*~FINISHED ~* Cab Contest, October 2022 Theme: Fall, Autumn

[Justin]

here is a picture of the rough that I started out with, it’s a Moroccan agate. I tried to make a leaf shape design, because in southwest VA / northeast TN when you think of autumn you think of leaves. 







Here are a couple of photos of inspiration located at the school where my wife and I take our daughter walking in the evenings. 






and voila! The finished product! I decided to submit my entry earlier in the month this time so I didn’t chicken out like I did on the inside/outside curves contest…. BUT IN MY DEFENSE I knew there was no way I stood a chance against that tactical tweeker blade. Then the guy pulled it and put something even better up! That’s just ridiculous!  🤣🤣🤣

oh… I also put photos of my “fall” submission in there too, because, why knot?! 😁

[realrockhound]

Oct 14, 2022 16:00:38 GMT -5 Justin said:

here is a picture of the rough that I started out with, it’s a Moroccan agate. I tried to make a leaf shape design, because in southwest VA / northeast TN when you think of autumn you think of leaves. 







Here are a couple of photos of inspiration located at the school where my wife and I take our daughter walking in the evenings. 






and voila! The finished product! I decided to submit my entry earlier in the month this time so I didn’t chicken out like I did on the inside/outside curves contest…. BUT IN MY DEFENSE I knew there was no way I stood a chance against that tactical tweeker blade. Then the guy pulled it and put something even better up! That’s just ridiculous!  🤣🤣🤣

oh… I also put photos of my “fall” submission in there too, because, why knot?! 😁

I’m dying 😂🤣😂🤣 I’m the guy who did the tactical tweeker blade 🤣

Also… beautiful cab. Glad to have you aboard.

[liveoak]

Justin, the colors are spot on in that first cab, most excellent.
Good autumn entry

Patty

[Pat]

opalpyrexia. I see a big dragonfly dressed in autumn.

[Justin]

Oct 15, 2022 11:39:04 GMT -5 realrockhound said:

Oct 14, 2022 16:00:38 GMT -5 Justin said:

I’m dying 😂🤣😂🤣 I’m the guy who did the tactical tweeker blade 🤣

Also… beautiful cab. Glad to have you aboard.

I actually ordered a slab of mushroom jasper just for that contest! I had it all planned out, I made a wide mushroom cap out of the slab with a concave bottom. After the contest I had planned to groove the girdle like I did on that Gary green cab and wrap both of them together to make a full mushroom pendant. 

I got it cabbed, took my pictures, came to the forum to submit it and as I was scrolling down to the bottom of the thread to post it, I passed your tactical tweeker blade and 😲 HOOOOLLLY COW!

I just started cracking up, that thing was so good I didn’t even bother submitting mine, I just threw it in a box and logged off. 

well done, sir! 😁

[liveoak]

Hey Justin Justin , I would love to see your mushroom cab, why don't you post it over on the "Creating Cabochon" thread.

I've come to realize with the contest that the best way to approach it is as a challenge to yourself.

If the next guy(or gal) outdoes ya, so be it, but it's a challenge just the same.

So don't let the other entries shy you away - it keeps it interesting with different entries, IMHO.

Patty..... watching for the mushroom cab thread.

[opalpyrexia]

Oct 15, 2022 20:55:14 GMT -5 Pat said:

opalpyrexia . I see a big dragonfly dressed in autumn.

Thank you. I see it now after trying and failing to see it last night. Forest for the trees!

[Tommy]

Here is my entry. It's a piece of material that I named Wildflowers Rhyolite but in actuality it's more likely to be a variation of Leopardskin rhyolite. My friend and vendor at some local shows showed it to me to get my take on it - he got this random rock that came in with an order of Leopardskin from Mexico and my first thought was that it didn't look like Leopardskin at all but reminded me of wildflowers. I proceeded to buy all the slabs he had cut at that show, and the next probably five shows, where ever I would run into him I'd buy whatever he had cut unless it had trended too far into the solid orange like what is shown on the rear of my preform below. I now love the orange as fall colors and falling leaves in the context of this contest.

