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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 17, 2022 12:13:54 GMT -5
I love this cab, but every idea I have for the wrap just doesn't work. Can a cab be too busy? roan leopard marble
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Post by Pat on Feb 17, 2022 12:15:35 GMT -5
Yes.
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Post by stardiamond on Feb 17, 2022 15:57:37 GMT -5
I like the pattern. It needs to be truncated at the top.
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Post by jasoninsd on Feb 17, 2022 16:05:31 GMT -5
Nope! No way can a cab be "too" busy for my taste! I love it when there's all kinds of things happening in one stone.
For me...I would probably look at orienting the stone 180 degrees. Not saying YOU have to...I'm just saying "I" would! LOL
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Post by opalpyrexia on Feb 17, 2022 16:07:05 GMT -5
You've probably already considered this. Perhaps visually tying the 6 parallel diagonal lines together as 3 pairs/bands might serve to add some order that might make the cab look less busy. |
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Post by Peruano on Feb 17, 2022 16:14:49 GMT -5
You've probably already considered this. Perhaps visually tying the 6 parallel diagonal lines together as 3 pairs/bands might serve to add some order that might make the cab look less busy. Damn, that is said so insightfully, confidently, and succinctly I'd guess that you are maybe a mathmatics scholar, art instructor, engineer, or just plain good with words. BTW that what I would attempt too. |
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Post by opalpyrexia on Feb 17, 2022 16:35:06 GMT -5
Damn, that is said so insightfully, confidently, and succinctly I'd guess that you are maybe a mathmatics scholar, art instructor, engineer, or just plain good with words. BTW that what I would attempt too.
Thank you for the compliment.
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 17, 2022 17:24:31 GMT -5
You've probably already considered this. Perhaps visually tying the 6 parallel diagonal lines together as 3 pairs/bands might serve to add some order that might make the cab look less busy. That was my first thought (more or less), but in person, those lines aren't as obvious. I assume that doing it like that would help make them more obvious, though. I ended up working with the shape instead. I'm kinda happy with it. I'll post it later. Thanks for the suggestion.  I love to see how your mind works. |
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Post by Pat on Feb 17, 2022 19:20:28 GMT -5
I like all the faces I see. Every time I take another look, I see another face looking at me. Interesting.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 17, 2022 21:39:48 GMT -5
Cool cab, Tela. What is the material? Good luck on deciding how to wrap it. If it were me, I'd be setting it in a plain bezel.  |
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Feb 17, 2022 21:47:53 GMT -5
Yes, cabs can be too busy. Especially if there's no overall sense of balance. Crazy Lace drives me crazy.
If I had cut the one shown here, most of the white would've disappeared and it would've been just yet another boring teardrop shape.
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Post by Sabre52 on Feb 17, 2022 22:36:23 GMT -5
I guess they can be, but I rather like the particular cab pictured. I prefer a patterned cab over a plain, one color cab any day. My absolute favs are type cabs, busy or not, which typify a particular material with a known name and origin.
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 17, 2022 23:51:35 GMT -5
I like all the faces I see. Every time I take another look, I see another face looking at me. Interesting. I envy you and everybody else that so easily see things in stones. It has to really slap me in the face. LOL! Cool cab, Tela. What is the material? Good luck on deciding how to wrap it. If it were me, I'd be setting it in a plain bezel.  This is Roan Leopard Marble, which I really like. A plain bezel would be ideal or a very simple border wrap. Yes, cabs can be too busy. Especially if there's no overall sense of balance. Crazy Lace drives me crazy.
If I had cut the one shown here, most of the white would've disappeared and it would've been just yet another boring teardrop shape.
I think they can be so busy so as not to readily be wrapped. I love this material and the whole of it is patterned like this. This piece was what was left after the fractures. I guess they can be, but I rather like the particular cab pictured. I prefer a patterned cab over a plain, one color cab any day. My absolute favs are type cabs, busy or not, which typify a particular material with a known name and origin. I like it, too. I like very boldly colored cabs, though- like sugilite. I have champagne taste and a beer budget! |
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 17, 2022 23:54:17 GMT -5
Here's a quickie pic of what I decided to do.
Story behind this: I bought some copper beads. They were advertised as pure copper. I bought a lot of them. I did the patina on this and 2 did NOT take a patina! I was incensed! They got the worst review I have ever given and they are going back.
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Post by fernwood on Feb 18, 2022 6:03:29 GMT -5
That turned out great. The beads are a nice touch.
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Post by jasoninsd on Feb 18, 2022 10:43:02 GMT -5
I like what you chose to do with this one! I agree with Beth. The beads were a great way to balance out the top like that...
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 18, 2022 12:07:04 GMT -5
That turned out great. The beads are a nice touch. Thank you! I like what you chose to do with this one! I agree with Beth. The beads were a great way to balance out the top like that... That's what I was looking for- a little more balance. Thank you! |
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Post by Sabre52 on Feb 18, 2022 13:02:14 GMT -5
Another beautiful wrap! As I've said before, I'm really fond of the way your wraps accent the stone without covering the face of the stone with all kinds of frills and gee gaws.
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Post by electrocutus on Feb 18, 2022 15:55:24 GMT -5
The cash cab can definitely be too busy :-)  |
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 18, 2022 16:03:30 GMT -5
Another beautiful wrap! As I've said before, I'm really fond of the way your wraps accent the stone without covering the face of the stone with all kinds of frills and gee gaws. Thank you! I would never do gee gaws! LOL! That don't even sound good. |
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