Clay Techniques- 01: Mokume Gane with the Malachite technique
Malachite Log 1
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Fearless Leader: hey
frogger70301: Hey, hon.
Fearless Leader: you can post to the list that I'm showing the hat
Fearless Leader: and I'll get set up
frogger70301: I'm so happy today!
Fearless Leader: had to fix up behind me, it was a crapped out pile of stuff. It's good you're happy today.
Fearless Leader: Your egg flower thing was just magic
Fearless Leader: I hope you know that
Fearless Leader: if you sell those on Ebay
Fearless Leader: you're going to make heaps o money
frogger70301: Thanks. I was scared when I first sent them out, but I'm over it now.
Fearless Leader: I still get scared honey
Fearless Leader: each time I send stuff out
Fearless Leader: part of the process
frogger70301: Hey, boo. Question.
Fearless Leader: ya honey what?
frogger70301: Can I go ahead and send my halloween swap pens with the animal skin?
frogger70301: Or would you rather me send them in seperate boxes?
Fearless Leader: Sure, why not?
Fearless Leader: Oh hey
Fearless Leader: books
frogger70301: yeah.
Fearless Leader: I found the books I was supposed to send out
Fearless Leader: the one for Linda Bohrn and for Audrey
frogger70301: OK. I'll send them an email and let them know.
Fearless Leader: I got them addressed up and they'll go out today or tomorrow
lindaslists joined the room
Fearless Leader: I am also sending you the Miniature Garden book
Fearless Leader: Hey Linda
frogger70301: k.
frogger70301: Hey, linda.
Fearless Leader: It's our Linda Bohrn?
lindaslists: Yes
Fearless Leader: I getting these Yahoo Ids pasted to my monitor
Fearless Leader: I totally spaced on the Artists at Work Book
Fearless Leader: had it in the envelop and it got buired
frogger70301: Linda, I got your ring holder in use right now.
lindaslists: Cool
Fearless Leader: I have it addressed now and it'll go out today or tomorrow
Fearless Leader: totally spaced
Fearless Leader: I cleaned up yesterday
Fearless Leader: so I found it
Fearless Leader: LOL
frogger70301: Not all your fault NJ. It slipped my mind too.
lindaslists: I'm conditioning some GITD clay to make a sketeton cane
frogger70301: Sorry about that Linda.
lindaslists: sorry about what?
frogger70301: forgetting about your book.
lindaslists: OHHHH!
lindaslists: I forgot about it too-LOL
frogger70301: I got caught up in the flower swap.
frogger70301: Linda, can I ask you something?
lindaslists: sure
frogger70301: How cute honey!
frogger70301: Your leaves, how did you get the purple in them, if you don't mind me asking?
tedi382001 joined the room
frogger70301: Hay, Amy.
lindaslists: I used pearlex on the tips if that is what you are looking at
tedi382001: hit there
tedi382001: hi
frogger70301: No, that's not it.
frogger70301: In the green clay, it looks like you have some purple or maybe black mixed in.
lindaslists: OMG I see the hat
frogger70301: Looks good on ya!
tedi382001: great hat!!!!!!
lindaslists: It was black. I forgot to make me one. I marbled the green with black
frogger70301: Then pressed and cut out the leaves? Cool!
lindaslists: yes
Fearless Leader: Mitch take a screen shot, this came out clearer than last night, thanks
frogger70301: Give me a sec to set it up.
Fearless Leader: ok, I'll strike a pose
frogger70301: Ahhh, I can't remember how I did it!!!
Fearless Leader: you were in a graphics' program
Fearless Leader: and you went Import screen shot or something like that
lindaslists: Ican take a pic
frogger70301: OK, smile pretty!
boobearns joined the room
boobearns: great hat NJ!!
Fearless Leader: Shall I strike a pose?
frogger70301: go for it. I'm waiting!
frogger70301: got it!
frogger70301: Send it through?
frogger70301: pix list?
Fearless Leader: Sure, but load it in my file folder, NJ folder of Fun
Fearless Leader: for the clayart list
Fearless Leader: so they can access and not go WHAAAA
frogger70301: k. I'll be right back.
Fearless Leader: Chatting with Rubensmodel
Fearless Leader: she has mac but can see the hat
Fearless Leader: but she's off to Michaels for the sale
lindaslists: 50 % off clay sale
Fearless Leader: yup
lindaslists: I see a chimbo with eyes
tedi382001: does anyone know if that sale applies to Canada?
boobearns: NJ, when does the general public of SF get to see your hat??
lindaslists: yes
Fearless Leader: Well there's always Halloween
Fearless Leader: the city goes nuts, it's our anniversary too
Fearless Leader: I threatened the family that if they didn't behave
boobearns: good day, and one always need a new hat for their anniversary!