[rockjunquie]

Good to see a cab from you, Tommy! And what a beauty it is!

[Rockoonz]

Oct 16, 2022 8:45:00 GMT -5 liveoak said:

Hey Justin Justin , I would love to see your mushroom cab, why don't you post it over on the "Creating Cabochon" thread.

I've come to realize with the contest that the best way to approach it is as a challenge to yourself.

If the next guy(or gal) outdoes ya, so be it, but it's a challenge just the same.

So don't let the other entries shy you away - it keeps it interesting with different entries, IMHO.

Patty..... watching for the mushroom cab thread.

I'd like to see it too.
I try to treat these as a personal challenge too, as in what do I want to do that I haven't done yet, or at least haven't done "that way". When I finally get a day to get busy and cut the small mountain of !!! slabs that get set aside from the saw maybe I'll do them more justice.

[pebblesky]

justin Very beautiful fall colors in your cab! The time you spend walking with your family is priceless.

[pebblesky]

Oct 16, 2022 8:45:00 GMT -5 liveoak said:

Hey Justin Justin , I would love to see your mushroom cab, why don't you post it over on the "Creating Cabochon" thread.

I've come to realize with the contest that the best way to approach it is as a challenge to yourself.

If the next guy(or gal) outdoes ya, so be it, but it's a challenge just the same.

So don't let the other entries shy you away - it keeps it interesting with different entries, IMHO.

Patty..... watching for the mushroom cab thread.

+1. Look forward to the mushroom cab.

[pebblesky]

Tommy The "Wildflowers Rhyolite" is superb and the cab is so perfectly autumn! Please show us some more of these slabs...

[Rockoonz]

Tommy I like that stuff, definitely a different variation on Leopardskin and really nice.

[Tommy]

Oct 16, 2022 21:55:02 GMT -5 pebblesky said:

Tommy The "Wildflowers Rhyolite" is superb and the cab is so perfectly autumn! Please show us some more of these slabs...

Thanks pebblesky I wish I could show the original slabs but they are all cut up into preforms now. I sold a lot of cabs from the material and this is what I have left. Of course when I was cutting up the slabs I bought I had every intention of cabbing them all

Oct 17, 2022 8:48:26 GMT -5 Rockoonz said:

Tommy I like that stuff, definitely a different variation on Leopardskin and really nice.

Thanks Lee. This is my drawer of Leopardskin I was getting from the same guy at the same time. I don't think they look anything alike other than both being obicular rhyolite.

[pebblesky]

Oct 17, 2022 11:08:25 GMT -5 Tommy said:

Oct 16, 2022 21:55:02 GMT -5 pebblesky said:

Tommy The "Wildflowers Rhyolite" is superb and the cab is so perfectly autumn! Please show us some more of these slabs...

Thanks pebblesky I wish I could show the original slabs but they are all cut up into preforms now. I sold a lot of cabs from the material and this is what I have left. Of course when I was cutting up the slabs I bought I had every intention of cabbing them all

Oct 17, 2022 8:48:26 GMT -5 Rockoonz said:

Tommy I like that stuff, definitely a different variation on Leopardskin and really nice.

Thanks Lee. This is my drawer of Leopardskin I was getting from the same guy at the same time. I don't think they look anything alike other than both being obicular rhyolite.

Wow...You should definitely show us every drawer one day...

[Tommy]

Oct 17, 2022 11:15:31 GMT -5 pebblesky said:

Wow...You should definitely show us every drawer one day...

Lets just say that if you guys ever hear that I died suddenly, you will want to immediately start contacting my wife about how to get your hands on that cabinet

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Tommy
I’m with pebblesky! Lets see that cabinet!

[Tommy]

Oct 17, 2022 12:26:22 GMT -5 ashley said:

Tommy
I’m with pebblesky! Lets see that cabinet!

I know I'm a repeat offender, prone to hijacking threads, but lets save that one for another thread

[liveoak]

But you can't leave us hanging - what is in the "Misc Material" Drawer Tommy
Inquiring minds want to know

Patty