to seam or not 2 seam....

[mohs]

that is the question…

it seems...

mostly

[knave]

Would have been beautiful. Glass?

[Pat]

Turquoise seam would look goooood!

How will you handle the chip?

[mohs]

Yep Pat
that the problem

I had shaped these 2 stones years ago
& set them aside because of the chip
on the seam
Its nasty- and too deep to grind out
That why I set the stones aside.

I was trying to think of some type of epoxy filler ?
Probably a no go

So its going to be a hole in the heart
Whether I seam it or not

But letting a little rock
go to waste
Is a terrible thing….

[mohs]

who knohs

maybe if I seam it
w/ a wide piece
I could fill in the gap
w/ some type of color
epoxy

then grind down the side




then dome on

any ideas?


some one had posted color epoxy
maybe I could add some orangeish enamel paint
to the epoxy and fill it in?


seem like the store would have that in stock
altho w/ the pandemic
who knohs

they probably had a run on orange paint
for dubious reasons...

[Pat]

If you could cut out a matching shape (circle or oval) from both sides, then you could slide the turquoise seam in. The end result would have the turquoise seam, with a half circle/oval on either side of it.

[hummingbirdstones]

I like Pat 's idea a lot!  As an alternative, you could also grind down the same amount of each side of the heart until the the divot is gone and just make a skinny rockin' heart. 

ETA:  Or you could put some crushed coral in the divot with epoxy to fill it up.  I have some I can send you (I owe you some Apache Gold - I haven't forgotten!)  I also have some epoxy coloring powder, but I have to find it to see what colors are there that may be compatible.

[EricD]

Could also do a lot like what Robin hummingbirdstones said, but make the center "seam" the same width as the sides, and grind the sides to a matching width to remove the chip?
Probably not the effect you're looking for...

[mohs]

Yep as far as getting into inlay
Well that coming, hopefully

BuildAHeart
From many small strips vertically
Got that idea in mind

a really crafty person could inlay
geometric shapes
or
even got that Arizona flag idea

got get a better setup before I try tackling
finesse...


thanks for the ideas !

[mohs]

Oct 7, 2020 17:53:34 GMT -5 hummingbirdstones said:

I also have some epoxy coloring powder,

Do ya know if 'Michaels’ craft carry that epoxy coloring agent?
I got to make trip over because running low on eye pins ha

anyway I'll be looking
leaning towards some sort of filler...

[jasoninsd]

Hey Mohs,

I hope you're able to save this one. I like the colors!

I see two chips. The obvious one on the right hand side, and then it looks like there's a chip on the bottom of the left hand side. I might be wrong, but if you were to eliminate equal material from the centerline of each piece (the width of the chip on the right), this would eliminate both chips and it looks to me like the volume of now "missing" material would be made up by the width of the turquoise seam...

[mohs]

Ya knohs Jase that pretty interesting
excellently stated !
I hadn’t looked at it that way

If I understand your reasoning

I could grind back the divot- *
to a flush edge.
Do the same amount on the other half.
Of coarse that would make a very narrow heart.
To correct that I could make up the difference
w/ wider seam insert?

It would almost be 3 part vertical heart
or 4 part
if I wanted to epoxy separate seams of both halves.


hhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmm…

Anyway that my concept of what I understand you to be stating .

I tellya this -BuildAHearts- are trick in so many ways.

* (better descriptive word thanks to the hummingbirds grin)


**as a further addendum
some chipping is tolerable on the edge
it will be ground away in the dome grind
altho I strive for right angle smoooth edge

mostly

[jasoninsd]

Oct 7, 2020 23:01:14 GMT -5 mohs said:

Ya knohs Jase that pretty interesting
excellently stated !
I hadn’t looked at it that way

If I understand your reasoning

I could grind back the divot- *
to a flush edge.
Do the same amount on the other half.
Of coarse that would make a very narrow heart.
To correct that I could make up the difference
w/ wider seam insert?

It would almost be 3 part vertical heart
or 4 part
if I wanted to epoxy separate seams of both halves.


hhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmm…

Anyway that my concept of what I understand you to be stating .

I tellya this -BuildAHearts- are trick in so many ways.

* (better descriptive word thanks to the hummingbirds grin)


**as a further addendum
some chipping is tolerable on the edge
it will be ground away in the dome grind
altho I strive for right angle smoooth edge

mostly

Yep. That was exactly what I was thinking...and seeing in my minds eye!

I think it'd look better as a 3 part rather than a 4 part heart, but probably whichever is "easier" to do...like there's going to be anything easy about this one! LOL

[mohs]

Thanks Jase
in this particular case
that solution not going to fly
I got other ideas
but I think you gave good insight

[hummingbirdstones]

mohs Michael's has some colorant

[mohs]

fixing a hole
n’rockart



where the pain
gets’n



just happen to have some orangish color paint
so I made my own seal for a wide seam
it seems…


o but I still need to go to Michaels Craft
for eyepins
it seems...

[hummingbirdstones]

Mohs-ly

[jasoninsd]

You probably picked the best way to handle this one Mohs! Can't wait to see the finished heart.

[mohs]

That makes two of us Jase

I’m liking my seal concoction for the seam.
Hopefully the homemade color gum will hold.
Test will be- to see- if the seal stays seamed
through the divot doming grind.
should knohs that soon….

[mohs]