over a pretty stone. Thanks Tela! I posted a couple different threads with closer pics of each of them. I think I'm having a little trouble getting the Liver of Sulphur treatment quite right...or more accurately the removal part...you'll see. |
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Post by perkins17 on Jul 26, 2021 11:20:33 GMT -5
Wow! I can't imagine that!
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Post by rockjunquie on Jul 26, 2021 13:16:50 GMT -5
jasoninsd I took a look at all the other threads of closeups. The only thing I can offer for the LOS is that you need to polish it when you are finished. Everything else looks good- looks even and not too heavy.
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Post by jasoninsd on Jul 26, 2021 21:46:24 GMT -5
Wow! I can't imagine that! I had to stop two different times. LOL - I realized I need to NOT wait so long next time, so I don't have so many to do! LOL jasoninsd I took a look at all the other threads of closeups. The only thing I can offer for the LOS is that you need to polish it when you are finished. Everything else looks good- looks even and not too heavy.
Your wraps are fantastic and I have nothing to add there. Tela, your comment about the wraps means A LOT to me! I really do appreciate that. When you say polish them...I'm assuming you mean in the tumbler with steel shot? I've been thinking about getting a mini-sonic for this purpose. Would that work? |
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