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sandsman1 In Memoriam RIP John "sandsman1" Member since December 2003 Posts: 11,341	DOCS RING'S (new rings) Dec 8, 2005 17:28:06 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sandsman1 on Dec 8, 2005 17:28:06 GMT -5 heres a few pic of a ring doc made from scratch pretty dam cool the lady picked it up today she loved it
	Last Edit: Dec 17, 2005 20:38:52 GMT -5 by sandsman1 GOT TO KEEP THE LOONEYS ONNNN THE PATH john-- NOMAD--- U.S.A. -- IN GOD WE TRUST

rainey noticing nice landscape pebbles Member since November 2005 Posts: 88	DOCS RING'S (new rings) Dec 8, 2005 17:47:24 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rainey on Dec 8, 2005 17:47:24 GMT -5 sandman- that is so cool!

rockds still telling self it's just a hobby Member since September 2005 Posts: 4,130	DOCS RING'S (new rings) Dec 8, 2005 18:20:27 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockds on Dec 8, 2005 18:20:27 GMT -5 very nice Do the 'feathers' across the top and bottom do anything or just part of the show? robert
	Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand. Ignorance and Prejudice and fear walk hand-in-hand.

g0too starting to spend too much on rocks Member since October 2005 Posts: 198	DOCS RING'S (new rings) Dec 8, 2005 18:48:48 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by g0too on Dec 8, 2005 18:48:48 GMT -5 Nice turquoise with matrix there (thats what it looks like to me anyhow) but whats the red on the side. By the way if I am wrong about the blue please say so. Cheers Chris
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Cher In Memoriam Tumbling is addictive - Resistance is futile - You will be assimilated Member since August 2004 Posts: 14,072	DOCS RING'S (new rings) Dec 8, 2005 19:01:42 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cher on Dec 8, 2005 19:01:42 GMT -5 Wow, very nice, great job Doc! Thanks for the pics John.
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DOCS RING'S (new rings) Dec 8, 2005 19:06:03 GMT -5

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Post by docone31 on Dec 8, 2005 19:06:03 GMT -5

Sands photo really captures the ring. The feathers are the two spirits. One good, one bad. It is a Native motif where there are two wolves. One good one bad. The wolves symbolized by the two feathers, which one do you feed? The good one, or the bad one. The feathers go to the right. The borealis effect makes toilets and sinks swirl to the left.
The turquoise is vintage Native American, the red is genuine Red Coral, no longer available.
I cut the turquoise, cut the coral, fabricated the ring, made the wire, then twisted it, the bezels were made from pure silver, rolled to thickness.
It is one of my signed signatute pieces. It took me almost six months part time to complete.
Sands took a decent photo of it.

In the beginning was the Floyd, and the Floyd was with Him, and He was with the Floyd. Syd Barret just disappeared, right after the happening. Lita Ford drives a suburban! Big Hair Heavy Metal is dead. Oh weeping and gnashing of teeth, the end is near. The answer is 42. 42! BING! BIG BING!
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earthdog Cave Dweller Don't eat yellow snow Member since June 2006 Posts: 2,731	DOCS RING'S (new rings) Dec 8, 2005 19:07:55 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by earthdog on Dec 8, 2005 19:07:55 GMT -5 That is nice, whats something like that cost?

Alice has started giving rock gifts Member since February 2005 Posts: 3,931	DOCS RING'S (new rings) Dec 8, 2005 19:09:21 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Alice on Dec 8, 2005 19:09:21 GMT -5 Nice ring Doc How long did it take you to make?

joe still telling self it's just a hobby Member since June 2005 Posts: 4,900	DOCS RING'S (new rings) Dec 8, 2005 19:28:29 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by joe on Dec 8, 2005 19:28:29 GMT -5 Wow Doc. A beautiful ring and a very interesting story. How cool is that! joe
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rockds still telling self it's just a hobby Member since September 2005 Posts: 4,130	DOCS RING'S (new rings) Dec 8, 2005 22:20:34 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockds on Dec 8, 2005 22:20:34 GMT -5 thanks doc for the info, never knew about the wolves - guess its like the 2 little guys sitting on your shoulder, one good / one bad robert
	Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand. Ignorance and Prejudice and fear walk hand-in-hand.

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DOCS RING'S (new rings) Dec 8, 2005 22:32:46 GMT -5

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Post by docone31 on Dec 8, 2005 22:32:46 GMT -5

The ring cost the owner 350$. It took me roughly six months to make, including getting the turquoise, cutting the coral, and forging the parts.
The wolves are a classic. I made a pendant with two wolves attacking each other with turquoise, malachite, lapis, coral. Both wolves look the same. They are facing each other with fangs bared. One is good, one is bad, which one do you feed?
Sometimes you must feed the bad one to pass by, sometimes you must feed the good one to have a companion on your journey, sometimes you must feed both to have a companion for your companion. You must always watch. Sometimes good can slide into bad, and sometimes bad can be good.
The lesson, sometimes good can be bad, bad can be good. It looks the same, most times acts the same, the outcome however is what matters. If we did not have bad, we would not know good. If we had only good, we would turn bad.
So if it looks the same, acts the same, is it really good or bad? Is it not all the same in one?
Is not good, one day bad? Is not bad one day good? Are we locked into a mold?
It is the legend from the GRANDFATHER.

