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Post by rockjunquie on May 1, 2024 20:17:07 GMT -5
Looks like Patty liveoak is up to choose. Go ahead and post it here Patty.
Remember, this is supposed to be a fun way to challenge yourself and your skills. No winners or losers. 
ETA
I'm going to go ahead and extend this through June. It looks like people are having a hard time finding time this month. I know I won't get one done!
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Post by liveoak on May 2, 2024 6:20:56 GMT -5
How about something fun & different this month ? !
Create a wire wrap based on some kind of creature. Could be animal, insect, bird, fish, jellyfish, amoeba, anything. Could be a real creature or imaginary, as long as you can convince us it's a creature. It needs to have at least 1 stone involved in the wrap, otherwise anything goes.
Have fun Patty
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Post by rockjunquie on May 2, 2024 6:27:15 GMT -5
How about something fun & different this month ? !
Create a wire wrap based on some kind of creature. Could be animal, insect, bird, fish, jellyfish, amoeba, anything. Could be a real creature or imaginary, as long as you can convince us it's a creature. It needs to have at least 1 stone involved in the wrap, otherwise anything goes.
Have fun Patty
Fun choice!!! There is one that I've been wanting to do. |
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Post by rockbrain on May 2, 2024 10:54:45 GMT -5
Sounds like fun! Might be a good excuse to work on my nautilus again.
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Post by susand24224 on May 3, 2024 16:52:01 GMT -5
Yes! There's one I've already purchased a tutorial for, and I *think* I have an appropriate stone. It was meant to be a gift long ago, but now it will be a gift this month (hopefully).
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Post by realrockhound on May 6, 2024 17:31:08 GMT -5
Wish I knew how to wrap. Seen some cool dragonfly wraps before.
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Post by rockjunquie on May 6, 2024 17:39:42 GMT -5
Wish I knew how to wrap. Seen some cool dragonfly wraps before. Well, I've seen lots of tutorials for them on yt. Give it a shot! |
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Post by liveoak on May 28, 2024 6:31:00 GMT -5
Thank you Tela, I came to ask/beg for a month extension & you already changed the title to May/JUNE  I know I ran out of time this month.
Patty.... feeling relieved |
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Post by susand24224 on May 28, 2024 14:14:37 GMT -5
Thank you Tela, I came to ask/beg for a month extension & you already changed the title to May/JUNE I know I ran out of time this month.
Patty.... feeling relieved You and me both! I'm nearing the finish line, but so nice to have more breathing room, especially when the grass needs to be mowed, weeding needs to be done, huge quantities of catnip need to be removed, etc., etc. There is a *slight* chance that I will finish in May, but it is slight indeed. |
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Post by liveoak on May 29, 2024 5:56:13 GMT -5
Sounds like you're further along than I am, Susan. But I, for one, would say that the grass could wait.  Weeding the garden, maybe, and I'm sure the cat wouldn't forgive you if the catnip went by  .
Looking forward to seeing what kind of creature you've come up with 
Patty
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Post by drocknut on Jun 3, 2024 9:34:39 GMT -5
I actually got one done for this challenge but have yet to get pictures of it. I'm working on that.
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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 3, 2024 9:58:37 GMT -5
I actually got one done for this challenge but have yet to get pictures of it. I'm working on that. Hurry up! You'll be first! |
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Post by drocknut on Jun 4, 2024 8:29:27 GMT -5
I actually got one done for this challenge but have yet to get pictures of it. I'm working on that. Hurry up! You'll be first! Well gee, I don't want to rush into anything |
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Post by liveoak on Jun 4, 2024 8:41:45 GMT -5
Hurry up! You'll be first! Well gee, I don't want to rush into anything Sure you do Think of how you'd be helping everyone else get inspired to get something finished
Patty
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Post by susand24224 on Jun 4, 2024 19:43:06 GMT -5
Hurry up! You'll be first! Well gee, I don't want to rush into anything You're safe now Diane! I finally finished (sort of) and photographed mine. 18-and 30-gauge copper (and a little 20-gauge), with copper beads. This tutorial (by ArtsvilleHandcrafted) required considerable precision and items that I don't think exist in the U.S. Does anyone know where to find 17-gauge wire? or 2.5 mm copper beads? I sure struck out on both. Here it is, with numerous imperfections, but I'm just happy I survived it. Front: (wing span of 3 1/2 inches):  and crappy photo of the back, which looks almost like the front:  |
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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 4, 2024 20:59:38 GMT -5
And Susan came in first!
I love it! What a project it was, too. It has so many elements and so many techniques! You pulled out all the stops and did a great job doing it. I love the feathers and the overall bird representation. It's definitely a statement piece.
Yes, tutes with odd sizes are a trick to work out, but your beads and wire gauge look fine to me. Well done. |
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Post by liveoak on Jun 5, 2024 6:29:22 GMT -5
Woo Hoo !!!!! I love your owl, Susan
I was also drawn to that tut (and purchased it) and haven't gotten the courage to even attempt mine.
But WOW, you nailed it.
I love that it looks great front & back, and I adore the face he has. It's interesting & fun at the same time.
There's a lot going on in that wrap & you pulled it all together quite nicely, even to the beads to hang him from.
Thank you for the inspiring wrap
Patty
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Post by khara on Jun 5, 2024 6:52:56 GMT -5
Wow. Very cool.👍👍 susand24224 What is your body stone? And about how long do you think this took you? |
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Post by susand24224 on Jun 5, 2024 15:21:02 GMT -5
Wow. Very cool.👍👍 susand24224 What is your body stone? And about how long do you think this took you? Hi, Khara, and thank you! The body stone is fluorite, and a bit too domed for this tutorial. As for how long it took, I can only give a wild guess that with the shaping, hammering, filing, weaving, fixing, then fixing again, maybe ten or so hours? My stuff takes longer because I am constantly interrupted by dogs, cats, etc. at whatever I am doing, but that's okay. I may be overestimating, because I found the shaping sufficiently tedious that I would quit after one or two pieces, then come back to it later. |
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Post by susand24224 on Jun 5, 2024 15:31:39 GMT -5
liveoak rockjunquie, thank you! This wrap is more tedious than difficult, except for setting the stone in. Patty, if you attempt it, use a sloped stone, but not one with the dome as high as the one I used, if you have a choice. This made it especially difficult to center, and impossible to get the middle two tail feathers even with the others. It really does involve a multitude of skills, largely in the shaping of the circular parts, and it has to be fairly precise. But the weaving allows for some necessary "adjustments" in that. If I did it over (which is highly unlikely) I would do larger eyes--my beads were in a package that said 3 mm but I suspect they were only 2 mm. The head is not quite right--a little slanted to the left, but I wasn't about to undo all of the weaving to fix it. The jump rings are closed, so no worries about making them secure. The middle beads in the necklace part and below the fluorite are stardust beads, which I ended up liking. Necklace cord is bolo cord, and I used 18-gauge where the pattern called for 17-gauge. Question for all: The "tufts" over the head are much larger in my rendition than they are in the pattern, but I think I like it that way. I welcome any thoughts, pro or con, on that!
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