adrian65
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Post by adrian65 on Feb 4, 2009 15:10:22 GMT -5
Hello, everyone! These days I chose some pet wood slabs and a polka dot one and trimmed them in order to make a composed cab (is the name for this sort of cab intarsia?). I have these pet wood slabs from Daniel (deb), more than one year ago. The polka dot is also from him, I used another dot from that slab in another composed cab. Here are the pics, from start to finish. Firstly, the trimming and the grinding of the four pieces:   Starting to fit each other...  ...then glued with epoxy...   ...then cabbing...   ...and finally the pendant:    Thank you for looking, Adrian |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2009 15:14:23 GMT -5
Adrian,
You never cease to amaze me with your talent and creativity!!! I really love this one.......the earth tones are really nice and the pet wood and polka dot go really well together. Great job!!!
Shannon
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Post by sitnwrap on Feb 4, 2009 15:38:57 GMT -5
Honestly, your work is proof that there are no limits to what can be created. You keep raising that bar Adrian. This pendant is stunning.
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Post by bobby1 on Feb 4, 2009 17:45:01 GMT -5
Adrian,
Areally creative, striking piece! How long did it take to make?
Bob
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Post by JEFFD on Feb 4, 2009 18:57:10 GMT -5
You just get better and better. Nice work!!
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Post by stonesthatrock on Feb 4, 2009 20:25:21 GMT -5
ditto all the comments above, you amaze me
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Post by huffstuff on Feb 4, 2009 20:31:31 GMT -5
Adrian, you are AMAZING!! When you try something new, do you always try the most difficult design?!! <grin> Most of us could not get two flat pieces to fit together, much less those curves....
Beautiful...
Amy
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Post by mossyrockhound on Feb 4, 2009 20:34:43 GMT -5
Beautiful and creative work Adrian! I love the way that ol' sun is just floating in the middle of the pendant. And that pet wood looks so real that you would never guess it was stone! That groove wrap is a great choice for this pendant.
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Post by SteveHolmes on Feb 4, 2009 20:37:24 GMT -5
Adrian has a way to choose the most difficult for his first try,...and he seems to do it with ease and to perfection. Love it Adrian!
Steve
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Post by hope on Feb 4, 2009 20:44:44 GMT -5
Absolutely amazing! I have seen Intarsia done on machines that don't look as great as yours.
Excellent job.
Hope
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Post by catmandewe on Feb 4, 2009 21:03:05 GMT -5
WOW, you are the MASTER!!!
That is soooooo coool!!
Great idea and thanks for walking us through it.
Tony
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Post by NDK on Feb 4, 2009 23:25:47 GMT -5
Beautiful work!
Nate
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Post by Bikerrandy on Feb 5, 2009 0:08:57 GMT -5
Wow, that's really cool, what a great idea!  |
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Post by Lady B on Feb 5, 2009 0:13:17 GMT -5
Exquisitely beautiful - both in the execution and in the final artistic piece!!
You, my Friend, are amazing!
LB
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Post by adrian65 on Feb 5, 2009 0:18:09 GMT -5
Thank you very much folks. I was inspired in this work by the awesome cabs of 58vette. Thank you for the inspiration! The choice of the polka dot as center piece was Ina's. Bob, it took about one to two hours to trim and grind those pieces, then 5 days to harden the epoxy (maybe fewer days would had been enough but we were in a short vacation these days and that's the reason I let it such a long time) and then I cabbed it as usually. A bit more work to get rid of the excess epoxy and to level the back (the polka dot was a bit thinner). So, all in all, I would say 3 hours more than a normal cab (excepting the time for hardening the epoxy, of course). Amy and Steve, this is not my first intarsia cab, here's the previous one. But you're right, I'm tempted to jump directly into difficult projects from the first try. I don't hurry though, I "chew" them for days, weeks or even months, being afraid to ruin a beautiful and unique stone, or maybe to use it improperly. Adrian |
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Post by Saskrock on Feb 5, 2009 1:23:24 GMT -5
Great job Adrian. I really like the design. I can't believe how tight you got the curved edges.
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Post by Tony W on Feb 5, 2009 2:08:21 GMT -5
Beautiful work, Adrian! I'm especially impressed you could get such a good join using inside curves! And the back lit look is a happy surprise...you need to contrive a little, but strong light, to mount behind that cab, so the wearer could have alternatives  Tony |
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Post by DeanW on Feb 5, 2009 10:43:07 GMT -5
 Amazing job Adrian!
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Post by catskillrocks on Feb 5, 2009 19:57:56 GMT -5
Simply awesome To see it going from drawings on slabs to a beautifully finished pendent: stunning. Thanks for sharing. Don |
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Post by blarneystone on Feb 5, 2009 23:09:05 GMT -5
Woot! ;D
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Tony
Amazing job Adrian!
