*~ FINISHED ~* Cab Contest, Dec 2022 Theme: Circles, Winter

[opalpyrexia]

Dec 22, 2022 13:36:52 GMT -5 liveoak said:

Nice winter entry opalpyrexia I really like the

wintry scene (makes me glad I'm not there !)

Patty...... spending the day tucking & covering plants before the temp drop.....

Thank you, Patty. My wife's sister and her husband recently moved to the Orlando area from Chicago. Last week they mentioned that the temperature was in the mid-60s and that they were surprised to see people wearing coats and mittens.

I hope that your plants come through this OK!

[liveoak]

Dec 22, 2022 16:26:14 GMT -5 opalpyrexia said:

Thank you, Patty. My wife's sister and her husband recently moved to the Orlando area from Chicago. Last week they mentioned that the temperature was in the mid-60s and that they were surprised to see people wearing coats and mittens.

I hope that your plants come through this OK!

It's somewhat of the cliche' here when you see people wearing shorts in the winter they are either tourists OR new arrivals

We're up on the Panhandle (think southern Alabama) so normally colder than the Fl peninsula.

But 50's/30's today & 30's/18 tomorrow with 20 mph breeze isn't being welcomed.

Here's hoping on my plants- I did all I could do. 

Thanks,

Patty

[jasoninsd]

Dec 22, 2022 13:19:59 GMT -5 opalpyrexia said:

Dec 22, 2022 12:53:42 GMT -5 jasoninsd said:

opalpyrexia - Gary, you probably dropped the dop because your fingers were numb from that frozen tundra you were cabbing!

Gorgeous cab...and nice recovery from the "slip and fall"!

Thank you, Jason. "Frozen tundra" — well, it was 16 degrees this morning, but quite a bit warmer than the winters I remember from Wisconsin and northern Illinois. That's more like a shorts and t-shirt day for you in SD, no?

Maybe in my younger dumber days. But not now since I'm in my older dumber days...or is it daze?? 

[victor1941]

This is my entry for the winter cab challenge. The material is either from the Yellowstone River area or from the Big Bend/Rio Grand area. This cab has clear crystal areas that allow a background color to show through and accent the crystal. The
shape was cut on a 60 grit flat lap and finished in a UV-18 vibe.

[Lumberlegs]

That's a killer cab victor1941

[rockpickerforever]

Dec 23, 2022 16:52:03 GMT -5 Lumberlegs said:

That's a killer cab victor1941

Ditto on that, victor1941!

[opalpyrexia]

Sweet — it kind of resembles some of the ice on our driveway.

[liveoak]

I was thinking of a snow ball, but an ice ball- that works.

All of it looks cold.

Nice polish on that Victor.

Patty

[fernwood]

victor1941 Nice cab. It looks like my porch windows right now.

[rockbrain]

Beautiful cab! Fits the theme perfectly!

[realrockhound]

Here's my entry.

Nyedigger Plume Agate

I was trying to go for a blizzard effect with the white and blue. Symbolizing well.... a winter snowstorm/blizzard.

[parfive]

Nice cab. Is that a dye job on the glue?

[realrockhound]

Dec 26, 2022 22:48:22 GMT -5 parfive said:

Nice cab. Is that a dye job on the glue?

Nope. Used a regular white agate and colored it’s face with sharpie. Cheap and dirty.

[fernwood]

realrockhound So, the blue areas are sharpie marker?
Sorry, I am a little confused.

The blue really makes the plumes stand out.  

[realrockhound]

Dec 27, 2022 3:35:12 GMT -5 fernwood said:

realrockhound So, the blue areas are sharpie marker?
Sorry, I am a little confused.

The blue really makes the plumes stand out.  

Yeah, so instead of using dye for the epoxy, or a blue backing, I in a sense used the ink from the sharpie to color/stain the white agate backing.

[opalpyrexia]

Pretty effect with your color choice. I imagine that's pretty close to what one sees just before being buried by an avalanche...

[khara]

Dec 27, 2022 22:02:22 GMT -5 opalpyrexia said:

Pretty effect with your color choice. I imagine that's pretty close to what one sees just before being buried by an avalanche...

Oh boy. Well, I suppose that’s “wintery”. 😬

[liveoak]

I always look at cabochon making from a jewelry stand point - in other words that the cab might be worn as jewelry by someone.

So I have to ask, did you seal the surface with something ?

We use sharpie markers every day in our shop for pattern making, and know that the marker can be wiped off instantly with alcohol or even sometimes just rubbing it , if it's on a non-porous surface.

Anyway, I was just curious about this.

Patty

[realrockhound]

Dec 28, 2022 19:33:33 GMT -5 liveoak said:

I always look at cabochon making from a jewelry stand point - in other words that the cab might be worn as jewelry by someone.

So I have to ask, did you seal the surface with something ?

We use sharpie markers every day in our shop for pattern making, and know that the marker can be wiped off instantly with alcohol or even sometimes just rubbing it , if it's on a non-porous surface.

Anyway, I was just curious about this.

Patty

Yeah, its sealed between the agate and epoxy. It's not on the face of the stone. 

[MsAli]

That is cool!