The Chronicles of Amber (Tree Progression Thread)

[stonesthatrock]

Is it tomorrow yet???
i can't wait to see the rest of how you make those beautiful trees.

[stonesthatrock]

oops i guess i messed up.......I see now how you finish it. It looks fantastic as all your trees do. that slab couldn't look any better.

keep it the great work.

ralph and mary ann

[darrad]

I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[catskillrocks]

Just amazing, incredible! Thank you for such a wonderful journey! You've combined the Artist with the Rock Newbie with gorgeous results, & then you STILL have your fishes & Lipizzan's! Again, Thank You.
Don

[Jack ( Yorkshire)]

Thanks a lot for the tutorial ,

It was indeed a wonderfull journey through the seasons so to speak ,

Amazing how the finished effort is so beautifull,

Many thanks for all your time spent if photoing the process day by day which would slow you down , as a friend of mine says " you should have a medal as big as a frying pan" for your devotion,

Thanks

Jack
Yorkshire UK

[sitnwrap]

Eileen, a standing ovation to you. All I want to do is stand and clap. The tree is beautiful and so are you. Thank you so much for sharing.

Lori

[Roan]

*blush*

Thanks, everyone

[randy]

That clinches it after I pay bills and balance the checkbook, I am ordering the garnet tree. Truly wonderful work Eileen. You must be very proud of the way the trees come out.

Randy

[Roan]

Thanks, Randy, and I am. I have that garnet on reserve and you get first dibs if you want it.

[nansaidh]

Eileen - I was browsing through the trees on your site again and see a "coming soon" on a chrysocolla tree that nearly stopped my heart! I can't WAIT to see that one! I love the turquoise one that sold and "Autumn's Promise" in the dish and.... oh heck, I can't just list them all. Just amazing.

Nancy

[Roan]

Nancy,

The chrysocolla tree is really going to be something special It's half done, but I'm having trouble deciding how to finish it. I got the chrysocolla slab and end cuts from stonesthatrock and they are chrysocolla in a black matrix -- not stabilized, very crumbly, but beautiful. The leaves I got from one of my suppliers and they are chrysocolla in quartz. The two different types work, but IMO the quartz is a little big. I tried tumbling some small pieces of the stuff I got from Mary Ann (stonesthatrock) in my vibe and they came out really, really nice, albeit much smaller than what I started with. No undercut, which was very surprising.

So, I'm thinking that I might cut up some slab or bits and pieces and try for a lot large enough to fill the tree instead of going with the quartz stuff I bought. The stuff from Mary Ann will tumble a lot faster than the quartz stuff.

Lemme get my camera and take a quick shot of the tree --

Okay, here's the tree as it is now with the quartz matrix stones on the branches and the end cut from Mary Ann I used for the base:



I've got the chrysocolla end cut "mountain side" mounted on some Picasso stone to give it support.

Another shot:



Excuse the lack of clarity. I took these without my tripod.

Here are the bits I tumbled from one of the end cuts:



Ignore the blue bit. That's some turquoise that got stuck in the collander.

Eileen

[Roan]

Nancy,

I think what I'm going to do -- now that I've been thinking -- is tumble some of the bits from Mary Ann and mix them in with the quartz stuff. Some of the quartz is the correct size and it will add interest to the tree. There is *some* quartz in the end cut as well, just hard to see because it's covered with "moss".

The one in the bowl, Autumn's Promise, is a "thank you" tree I made for "She Who Trains Me and My Horse and Puts Up With a Lot of Silliness From Me". Heh. She also owns the barn where I board my mare. She's great peoples -- stayed up till 3am with me when my mare colicked. Way beyond what you ask for in a boarding situation.

Eileen

[nansaidh]

<shiver> Oh my - I'm not sure I'd have been able to put the sand on that base piece, it's sooooo gorgeous. <drool> Great idea to mount it for support, too. I think a mix of the two types for the leaves will look fantastic - should give it great depth and the mix of hues should really be striking.

Your thank you tree was a perfect gift for someone who sounds so giving and caring. Having lived my first 20 years in MD, DE and VA though, I know the peeps back home are really wonderful.

Nancy

[garry]

You mentioned in one of your early posts having to "design around" the "6" mark. We rehab / paint / decorate apartments homes and mobile homes. And have come across lots of thing that need to be removed during our work. There is a product called Oops! that removes most marks made by pens and other markers, also wax and dried latex paints to name a few. I have also used "Goo Gone" on some and depending on the marker and the age of the mark, Mean Green sometimes works. You may have a slab, or part of, that is just too nice to HAVE to cover. By the way I have to agree with everyone else's comments --- your work is AWESOME!! Hope this info you can use. Keep up the great work! Garry

[sitnwrap]

OOOoooo another gorgeous tree to look forward to seeing. Anyone willing to sit through the night with your beloved horse does deserve such a gift but I bet she will be speechless when you give it to her.

[Roan]

Garry,

Great suggestions! I didn't think to try Goo Gone or Mean Green. I have some Un-Due(sp?) that I prefer over Goo Gone and I wonder if that will work.

Also, those new Mr. Clean erasers might have removed it.

I have some more slabs sitting here that have marker on them. I think I'll try some of those suggestions and see if they work.

Thanks for the kudos on my work, too

Eileen

[Roan]

Sept 27, 2008 18:34:26 GMT -5 sitnwrap said:

OOOoooo another gorgeous tree to look forward to seeing. Anyone willing to sit through the night with your beloved horse does deserve such a gift but I bet she will be speechless when you give it to her.

The carnelian was one of the first trees I made and I gave it to her in April along with a bouquet of flowers my kids picked out. Yes, she was speechless

Which reminds me that I owe her a couple of pastel paintings and I have no idea how I'm going to fit those in with all the tree-making I've been doing.

Thanks
Eileen

[Roan]

Ooo! Found this thread -- I KNEW I had done a tutorial already. Lemme see if I can find the pix that went with it and update it with the proper images.

[frane]

What a great tutorial and the pictures are excellent!
Fran

[Roan]

Dec 30, 2010 20:58:24 GMT -5 frane said:

What a great tutorial and the pictures are excellent!
Fran

Thanks, Fran! I'm glad I found it

Eileen