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[Orrum]

Hey Kurt I have had a idea, I think this is the bomb!!!   You need to carve a Dragon hatching out of a Thunder Egg!!!!  Do u have any thunder eggs? If not pm me!

[Asianfire]

Hey Kurt I have had a idea, I think this is the bomb!!!   You need to carve a Dragon hatching out of a Thunder Egg!!!!  Do u have any thunder eggs? If not pm me!

That would be two pieces? Egg and a dragon? I'm as bad with dragons as with faces. Would be a disaster in the making.
But have thought about the overall concept before.

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Hi All

Just an opinion but they all should stay. It has already made me think out of the box. My entry is proof of that. I am into doing calibrated stones. And my post was about me seeing a red flying "thing" with crazy eye and a big mouth that I saw in the stone and tried to make it pop.I did not see the fracture until I posted the pic. Now I am not sure if I cut the fracture out if I can keep all of the thing in.

Heck I still have a month I will say this is the preform

I may have to make an oval out of it

Bless
Shawn

[ToTheSummit]

I think its pretty much unanimous...leave the carvings in.  I like to see all the different styles of stones put together in one place.  I think it pushes each of us who competes to try a little harder to 'one-up' the other guy and makes all entries a little better.  Hopefully we will see many more great entries by the end of next month.  Maybe even some intarsias to sweeten the contest.  I'm gong to try to come up with something myself before its over.

[Asianfire]

Hi All
Just an opinion but they all should stay. It has already made me think out of the box. My entry is proof of that. I am into doing calibrated stones.
Bless Shawn

That sounds great. Personally, I think calibrated is way more difficult than carving. In carving or free-form, one can use what one is given, but anytime you are calibrating things, the material has to conform to specifics. Something that, I for one, find extremely hard to do.

By the end, everything comes down to personal appeal. Carvings or inlays might take a while versus cabs being done in a few hours or couple of days, but all need to achieve a balance in order to get that special something that attracts people in the know, as well as average consumers.
While I stay away from prized contests, I found that I am willing to try harder to achieve more when partaking in friendly challenges, and that's why I rarely if ever, missed the contests on the forum for the first 4 years.

[Enchantra]

At this point in time, the contest will stay as it is - all inclusive.  Leave up your carvings, they are gorgeous.   

[domdeslagons]

All those entries are great, both cabs and carvings! For some people who can't get nice stone, like those presented by cabers, carving would be a way to enter the competition! But then it is the skill that is prized, a well made cab can be as good as a nice carving!
Actually I wouldn't know yet, whom to vote for!

[Asianfire]

All those entries are great, both cabs and carvings! For some people who can't get nice stone, like those presented by cabers, carving would be a way to enter the competition! But then it is the skill that is prized, a well made cab can be as good as a nice carving!
Actually I wouldn't know yet, whom to vote for!

:) :) :) I do, Its a tie-up between the Agate and the dino! :) :) :)  Love the colour-strength. Based on that, the dino would likely get my vote.

[Debbie K]

Thanks for letting us carvers participate. I don't have the knack for cabochons; I'm convinced I started carving because no one can tell me I'm doing it wrong, I just say "I meant to do that".

Amanda, I posted the dimensions on the original post. I planned to make a pendant or a butt of a knife with it out of silver. I was going to follow the lines on the left and right hand side of the face and down the middle part way down the nose and set either an aquamarine or white topaz in the center. Still haven't worked out how I'd set the hematite; still thinking.

Debbie K

[Glenn]

Instead of just "cabs" why not just say outrageous lapidary creations... that will bring everything in.   Then one can categorize if needed.


When i get my wheels back from graves with the correct grits, I will make something.

[Jhon P]

Debbie. That hematite must of been a mess to carve. Did wear gloves? Or do you now have red hands

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Hi Kurt

Thanks for the kind words.

Personally, I think calibrated is way more difficult than carving. In carving or free-form, one can use what one is given, but anytime you are calibrating things, the material has to conform to specifics. Something that, I for one, find extremely hard to do.

To be honest the thought of carving scares me because I don't have any guide lines I have been in maintenance for over 30 years and I like things "just so" that is what the book says. It is a thrill to me to see how close I can get to a perfect calibrated stone and keep what I think should be the center of the stone.

With that said I am going oval on my stone. In my opinion I think it has a better chance of saving what I want centered in the stone.

Thanks again and to me what you carvers do is mind blowing to me..

Bless
Shawn

[Enchantra]

Thanks for letting us carvers participate. I don't have the knack for cabochons; I'm convinced I started carving because no one can tell me I'm doing it wrong, I just say "I meant to do that".

Amanda, I posted the dimensions on the original post. I planned to make a pendant or a butt of a knife with it out of silver. I was going to follow the lines on the left and right hand side of the face and down the middle part way down the nose and set either an aquamarine or white topaz in the center. Still haven't worked out how I'd set the hematite; still thinking.

Debbie K

Thanks Debbie.  I went back to the original post and found the info.  Missed it the first time.  Sometimes as an admin I am skimming posts really fast just to verify briefly what is being posted and I miss details like that.

[Debbie K]

Jhon:

It was a red brown color, and most of it washed off with soap and water after a few days. The worst thing I've ever carved was pyrite; it actually stains and you have to wait for it to wear off; especially nasty around your fingernails. It takes weeks.

I did wear a rubber glove on my left hand for the bulk removal, when it got to the finer details I took it off. I'm always scared of getting things caught in the machine and it pulling the bur into my hand. I am getting smarter, though, and I dopped it and held on to the stick for most of the carving, so the glove was away from the bur.

Debbie K

[Sandsave]

I vote more the merrier! Maybe with the long weekend I'll get to my entry. Lots of cool ones so far..

Sandsave