Fearless Leader: I'll wear it to the local supermarket
Fearless Leader: to embarass them
lindaslists: Mandy and mariah have halloween bdays. Oct 28 and Mariah is Oct 30.
Fearless Leader: some kids don't like having their birthdays near holidays, how do they take it?
lindaslists: Mandy wanted to make it home from the hospital in time for trick or treat
frogger70301: NJ, I think it got messed up somewhere alkong the upload.
lindaslists: Mine is St pats day
frogger70301: It comes up as a .psf file.
Fearless Leader: Mitch shall we give it another effort?
boobearns: I'm starting to plan my halloween decorations already...get to be home this year to hand out treats!
lindaslists: I think holiday bdays are fine if the holiday is not a gift type holiday
lindaslists: I have 2 good poses of NJ
frogger70301: Hang on. I think I know where I messed up. I didn't save as, just saved it. Yeah try again.
boobearns: never get married on or near your b-day...that's my advice
lindaslists: got that one
Fearless Leader: My sister married on Valentine's day
Fearless Leader: I told her, I wouldn't do that
lindaslists: Mine was dec 20 before Christmas
boobearns: that's a super romantic day to be married...but it's one less present that you get
Fearless Leader: so she gave me a hassle for getting married on Halloween
frogger70301: NJ, can you turn your head just a bit.
frogger70301: other way, and not so much.
Fearless Leader: say when
boobearns: gotta love the chimbo king perched on top!
Fearless Leader: how's that?
frogger70301: got one. It kept getting blurry.
Fearless Leader: I can't see the monitor when I turn my head, let me turn the dang hat
Fearless Leader: ya, that's the ticket
Fearless Leader: I'll hold still
Fearless Leader: just say when
lindaslists: what are the little danglies hanging from a ring?
Fearless Leader: like an old time photo, got to hold the pose until your butt falls asleep
lindaslists: yes
tedi382001: when does the Michaels sale end? not too soon I hope
lindaslists: Saturday
lindaslists: new sale on Sunday
frogger70301: NJ, can I send you what I just got so you can see it?
Fearless Leader: sure
Fearless Leader: I don't care if I look goofy
Fearless Leader: I'm fond of my goofy looks
tedi382001: thank yu Linda, Will have to get down to the city then
boobearns left the room
lindaslists: Going to post my pics, BRB
frogger70301: Honey, I just love that hat!
frogger70301: I have to tell ya.
Fearless Leader: I just put that picture on my home page
Fearless Leader: because I am so proud of the swappers
frogger70301: T-Guy was fussing a while back when I bought three boxes of pens.
Fearless Leader: http://www.norajean.com
frogger70301: When I showed him what I've done with them last night, he told me to go get me some more today.
Fearless Leader: I'm going to go post to the list to let them know. brb
tedi382001: what kind of pens do you use?
frogger70301: bic stick pens.
tedi382001: the round stic?
frogger70301: If you ever decide to do pens, I'll give you a bit of advice.
tedi382001: ok
frogger70301: Yeah.
frogger70301: Do not get the cheap ones and think they'll do just as good.
frogger70301: I bought the Office Max brand, and well let's say shrinky dink.
frogger70301: and stink.
lindaslists: Back
Fearless Leader: save this pen thread
Fearless Leader: I'll add it to the covered pen swap
Fearless Leader: also, my covered pens suck
tedi382001: I tried some cheap ones and they exploded
Fearless Leader: so I need this information
lindaslists: I buy the cheap 10 for 99cents Bic Stik ones and never had a prob
Fearless Leader: name the crappy brands so we don't cry too, honey
lindaslists: The clear stick pens
lindaslists: they melt
frogger70301: I highly reccommend the bic pens.
tedi382001: the ordinary bic pens
lindaslists: yes
frogger70301: Linda, you get the clear ones to work?
frogger70301: nm
frogger70301: Fig, it out.
lindaslists: I like to buy at a back to school sale and get real cheap
lindaslists: They melt in the oven(clear)
lindaslists: the type of plastic melts too easy
frogger70301: At Office Max, $1.99 for 12
tedi382001: they are a bit more here
frogger70301: for the good ones.
lindaslists: I have a pic of them at my pen tutorial on my site
frogger70301: yeah, everything is a bit more there.
tedi382001: yu got that right
lindaslists: ah chin strap.
lindaslists: could be used as a feed bag also-LOL. I love mine
Fearless Leader: I am too amused with this, ya ya feed bag
Fearless Leader: for those little treats
lindaslists: yep
frogger70301: And another pen tip.
lindaslists: smarties
Fearless Leader: jujubees
tedi382001: ok frogger
lindaslists: licorice
frogger70301: If you're using a really light colored clay, put a thin sheet of white under it.
