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Post by superioragates on Nov 17, 2010 23:37:51 GMT -5
I know I have another necklace already here in the threads, and sorry.....but I just LOVE this one! Course I love green....so...go figure huh? The pendant stone was one of those stones in a boxarocks i got from aunuts, it was just thrown in there with the rest of them, and I re-worked it today.....figured out a little something about getting that glass shine on too... ;D Chain is handmade with copper, Russian jade beads, freshwater Pearls, copper bali beads, pendant is Nephrite Jade, wrapped in copper. Hope you like it.....This is yet another one I am strugglling with pricing....I was told by 1 person 200.00...but I dunno....    Hope you like it, and as always, any advice is greatly appreciated, I really really struggle with the pricing thing. Thanks for lookin' Marie |
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Post by Toad on Nov 18, 2010 0:02:58 GMT -5
That stone is just awesome. Were I in the market, 200 seems very reasonable - maybe even low
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Post by Toad on Nov 18, 2010 0:06:21 GMT -5
So how did you get that awesome shine on the jade???
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Post by superioragates on Nov 18, 2010 0:08:39 GMT -5
seriously? ok...well...see i truely struggle with this stuff...Very hard for me to figure out. The polish on this stone was by accident truthfully. It was a domed cab, unfinished in that box. I decided to try and finish it, but i started at the 320 belt...after working all the way through to 600, it still had this cloudy yuckky look to it, and I took extra care to make sure I worked & worked it, but it still looked yucky...so I decided to try hitting it on the 800 belt to see if that helped. The stone still had polish on it when I took it to the 800, stuck it on there, and low & behold it started to shine...what?  ok, so we'll do some more.....kept polish pasty on it, and kept it on the wheel, with pressure, no water running on the wheel....and this is what I got...a mirror shine!! I did it to the rest of the cabs I did today too!!! mirrors everywhere!!! |
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Post by superioragates on Nov 18, 2010 0:10:33 GMT -5
OH...I might add, I do my cabs by hand, have no dop pot to work with, and this sucker got sooooo hot, it literally burned a blister on my hand.....wound up holding it with a towel to finish it, so as not to get burned
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chromenut
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Post by chromenut on Nov 18, 2010 0:13:50 GMT -5
wow...just...wow
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Post by Toad on Nov 18, 2010 0:14:07 GMT -5
Yikes, but worth the injury. Really great work, Marie.
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Post by superioragates on Nov 18, 2010 0:18:05 GMT -5
Thanks!!
Yeah I think it was worth a little blister....even the sting....very proud of this one
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amyk
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Post by amyk on Nov 18, 2010 0:19:56 GMT -5
That is a beautiful necklace. Looks like royalty should be wearing it. Or someone on a red carpet. I would say $200.00 is fair. Maybe 175.00 if you wanted to make a quicker sale. Depends on how long it took you to make the whole thing.
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amyk
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Post by amyk on Nov 18, 2010 0:21:48 GMT -5
so you used polish on an 800 wheel with no water? interesting. was it hard wheel or a soft wheel? How did the wheel hold up without water?
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Post by adrian65 on Nov 18, 2010 0:42:29 GMT -5
Beautiful piece! Your wrapping is elegant and flawless, as always.
As a sugestion, I would cut those two longer "antennas" which descend on the cab. That jade is gorgeous and deserves to be seen as much as possible. But this is just my taste.
Adrian
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Post by bgast1 on Nov 18, 2010 1:55:01 GMT -5
Very very nice Marie.  I think $200.00 is fair, but I really don't know this market very well. |
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Post by Toad on Nov 18, 2010 2:06:40 GMT -5
You know me, Marie. Less is more. I agree witrh Adrian,cut those two wires covering the center of the stone. The rest of the necklace is awesome
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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Nov 18, 2010 8:29:28 GMT -5
Beautiful necklace & yes those two long pieces coming down on the stone do look a little out of place on such a beautiful stone. Two hundred is a good place to start. If it doesn't sell you can always come down a little. It is a beautiful combination of colors & textures!
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Post by Roger on Nov 18, 2010 9:48:26 GMT -5
I have polished some obsidian like that.you have a beautiful piece I think $200 is low but fair.I too stuggle with pricing.Marie your work has gone to the next level great job!!
Roger
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Post by MikeS on Nov 18, 2010 13:52:19 GMT -5
outstanding..... |
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Post by Bikerrandy on Nov 18, 2010 22:09:21 GMT -5
Good lord, you've taken this hobby to a new level. That's cool!!  |
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Post by drocknut on Nov 19, 2010 2:18:57 GMT -5
Beautiful Marie. I don't know how you do it but I'm glad you keep doing it and sharing the pics with us.
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Post by dbrealityrocks on Nov 19, 2010 11:10:49 GMT -5
absolutely gorgeous, 200 is a great place to start. This one in copper,your tiger eye in gold fill which should be higher because gold fill is so much more expensive. I don't know the cost of jade but even if you don't count your time the old rule of thumb was 3x the cost of material.
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ok, so we'll do some more.....kept polish pasty on it, and kept it on the wheel, with pressure, no water running on the wheel....and this is what I got...a mirror shine!! I did it to the rest of the cabs I did today too!!! mirrors everywhere!!!
I think $200.00 is fair, but I really don't know this market very well.
