Post #566815 by TikiMango on Sun, Nov 28, 2010 2:40 PM

I've been away for over a month! My how time flies. I wish I had a huge update, but I don't. To laojia, TikiG, MadDogMike, Clarita, surfintiki, and Benzart.... thank you all for the comments. Surfintiki, to answer your question, I know a couple of people that live in New Zealand, and was lucky enough to have been the recipient of a paua shell. It was so nerve wracking to cut that beautiful shell apart.

This was a horrible experiment with a tea stain. Benzart tells me he stays away from this sort of thing due to how fickle the bone can be. You hardly ever get an even stain in bone, and I've learned that you don't ever get the same results either.

This was a commission, no cord needed, but they wanted a hole for a jump ring.

I was really trying for a reddish stain, but for some reason on this piece of bone the color just wouldn't come through for me. On a lighter note, I am now the owner of a lazy susan for clay. I've been goofing off in polymer clay just to get used to tools and stuff. Not ready to post anything related to that. I need a lot of research in that medium. As always, mahalo!