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Thanks for the compliments!
Saijen, I actually don't know what the stones are. I bought a big sack of odd-lot stones, and I've been working through them. A lot of the stones are not of high quality, but it's kind of an interesting design problem to use stones that are technically "flawed" in such a way that the flaws become a part of the design. Besides, I feels sorry for the poor stones...
I'm actually looking into the things you suggest... I hope to get enough stuff together this summer, and to get the display materials I need together to do some booths next year.
I'm in a pretty red-neck area here, and their really aren't and good shops or galleries in my home town, but I'm not far from some good tourist locations (across the state on the west shores is the "upper class" tourist Mecca), so I'll be checking them out as possible outlets... although I'm not sure I want to sell through galleries - they'll raise my prices to the point where only rich people can buy my work, and I'd really rather sell to people who maybe aren't quite so well off, but still have an urge to own nice stuff. This is probably the last of my hippy idealism  .
Magicat, if you like the leaves, you'll probably like this one - It's based on the Green Man carvings from Medieval Europe. This is the most complicated forging I've done so far... I'm pretty pleased with it. It's done in brass:
And this is a little pendant I call "Tarnished Heart":
It's also done in brass, with a nice oxblood coral stone set into it.
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Corbin, I LOVE both of those...but I have to admit, before I scrolled down to the heart piece, my mouth fell open and I drew in a big breath when I saw the leaf necklace. It's absolutly gorgeous!!!
I wish I had an ability like that, to create such beautiful pieces of jewelry! You are truly an artisan!!
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The Green Man necklace also reminds me of a couple of things. It's interesting that it has so many associations for me. First, it looks like a piece of bone - either the internal structure from a turtle shell or sort of an abstract coccyx or other spinal part. But it also reminds me of a gingko leaf, or rather several of them. I don't know why I see that connection, except for the flared ends.
Anyway, it's just beautiful! Good work!
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Firlefanz wrote:
Wow, those are very pretty!
The leaf reminds me of Monstera leaves. I have fond memories of one huge plant that grows in my friend's living room.
I think that must be the plant we usually call "Elephant plant" here because of the huge leaves. I see the resemblance 
Saijen, I shouldn't tell you this, but if you were here, I could teach you to do the fold forming in about fifteen minutes. I've taught a couple of kids in my class, and they're lready doing nice work.
The Green Man forging isn't that much harder, althought it gets complicated because you have to plan out which parts you are going to spread out first, and you have to keep moving things out of the way to work on other parts, then moving them back into place. It's more of an organizational problem than a matter of great skill...
TexasM - I think the reason that it reminds you of so many things is because fold forming produces such organic shapes that they end up bearing a remarkable resemblance to any other organic shape. The Ginko leaf is so distinctive (with it's fan shape and little cut out notches) that it is fairly easy to form - there is another jewelry maker on Etsy who specializes in fold formed Ginko leaves.
According to Lewton-Brain who developed the technique, the hammer and stresses that develop in the metal as a result of the hammering mimic the same forces that shape organic forms deveolping in nature - I don't know if that's true or not, but it sure ends up looking like it...
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de Corbin wrote:
According to Lewton-Brain who developed the technique, the hammer and stresses that develop in the metal as a result of the hammering mimic the same forces that shape organic forms deveolping in nature - I don't know if that's true or not, but it sure ends up looking like it...
The guy must be Asatru...Thor's Hammer anyone?
And Pam is lookin' good these days!
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I also love that V. Tiger's eye is one of my favorite stones.
One of these days!!!!
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