Killer Cab Contest Entries for March 17-31!

[ScarlettoSara]

Havent peeked at all these beauties in a few days but all I want to say is
Thank you for making me smile and for making my day much brighter.

[Ajo]

Jon, the scene in the cab looks like the sunrise. Nice double sided too. Eric.

[lonelygems]

O.K. I am in this time. I worked on this this morning. It's Mexican flame agate. I had to work around some pockets and some fractures. I had trouble with the auto focus on the camera, so sorry about the first two pics. I think you can make out the original slab and preform. Hope you like. Enjoy, Eric.

        Fantastic entry from you Eric, almost burn out every one here...      very nice fire image.

[lonelygems]

Here's a scenic 2 sided bruneau cab i just finished up- 1 1/2 inches

Hi..Jon, I realy like the way you choose an area to cut.....it's performed balance rich colours compotition of material, another amazing cab....

[tntmom]

WOW!!!!!  I've missed a bit:  Crazy Lace, Banded Agate, Mexican Flame and Brueau?????

CRIPES, when voting time comes around my head is going to spin right off of my body!!!!

[hulagrub]

Killers, for sure!

[redrockrods]

I'm in with this graveyard plume/regency rose agate!

[Helene]

Don:

Every evening I get in from the studio after a day of making mugs and platters and look forward to seeing what new cabs are posted in this contest.   Tonight it's your graveyard plume agate, very striking and the polish on that piece.  It looks like liquid glass! Your photo of this piece is so good it looks like I can reach out and pick it up.  I have never purchased graveyard plume agate even though I've seen it for sale many times.  I didn't know it had such warm golden yellow hues, which I have found is not easy to find.   

[Redwilder]

Okie dokie artichokie, so I have waited long enough that ive decided to enter my cab for this contest. Decided to go with a hunk of crazy lace that i was able to acquire the other day. Normally dont like to go with traditional shapes but recently ive working on large ovals. This piece had a flow to the stone that seemed to really pop with an oval. It came with challenges though. After i started working on it, i realized that the red portions were actually red hematite with agate veining. Soooo, had to really be careful so as to not allow the undercutting to get the best of me. Finished it with very little undercutting which really is not noticeable unless you really start super annalizing it. Came out with a nice gloss which i try showing in photo #4 with the lamp reflection

[asianfire]

Now the competition is heating up and still 4 days to go. 


Great stuff there!

Lovely color Don. Difficult material to do well, with all those mixed hardnesses thrown in right next to each-other. GY sometimes seems to drive me crazy. Well done!

Redwilder; Wow that is huge. I find the bigger the cabs the harder it gets to give them a nice even shape. Other than that, love the color here too and the finish shows well as being better than reasonable.

Keep them coming!

[Redwilder]

For me, the frustrating part in larger cabs isnt so much the shape but getting a nice dome. Sometimes, Ill start working on a piece that seems workable but shortly after ive started, i realize that the thickness of the cab wasnt what it should be for a larger diameter. Makes me wanna toss it and make a pile of gravel, lol
Don, that is an amazing piece!  yes16Recently got some green moss out of india and found that it is pretty much impossible to avoid the pitting thats caused by the moss protruding out the surface as i grind. Guess a filler like HXATEL or something would be a great way to go, but its soooo expensive that i havent bought any to experiment with yet.

[asianfire]

Sorry Ben, yes I meant the dome.    

[39don]

Don, exquisite in all aspects in your gravepoint plume cab 

Ben, as a heavy crazy lace agate cabber I'm well aware of your concerns with your cab. You have an excellent entry, brilliant polish and shape..

[Ajo]

Don, that's some great gravepoint plume!! Nice colors. Ben, I love all sorts of crazy lace. Super cab. It looks like the contest is heating up once again. Great entries, Eric.

[Redwilder]

@ Eric...are you the same Eric Ajo that was competing throughout the karma minerals challenge on fb this last fall?