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ABO as Fine Art ...Sneak Peek
iowabow:
--- Quote from: nclonghunter on May 30, 2014, 02:53:42 pm ---That is interesting...
I have wondered how difficult it would be to get at least one or as many different types as possible from each state and make a point to represent it. Not matching the point to the state but just the type of rocks that are found in each state. Put them all on a board to display. I think some states have several kinds and others only have one or two.
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Yes that would make for a very interesting display
Knapper:
Very nice iowabow. I've been keeping a bucket of what I sweep up from the shop after knapping, thinking someday there may be a use for it. Glad you found one.
Knapper
Lobo69ss:
I`ve started using my debitage to create a layered "rock" garden... since I`ve made purty gravel out of different types of Obsidian, man made glass, Novaculite, red & black pipestone, some Texas rock, various cherts,both heat treated & raw, as well as a few different flavors of agates... it makes an interesting background to lay some of my failures out in... points with missing ears, beautimous blades, so close to being finished, but then I just HAD to go back for that small hinge that was annoying me.... yup, it just decided to become 2 shorter points... Naw, just toss `em into the fancy debitage showplace... Someday I might go back for some of them to see if I can address the oopsies that got `em out there... In the meantime, my Grandkids & other visitors here all want to see how many shiny things they can spot... some of `em are actually decent points/blades,... I can`t have `em all be trash, ya know...
Parnell:
Very clever idea!
iowabow:
Thanks I have been working for a year on these ideas and it is difficult to use these materials in a creative way that has not been seen before. There will be four of them made from very different primitive type materials all on this thin vertical format. It is a very different approach to image making with these materials, I keep running into other cultures' icons so its a big challenge.
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