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Rock Art => Cabochons, Intarsias, Cameos => Topic started by: Enchantra on January 23, 2017, 10:29:55 PM
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I'll start this off with the following caveat...
1) I did not make any of these cabochons, they are the work of numerous other people who have mastered the art of cabochon making. (Armando Custom Rock Cutters, Village Silversmith, Kris Rowe, Mia Benson, Otteson Turquoise...)
2) You may need to replace your keyboard after you are done viewing these cabs from the drool factor. You have been warned.
So I shared a booth with my friend Mia Benson of Spirit Bear Rocks at the Pow Wow show in Quartzsite. The show was for all intents and purposes a bust. The weather sucked, so no one came out to buy much of anything - it was the single biggest complaint of any vendor I talked to - cold, wet, and windy, no one wanted to be out in it. Not a typical Quartzsite winter by any means. I froze my butt off at the booth which faced the I-10 so it was exposed to the elements. I still have to grab Peter's air compressor and blast the dried caked on mud off my earring racks.
Add to this the failed entry that never made it into the most recent contest because the clay wouldn't fire properly in the kiln. Throw in health problems of my own..
I decided to self medicate at the Pow Wow...
My medicine happens to be pretty cabs. Spent more cash than I took in.
Lots of gorgeous things in these photos...
K2, Seraphinite, Charoite, Ammolite, pyritized Ammonite, Marcasite in agate, Dendritic opal, Kingman turquoise, Purple Mojave Turquoise, Navada Variscite, Pietersite, Parrotwing Chrysocolla, Sonoran Sunset Chrysocolla, Blue G, Poppy Jasper with hematite, faceted Mystic fire topaz, Atlantisite, malachite...And several wooden carvings - that largest looks like Sarumon from LOTR to me. Also have other assorted cabs of Rhyolite, Serpentine, and unidentified Jaspers and Agates.
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WOWOWOWOWOW but sorry to hear the show was a bust. The good side is that if you would have been selling like crazy you would not have these.
Jim
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Better start cracking, Amanda! You have a lot of work to do to get all these beautiful cabs into your awesome jewelry to sell next year! :WEEEE:
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Better start cracking, Amanda! You have a lot of work to do to get all these beautiful cabs into your awesome jewelry to sell next year! :WEEEE:
Do you know of a foolproof perfected way of cloning me? I need to invest in the process. I want at least two more of me.
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Wish I did. Then I could clone me, too! :LOLOL:
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Wow you hot some really great stuff!!! Sorry to hear about the weather ruining everything. I have heard that not just about Pow Wow but all winter at other shows at Quartsite.
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That grey and blue one, that's Graves Mountain with lazulite right?
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Wow; lots of eye candY! It must have been a whole lot of fun picking those out amidst all the other varieties. Is the brownish "cab" a section of ammonite or some such fossil? Very interesting looking; thanks for sharing!
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That grey and blue one, that's Graves Mountain with lazulite right?
That is K2 from Pakistan. Not cheap.
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Wow; lots of eye candY! It must have been a whole lot of fun picking those out amidst all the other varieties. Is the brownish "cab" a section of ammonite or some such fossil? Very interesting looking; thanks for sharing!
Pyritized Ammonite.