1/03/08
Website Updates
I finally got the shops going on the sites and started
the layout of Don's site at
www.wireknotters.com
. I even managed to change out a puzzle or two
and add a few pages here and there. It is still sadly
out of date, but I am at least giving it my best.
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1/09/08
Back Home
We have decided to try to finish the house. We
have built the place ourselves so far and with just a little
work, we should be able to finish it up. (She said
naively).
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1/25/08
Elk Teeth
We had an interesting project to work on. Some
people had shot an Elk, and kept the teeth. After a
bit of research, I found out that they are called Buglers.
This picture shows how Don cut the top off of the tooth
to polish and use as a cabochon. There was sort of
dried meat inside the tooth. I was pretty glad he was
doing that as it was rather nerve wracking.
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1/26/08
More Dental Work
This shows the two cabochons cut off of the original root.
We also cut 2 more slices for 2 more pendants to be worn
casually.
It is a form of legal Ivory and can be carved also. We
had to boil the teeth a bit to get the "meat" out so they would
not smell. Also, Don soaked the slices in tea to give them
some color.
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1/28/08
Finally Jewelry
The photograph on the left shows the man's pendant.
Don did a beautiful job of locking that strangely shaped
cabochon in on a wrapped setting.
If you look closely, you will notice the cavity in the
center of the tooth. There was also a crack in that tooth
that you will see in the other pendants from the slices.
The photo to the right is the lady's pendant. She
wanted a Victorian setting and this is always a secure setting.
This tooth was less marred than the other one.
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1/30/08
Casual Pendants
The photograph on the right shows the two slices we made
into casual pendants. They have leather thongs to hold
them.
The one on the right has a butterfly bail. Some
Native Americans believe that butterflies carry your dreams.
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