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skystone
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« on: February 13, 2012, 08:08:18 pm » |
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Tomorrow's Valentines day & I really hadn't thought of anything in particular for my wife, aside from going out to dinner. So yesterday afternoon after geting home from Church. I grabed a chunk of Peruvian pink opal from my box & started carving. It is rather light in color not as dark as I'd have liked. But the darker stuff I have wasn't large enough to do it. I finished it up this afternoon after trying a couple of different ideas for a bale (which I didn't like) I went with the simple route LOL. Held my breath while soldering it together afraid I'd break the whole thing from the heat. But the force was with me I guess & all went well. Hope you like it & thanks for taking a look. Mike   |
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« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2012, 08:35:26 pm » |
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Love the look of it and what it represents:)
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pete
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« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2012, 08:43:48 pm » |
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That's GREAT, Mike!
How thick was the chunk you started with?
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skystone
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« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2012, 09:13:29 pm » |
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I didn't measure it just did as I usually do & eyeballed it. But probably 3/4" think by 1" wide & 2" long. Each heart is a little under 1" long. They had to be done at an angle to each other. With the tops overlaping. If it had been wood, I'd have started with a square piece & the hearts 90 degrees to each other. It was an interesting project LOL.
Mike
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Steve
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« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2012, 10:48:45 pm » |
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That is a very SWEET set up you did there, Mike........................................  |
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mehoose
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« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2012, 11:30:49 pm » |
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 well done, tis lovely!
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southerly
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« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2012, 01:31:54 am » |
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Fabulous, that is really impressive Mike, thanks for sharing. Obviously the material was solid enough to carve? I have been thinking of trying to carve some dendritic opal but have been unsure of how brittle it is.
David
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« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2012, 02:59:47 am » |
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Fantastic workmanship, have not dared to try a link yet. Yoyur dearest will be a very happy lady.  Mine will have to wait, I run out of time. LOL Close but not close enough.  |
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« Reply #9 on: February 18, 2012, 12:02:45 pm » |
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Outta-sight Mike.........You have more patience and skill than me........ |
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« Reply #10 on: February 18, 2012, 05:08:44 pm » |
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Really done well, reminds me of the canes that have the links and balls. Your setting the bar pretty high.
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Chris & Irma
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« Reply #11 on: February 18, 2012, 06:39:01 pm » |
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amazing!! i've never seen such a thing
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