Cabbin' Fever Contest, winter cabochon creations |
Cabbin' Fever Contest, winter cabochon creations |
Feb 14 2010, 07:43 AM
Post
#16
|
|
Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 7,187 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4 |
Great entries! Some of my favorites being worked.
Dont forget tomorrows the entry deadline, so get your entries in now. Good luck everyone!! -------------------- Education is the key to the future,
and participation opens the door to opportunity. Discover your prospecting independence & success! ColoradoProspector.com Owner/Webmaster Core team member ♥ |
|
|
Feb 15 2010, 12:00 AM
Post
#17
|
|
Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 464 Joined: 2-March 06 From: Lewis KS Member No.: 319 |
Ok now since it's about deadline to get started and i have seen what i'm up against then i better get started...i'm going to do a rock (Obsidian) that i found in Arizona back in Nov. 2008 ......this project is linked to other projects that are in Scott's Rock Shop thread....
The Rock.....kinda hard to see....acually the pic in Scott's Rock Shop thread is kinda better The Saw....this saw (lil 4incher) is really too small to do slabbing but you have to work with whatcha got. Next is the Dopping Step |
|
|
Feb 16 2010, 02:18 PM
Post
#18
|
|
Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 4,149 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 3 |
And we are off! Now the fun begins.
We have four contestants in the contest this time with all doing something different and in cool materials! Good luck to all of you and we are all looking forward to those finished projects with great anticipation. Our contestants are Jim - Doing a sodalite cabochon project mirkaba (Bob) - Doing a Ankh style cross in jade with a possible accent stone project Gold Barnstormer (Jeff) - Doing a pair of free form boulder opal cabochon project ScottKs - Doing an obsidian cabochon project Deadline to complete your projects for the contest is March 15th. You have plenty of time to finish working and photograph your finished projects. Once you're ready and have a picture to post you like, just post it into this thread with your description of work, then on 3/16 we'll put all your starter pics and finish pics into a new thread with a voting poll for everyone to vote. Have fun everyone and work safely! CP -------------------- CP-Owner/Administrator
www.ColoradoProspector.com IF YOU USE IT, THE GROUND PRODUCED IT! MINERS MAKE "IT" HAPPEN!! |
|
|
Feb 21 2010, 11:27 PM
Post
#19
|
|
Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 464 Joined: 2-March 06 From: Lewis KS Member No.: 319 |
All Dopped and ready to go
As you can see i won't have to take off that much....it's already domed some .............Top.................................Bottom |
|
|
Feb 23 2010, 08:21 AM
Post
#20
|
|
Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 51 Joined: 29-August 09 Member No.: 6,988 |
|
|
|
Feb 23 2010, 02:45 PM
Post
#21
|
|
Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 4,149 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 3 |
Cool Scott, we all look forward to seeing the finished piece.
GB......Wow! Awesome job on your first wrap. As you do more of the wraps you'll soon develop your favored style as all wrappers do. For my own wraps I've never ended a wire in swirls (many do though), but rather contain them within the final wrap to tie down the hoop and wire ends just below the hoops. I also prefer to use the square wire too (half hard) which seems to be versitle in styles you can create. Then you could also combo up round with square for interesting effects as well. As I said those are just my personal choices which you'll soon be making many of yourself. Nice work and keep it up! Feel free to pm or email me anytime with questions as well for specifics on projects, I'd be happy to help if I can. Work safely everyone, they are all going to look great I'm sure. CP -------------------- CP-Owner/Administrator
www.ColoradoProspector.com IF YOU USE IT, THE GROUND PRODUCED IT! MINERS MAKE "IT" HAPPEN!! |
|
|
Feb 24 2010, 09:05 PM
Post
#22
|
|
Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 51 Joined: 29-August 09 Member No.: 6,988 |
|
|
|
Feb 25 2010, 06:54 AM
Post
#23
|
|
Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 7,187 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4 |
Fantastic work GB!! Looks like it comes naturally to you.
-------------------- Education is the key to the future,
and participation opens the door to opportunity. Discover your prospecting independence & success! ColoradoProspector.com Owner/Webmaster Core team member ♥ |
|
|
Feb 28 2010, 11:54 PM
Post
#24
|
|
Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 464 Joined: 2-March 06 From: Lewis KS Member No.: 319 |
Cab is all done .....one problem is the bottom right area(to the left of the glare band)...potholes...didn't cab it down far enough but didn't see that until i got done....but really i didn't want to go down any farther robbing dome height (i guess that's why it's better to slab instead of going from natural state and just cut it in half...but the rock was just too small to do that...lol)....anyways it gives it charater
Now the fun part and one i'm still learning.....wirewrapping |
|
|
Mar 5 2010, 07:00 PM
Post
#25
|
|
Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 51 Joined: 29-August 09 Member No.: 6,988 |
|
|
|
Mar 10 2010, 08:28 PM
Post
#26
|
|
Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 411 Joined: 20-February 07 From: Richland Mississippi Member No.: 994 |
|
|
|
Mar 11 2010, 06:04 AM
Post
#27
|
|
Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 51 Joined: 29-August 09 Member No.: 6,988 |
It's always tough putting two separate patterns together, like plaid and spots. I like it though. But I really love that color combination, makes the inlay really stand out
|
|
|
Mar 14 2010, 11:13 PM
Post
#28
|
||
Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 464 Joined: 2-March 06 From: Lewis KS Member No.: 319 |
Ok here is my project all done ....i know....not the best pics but i tried every way possible (with what i got...seeings i don't have a better camera..lol)....once again the scanned pics came out the best...it's really good for cabs but with wire with it...it's hard...it's because it focuses in on what's on the glass....the back is really good and that's because the wire is on the glass of the scanner....lol...anyways here it is.....i'm going to post a pic of the drill station i setup to make the two beads on the sides (NO polishing...it's the natural state)....I made the twisted wire loop finding with my Thing-A-MaJig (pic of it in my rock shop thread back when i made the scorpion project)
Front Back |
|
|
||
Mar 15 2010, 06:46 AM
Post
#29
|
|
Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 51 Joined: 29-August 09 Member No.: 6,988 |
|
|
|
Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 29th April 2024 - 09:19 AM |