9/3/2008 9:53:17 PM |
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stan2be7
Orting, WA
age: 63
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cutting and polishing rocks has been a interest for sometime. interested finding someone to share ideas to make jewerly. thanks
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9/6/2008 7:53:34 PM |
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alicekathleen
Sacramento, CA
age: 64
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I can crochet around an odd stone, a rock, or shell and make a great necklace. Though you may not think
that thread and rocks go together, there is a nice contrast between the hard and soft. I wonder if you could
use them in mosiacs? My uncle lived in El Centro, and he was a real rock hound. Sadly, I did not keep his
jewelry, I can see it in my mind's eye. He passed away in the late 1960's, he had smoked since he was
10 years old.
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9/30/2008 6:59:54 PM |
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jj1870
Natchitoches, LA
age: 46
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i don't polish too many, i have tryed a few and some crystals , but i do collect and clean petrified wood.. polished some of those pieces and they came out pretty good,,, i used a bar type jewlers rouge on it.
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10/11/2008 9:39:56 PM |
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elvyra
Conroe, TX
age: 58
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I have an amateur lapidary shop. I love cutting and polishing rocks. And yes, they look excellent in a crotched setting or even more to my taste, a macramed bag with a macramed necklace.
I wire wrap a lot of stuff. I also have learned to do minor silversmithing. I am getting excited about getting all my shop equipment set up this winter. I am in a new home so now I have room to put all my stuff up to work with. Just a matter of juggling a few things around.
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11/27/2008 6:39:40 AM |
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fote
Syracuse, NY
age: 58
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While i do wood carvings (Native American traditional) I am seeking sources for "Soapstone" for a line of Calumets. Any help would be appreciated.
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11/27/2008 9:37:16 PM |
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jj1870
Natchitoches, LA
age: 46
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if you go to yahoo groups, look up soapstone group, if not there is a focus group for petrified wood and alot people there can help you find what your looking for, they have help me quite a bit....
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11/28/2008 6:42:55 PM |
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raventalon
Belleville, IL
age: 49
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While i do wood carvings (Native American traditional) I am seeking sources for "Soapstone" for a line of Calumets. Any help would be appreciated.
I'm seeking the same except my medium is pipestone.
My main interest is making pipes & fetishes.
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11/29/2008 4:37:05 AM |
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raventalon
Belleville, IL
age: 49
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I can crochet around an odd stone, a rock, or shell and make a great necklace. Though you may not think
that thread and rocks go together, there is a nice contrast between the hard and soft. I wonder if you could
use them in mosiacs? My uncle lived in El Centro, and he was a real rock hound. Sadly, I did not keep his
jewelry, I can see it in my mind's eye. He passed away in the late 1960's, he had smoked since he was
10 years old.
That sounds neat, alice!
Do you use tiger wire to crochet with? Or something else?
Do you sell your work? I may be interested.
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11/29/2008 7:40:27 AM |
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fote
Syracuse, NY
age: 58
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Many thanks JJ I found what i needed. They sell pipestone there which is exactly what i actually needed. Thank you too Raven. The company is "Matoska", out of Minnesota.
[Edited 11/29/2008 7:57:52 AM PST]
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3/13/2009 9:36:09 AM |
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elvyra
Conroe, TX
age: 58
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Tiger Tail from Hobby Lobby is what I use for crocheting wire and that is fabulous wilth glass, plastic or stone beads strung on before crocheting with it. It gets a bit complicated but it still works when you practice.
If you cut slabs and make them smaller, polish those babies up, drill a hole in them as a center piece, it looks even more special in a crochet necklace.
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