Fearless Leader: ya
frogger70301: Letters won't show through, neither will the tip.
tedi382001: why
Fearless Leader: ah
Fearless Leader: ok
tedi382001: oh okay
Fearless Leader: cool tip
Fearless Leader: someone saving this while I stir up mischief on my home page?
frogger70301: I found that out with some of the first ghosty pens I did.
Fearless Leader: hokey smokes, Amy got cam, I had too many windows open
Fearless Leader: ah says it's no ton
Fearless Leader: not on either
Fearless Leader: LOL
tedi382001: didnt you know that NJ
lindaslists: looks like pepsi to me
Fearless Leader: it says view my webcam on the friend's list
Fearless Leader: but that was buried under other windows
Fearless Leader: on my monitor, then I clicked it and it said it is not on
Fearless Leader: Grape juice
Fearless Leader: the old plastic cup is so discolored I'm not surprised it looks like cola
Fearless Leader: my old herbalife cup
Fearless Leader: oh let me get the tins...brb
tedi382001: I hve to go say good bye to my stepson now , if its ok I will try and come back
frogger70301: alright, Amy.
frogger70301: Talk to you in a few.
tedi382001 left the room
frogger70301: How much?
frogger70301: Love that one.
Fearless Leader: 5 tins on a pizza pan
Fearless Leader: wad up foil to keep them peaked
Fearless Leader: I put it in a cooling oven last night and went to bed
Fearless Leader: just remembered they were there just now
jude (greatauntjudy) joined the room
Fearless Leader: Hey Aunt Jude
frogger70301: Hey, Jude!
jude: Howdy!
Fearless Leader: I got my hat on honey
Fearless Leader: looks better in the day light
jude: Just popped in for a quick look.
jude: Amazing!
jude: So stylish!
frogger70301: Everyone needs a hat like that, huh?
jude: One of them has eyeballs?
jude: And, antenna?
frogger70301: a couple, actually.
jude: Ohmygod!
frogger70301: one even has a propeller.
jude: LOL!
jude: Bravo!!
Fearless Leader: I want to thank
Fearless Leader: my producer
Fearless Leader: and my director
Fearless Leader: and all the little people
jude: All the little people? LOL!
Fearless Leader: who didn't get in my way
Fearless Leader: so I didn't have to step on their heads
Fearless Leader: oops
Fearless Leader: I mean
jude: Rigght.
Fearless Leader: LOL
frogger70301:
Fearless Leader: The hat has successfully shocked a whole generation of young men
Fearless Leader: Said's friends who flow through here are totally shocked
jude: Then, it's a good thing.
frogger70301: job done!
Fearless Leader: they are so conservative
Fearless Leader: "Mom, don't sing in public"
Fearless Leader: as I'm belting out Oklahoma on the street
jude: They are no fun at all...
Fearless Leader: I love musicals
lindaslists: (daughter) yeeeehaw wow what a hat your sooo fuuuuuuuuny! cool keep going
Fearless Leader: so James went out and bought me My Fair Lady
Fearless Leader: and South Pacific
jude: Great!
Fearless Leader: Hey I love sing alongs
Fearless Leader: got no shyness there
Fearless Leader: Linda: Tell your daughter, thank you honey
Fearless Leader: it keeps sliding down
lindaslists: your welcome (25)
Fearless Leader: I'm actually wearing this hat backwards
Fearless Leader: the lable is on my forehead
lindaslists: haha
jude: Well, I have go to go...real life keeps getting in the way. See youz all later!
lindaslists: its cute though
jude: Bye!
frogger70301: OK, anunt jude.
Fearless Leader: see thisis how the hat is supposed to be
frogger70301: Bye.
Fearless Leader: so folks can get shocked as I go by
frogger70301: not fun that way.
Fearless Leader: Ciao Jude
lindaslists: have any gothic vases?