In the beginning was the Floyd, and the Floyd was with Him, and He was with the Floyd. Syd Barret just disappeared, right after the happening. Lita Ford drives a suburban! Big Hair Heavy Metal is dead. Oh weeping and gnashing of teeth, the end is near. The answer is 42. 42! BING! BIG BING!
Follow the White Rabbit!

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DOCS RING'S (new rings) Dec 8, 2005 22:32:57 GMT -5

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Post by sandsman1 on Dec 8, 2005 22:32:57 GMT -5

i gotta tell ya's the pics look nice but it was beautiful in person i had seen it befor it was all polished up and the stones where set and it was cool but when i seen it finished it was too cool -- one day im gonna learn that smithin and make something that nice for chic

GOT TO KEEP THE LOONEYS ONNNN THE PATH
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rockyraccoon no longer being taken for granite Member since December 2003 Posts: 7,980	DOCS RING'S (new rings) Dec 9, 2005 11:43:48 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockyraccoon on Dec 9, 2005 11:43:48 GMT -5 doc beautiful work. glad sands is there with a camera finally. sands i definitely believe that one day you will! you keep hanging with doc you won't have any choice. kim

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DOCS RING'S (new rings) Dec 9, 2005 13:57:01 GMT -5

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Post by Pebbles on Dec 9, 2005 13:57:01 GMT -5

Doc -

The ring is wonderful & adding the legend from the Grandfather really adds to its specialness!

Now if people could only see the wisdom in them there words. It's our judgment that tries to make something either good or bad. In reality, everything is just being what it is.....

Pebbles

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drupe fully equipped rock polisher Member since September 2005 Posts: 1,245	DOCS RING'S (new rings) Dec 9, 2005 14:07:17 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by drupe on Dec 9, 2005 14:07:17 GMT -5 Excellant work Doc. For a piece of jewelry of that quaility the person got a bargain. You have a gift for jewelry making, be thankful and keep up production. Pete
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stefan Cave Dweller Member since January 2005 Posts: 14,113	DOCS RING'S (new rings) Dec 9, 2005 14:48:12 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stefan on Dec 9, 2005 14:48:12 GMT -5 WOW DOC- What a great ring- so which wolf did you feed for that- I'mn guessing (esp on what you charged) that the good wolf was fed- Looks like a labor of love!
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Banjocreek fully equipped rock polisher Member since March 2003 Posts: 1,115	DOCS RING'S (new rings) Dec 9, 2005 19:01:30 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Banjocreek on Dec 9, 2005 19:01:30 GMT -5 Absolutely beautiful Doc! Kudos just for the shear artistry of it yet even more so in that it can be worn and displayed. That is amazing. -Banjo
	Ecclesiastes 3.5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain

krazydiamond Global Moderator Nobody knows where you are, how near or how far. Member since June 2004 Posts: 9,636	DOCS RING'S (new rings) Dec 10, 2005 20:02:19 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by krazydiamond on Dec 10, 2005 20:02:19 GMT -5 glad Sands got down here so we can FINALLY see some of your creations, Doc, i love the intarsia, i wish i could learn to do that... Sands is a lucky dude! KD
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DOCS RING'S (new rings) Dec 10, 2005 21:19:47 GMT -5

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Post by docone31 on Dec 10, 2005 21:19:47 GMT -5

Krazy, there isn't anything I do that you, or anyone else here couldn't do. One thing Sands will probably agree with also, you have to get out of the box.
What we do is art. There are really no books, tapes, CD's that will make us winners. What makes us winners is WANT power. There are only an handful of jewelers that do silver repairs, Why?
It can be done. All a person has to do is WANT, and follow through with what is neccessary.
All anyone of us has to do is pick up the tools, materials, and do the first thing first and follow through. Cannot solder? Why not? Get some copper wire and practice melting it on a piece of 2 X 4. Get some borax soap and observe how the metal reacts under heat. Etc., etc., etc.
That is how I taught myself. I use screws for dops, small screwdrivers, and I use the head of a pin for really small work.
We have everything we need real close.
You all can do it.

In the beginning was the Floyd, and the Floyd was with Him, and He was with the Floyd. Syd Barret just disappeared, right after the happening. Lita Ford drives a suburban! Big Hair Heavy Metal is dead. Oh weeping and gnashing of teeth, the end is near. The answer is 42. 42! BING! BIG BING!
Follow the White Rabbit!

sandsman1 In Memoriam RIP John "sandsman1" Member since December 2003 Posts: 11,341	DOCS RING'S (new rings) Dec 17, 2005 20:41:00 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sandsman1 on Dec 17, 2005 20:41:00 GMT -5 hi i grabbed acouple more pics of two new rings doc made very cool sorry about this pic it came out dark
	GOT TO KEEP THE LOONEYS ONNNN THE PATH john-- NOMAD--- U.S.A. -- IN GOD WE TRUST