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Black drink shell cup
Adam:
That looks great! Very cool idea.
swamp monkey:
JW, the whelk shells went all over the Deep South, Midwest, and southern Great Plains. Those mound builders were able to obtain materials from all over the continent. Just as a sampler, they obtained canel coal from the Dakotas, copper from the Great Lakes, white shark teeth from the Atlantic, Mica from the Appalachians, igneous rock form the Ozarks, and . . . well you get the idea. They had a trade network, and perhaps sent people on long trips to get what they wanted.
Amazing folks. Too bad we know so little about em.
lostarrow:
Not only hard to work, but smells like a cross between burnt hair and rotten seaweed. I had to sand a bunch of ERC after vacuuming the inside and outside of my belt sander . Also blew it out with the compressor (outside)Shop still smelled for a day! Make sure you wear a dust mask and use a fine filter vacuum (for drywall dust) and don't breath that stuff in . All sorts of no good comes from it. Great job on the cup!
Badly Bent:
Thats nice work Swamp Monkey, cool project and beautiful results for your efforts.
bow101:
Your'e a gifted artist, really kewl.
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