Fearless Leader: huh?
lindaslists left the room
Fearless Leader: going to check the list for a tick, brb
frogger70301: I just can't get over your hat, NJ. I love it.
lindaslists joined the room
Fearless Leader: I love my hat
Fearless Leader: it'll be the new clay sensation that sweeps the nation
Fearless Leader: folks will see it and say
Fearless Leader: it's them MSATClayArt ClayMates
Fearless Leader: AGAIN
Fearless Leader: hitting the streets with clay on their hats
frogger70301: yup!
Fearless Leader: I was thinking sombreros
Fearless Leader: with danging things all around the rim
lindaslists: do you do any scary monsters out of clay?
Fearless Leader: I got an album for you
Fearless Leader: let me get the url
Fearless Leader:
First Sheets and Spooky Stuff
Fearless Leader: spooky stuff
lindaslists: Back now
lindaslists: Had to calm the savage beasts - Grandkids
Fearless Leader: check the spooky stuff there
Fearless Leader: that's the sort of dark work I do
frogger70301: nice.
Fearless Leader: old
Fearless Leader: LOL
Fearless Leader: some of the very early work
Fearless Leader: it didn't have an audience back then
Fearless Leader: folks got weirded out big time
Fearless Leader: it took years to develop the list so there's artistic freedom
Fearless Leader: hard fought win that way
frogger70301: makes it more sweet of a victory.
Fearless Leader: Wanna see a preview of the erotic section I'm building?
frogger70301: sure.
Fearless Leader: I got one page as a draft
frogger70301: one kid is at school, the other is sleeping.
lindaslists: have you seen the pics I sent through the pics list?
Fearless Leader: Removed 03-18-04
frogger70301: what ones?
lindaslists: Have you seen the pics I sent through the pics list?
lindaslists: NJ pics
Fearless Leader: LOL
Fearless Leader: they are perfect
Fearless Leader: LOL
lindaslists: love that smile
Fearless Leader: I should add them to my home page
lindaslists: I love the last one
Fearless Leader: ruin the reputation of being such a hard ass
Fearless Leader: LOL, me too
frogger70301: Oh, yeah. I saw them.
Fearless Leader: I'm laughing so hard my eyes are watering
frogger70301: NJ, that page reminds me of a keychain my mom used to have.
Fearless Leader: Ya, I'm going to be building up the Adult section
lindaslists: Saw the pics at the link. Mandy say's it's a scarry monster chimbo
Fearless Leader: I'm so tired of G rated clay stuff I can just spit
Fearless Leader: the butt garden?
Fearless Leader: it's an Ode to butts
Fearless Leader: my gay friends think it's nifty keen
lindaslists: spooky stuff
Fearless Leader: Which one?
lindaslists: at the bottom
Fearless Leader: I'm trying to think ... Ghost Dance with Demon?
lindaslists:
Ghost Dance
Fearless Leader: the hermaproditic goat demon
lindaslists: lol
Fearless Leader: strike a deal with the demon
Fearless Leader: got to dance to the demon's tune
Fearless Leader: that's the moral of that one
lindaslists: ok
Fearless Leader: first sculpture sold
Fearless Leader: ever
Fearless Leader: I want to do more decoupage with clay sheets
Fearless Leader: like that
Fearless Leader: it's nifty
lindaslists: that would be great
Fearless Leader: and easy for beginners to experiment with
Fearless Leader: for they get mashed up clay, but if it were seen as elements
Fearless Leader: in a larger work
Fearless Leader: those mashed up bits are brush strokes
Fearless Leader: cut and slap together and build something that way
Fearless Leader: the spooky figures were made of a silver and black chop that got mirror imaged and then pressed
Fearless Leader: I saw howling faces in the images
Fearless Leader: so I made them three dimensional by pressing clay to the back of the sheet and pressing down on the front
Fearless Leader: pretty easy sculpting trick all in all
Fearless Leader: but it fell on deaf ears three years ago
Fearless Leader: a big fat assed "huh" was the response, except for the one that sold
lindaslists: I get that a lot around here
Fearless Leader: That's a good subject for a demo
Fearless Leader: sculpting sheets
Fearless Leader: let me drop a note to Eva while I'm thining about it...brb
lindaslists: The only ones who knew about PC were kids from vegas
lindaslists: how about mokume gane? i still need work there
Fearless Leader: back
Fearless Leader: I say the malachite, the new malachite tute would do mokume gane without waste
Fearless Leader: just change the colors
Fearless Leader: it's the same thing, rings and burls
Fearless Leader: change the color mix on the malachite tute and you'll be right as rain
lindaslists: great idea
Fearless Leader: want me to get the url for you?
lindaslists: yes please
lindaslists: been awhile
Fearless Leader:
New Malachite.
