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le0n:
more from march:

this material is rather finicky and i'm not sure i'll ever go back to it.



my home-grown pressure flaker. i annealed some ground wire and hammered it into a pilot hole on the small end of a sapling:



materials: stained glass

finally got one flat without breaking it:

materials: mountain dew bottle

found another one:

materials: old gray-tinted tv glass

two more from the flat glass:


materials: el Jimador bottle

le0n:
april

my cousin gave me some rock to try. first attempts at getting a rock preform with the bopper:


it was ugly:


a few more minutes into the night:


and i broke the ear while notching so i had to shorten it:



i found another photo:


another from that month:

materials: tinted tv glass

materials: novaculite

Chippintuff:
Welcome aboard and keep them coming. You're doing great. I do suggest letting the copper stick out only about 1/3 to 1/2 as much as you are showing there. You're well on your way.

WA

le0n:
may

more rock from my cousin. geeze this stuff is sharp. i was also testing the waters with an antler that was given to me by a friend. the cleaner antler is one i found at petco.



materials: obsidian

here's a microscope shot of an obsidian sliver than i got out of my finger. i set it on a slide that had a slice of a plant for scale.
note the triangular leaf projecting from the side:


here's that obsidian leaf magnified even more. i couldn't believe how strong that leaf was. i'm just glad it didn't decide to break off in my finger.


this one is from a squarish green bottle. i like the color on this:


materials: Carapelli Extra Virgin Olive Oil bottle


i'll see if i can find some more from may to add to this post.
i had an sd card failure in september and i lost a lot of photos that were on my phone.


--- Quote from: Chippintuff on November 21, 2014, 08:12:05 pm ---Welcome aboard and keep them coming. You're doing great. I do suggest letting the copper stick out only about 1/3 to 1/2 as much as you are showing there. You're well on your way.

WA

--- End quote ---

thanks for the welcome and thanks for the suggestion.

PrimitiveTim:
haha I got to admit this is pretty cool.  You come a long way.   :D

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