Fearless Leader: no worries
Fearless Leader: I've been doing reorg to the tute list
lindaslists: That's the ticket - Wahoo!!!!!
Fearless Leader: times a coming where the tute list will be an index of a few page links and folks will have to branch out to the area they are looking for, or something, it's getting pretty massive. Oh cool
Fearless Leader: it's so easy
Fearless Leader: remember the cone shape
Fearless Leader: don't be exact
Fearless Leader: be free and easy with making the stacking bowls into cones.
Fearless Leader: hold up let me get you something else
lindaslists: ok
frogger70301: UGH. I'm still here, just looking for something.
frogger70301: I just did a complete reorg of my table, now I can't find anything I'm looking for.
Fearless Leader: http://www.threerubies.com/PsychedelicMalachite.html
Fearless Leader: that's the log
Fearless Leader: for when we did a demo on malachite
Fearless Leader: in those weird colors
Fearless Leader: 6
Pix of the finished items from 9-19-2002 webcam early show.
lindaslists: I just saw the log. Is there any pics?
Fearless Leader: there's other web cam logs for that, a couple of digi pix
Fearless Leader: no screen shots though
Fearless Leader: Psychedelic
Malachite and chopped trim for Natasha Beads
Fearless Leader: brb
lindaslists: wow - got the pics
Fearless Leader: the demo 10?
lindaslists: yep
Fearless Leader: those are the tins I cured
Fearless Leader: used those colors to make leaves
Fearless Leader: and press sheets
Fearless Leader: for those tins, weird as shit
Fearless Leader: James likes them a lot
lindaslists: those are gorgeous
Fearless Leader: which is cool with me
Fearless Leader: I'm making effort to step outside of my usual color themes
Fearless Leader: but even when I do
Fearless Leader: I'm still doing dark stuff
Fearless Leader: I'm an Goth Granny
Fearless Leader: yikes
Fearless Leader: I'm going to take off this hat
frogger70301: I like that pattermn.
Fearless Leader: it falls in my eyes
lindaslists: I'm pisces with an aries cusp so I can get the flames whipping
Fearless Leader: if someone comes in to see it I can put it back on
lindaslists: ok
Fearless Leader: So is Said, March 20th
frogger70301: B-day?
Fearless Leader: ya, on the cusp between piscese and aires
Fearless Leader: Linda, you're a St Patty's day baby, right?
lindaslists: yes
frogger70301: Ivy's B-day is the 17th.
frogger70301: Cool.
lindaslists: almost got names patricia
Fearless Leader: My friend John Dineen, his mother, was born on St. Patty's day, in the county Cork, in the city of Blarney and I made him corned beef and cabbage to celebrate that fact.
lindaslists: but I'm not a Pat, I'm a Slap - LOL
frogger70301: Well, Linda. Your's will be easy for me to remember.
lindaslists: maddona
lindaslists: that was cool, wondered how that was done
Fearless Leader: ah
Fearless Leader: I feel better now
Fearless Leader: something about wrapping the head that makes things clear up for me
Fearless Leader: anyone want to see something made?
Fearless Leader: since we're here for an early shift?
lindaslists: yes
Fearless Leader: name it
Fearless Leader: I'm yours
lindaslists: anything I'm easy to please
frogger70301: Can you show
Fearless Leader: you said you wanted to do that Mokume Gane
Fearless Leader: let's do that with gold, silver and copper
frogger70301: us how to start the basketweave cane?
Fearless Leader: you got those colors?
frogger70301: sorry.
Fearless Leader: we could do that along the way
lindaslists: ok
Fearless Leader: the basket weave with metal colors and black and pearl
lindaslists: Gotta move the clay I have out first
Fearless Leader: so I'm going to condition, gold, silver, copper, black and pearl, are we all in accord, we're going to do it the malachite way
Fearless Leader: we all got to reorg for a clayalong
lindaslists: trying to use up my fimo
Fearless Leader: I got to change camera angles
lindaslists: yes
Fearless Leader: I tossed out pounds of old dried up fimo yesterday
Fearless Leader: just dumped it
lindaslists: This was soft as silly putty
Fearless Leader: they were years old to begin with when I bought them, bad purchase
lindaslists: and it was old
Fearless Leader: fimo soft?
lindaslists: yes
greatauntjudy left the room
Fearless Leader: odd, mine was like crackers, just crumbled all over
Fearless Leader: what a bother
Fearless Leader: so I'm off to change cam positions
lindaslists: It was old fimo soft and had to add some premo to build it up