You asked for it: Pics

i really love your sculpture. dan't tell you why exactly...i've got a little brain fog at the moment. your boro...wow, you did a great job with those! I'm actually responding stronger emotionally, my brain just can't form the words right now (stupid pain flare up...) I always love your stuff, Tink.

Very stunning! When the page opened I would have sworn I was looking at a musem exhibit. I love all of them and the Boro beads really caught my eye!

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vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Tinkster :

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----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

Thanks, sweetie!

On the riveted beads, the caps are incorporated into the design and are an integral part of the piece. Disks are cut out of sterling or red brass or whatever is being used, then they are punched, dapped, and mounted on the beads with interior tubing of the same metal. The flaring of the tubing creates the rivited joints. Then they are polished and given any other desired surface treatments.

It's a lot of work, but it's a look I really like a lot.

T>vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Tinkster

Oh....My..... Just amazing, Tink!!!

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Tinkster :

]On the riveted beads, the caps are incorporated into the design and ]are an integral part of the piece. Disks are cut out of sterling or ]red brass or whatever is being used, then they are punched, dapped, ]and mounted on the beads with interior tubing of the same metal. The ]flaring of the tubing creates the rivited joints. Then they are ]polished and given any other desired surface treatments.

so the caps aren't separate? they're actually part of the bead? is that what you mean?

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

'Zactly.

It's not for everyone, but I really like them a LOT! Until I get tired of doing them, of course. LOL!

T>vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Tinkster

hey, Tink...you know how picky I am...

I want *all* of them!!!

WOW!!!

and the fun thing about the boro...if I ask you for matched pairs...the only

Mary

ROFL! That's what I was thinking when I took them out of the kiln. LOL!

I built a small rod from which I made that set of beads. Because I only had a very short piece of the Cherrywood glass, now I can't make any more of this combo. This could get expensive. LOL!

Oh, and I changed the subject line to include the word AD, as some folks have voiced an interest in these pieces and asked me to post prices on that page. Which I did.

T>hey, Tink...you know how picky I am...

Oh, Tink!!!!!!!

Love the artifact bead and the self-portrait is astonishing! Amazing work, as always!

Linda2

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Tinkster :

]'Zactly. ] ]It's not for everyone, but I really like them a LOT! Until I get tired ]of doing them, of course. LOL!

well, that would solve part of my problem in finding exactly what i want . . .

matching them might be harder, tho!

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

I put another pic up. Can't believe I forgot it before. It's a bead in a bead. Very cool. *grin*

Tink

Wow! Great work, Tink! I love the riveted beads! I'd love to learn that some day! And the sculpture! Great!!

On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 14:39:46 -0500, Tinkster wrote (in message ):

I love them all, but I think the last one is misnamed. I'd call it "Tink Takes Over the World of Glass."

And how are you riveting those beads without that bazillion dollar machine we talked about? Inquiring minds want to know.

Kathy N-V

It took forever to load, even with cable. But it was definitely worth it. Mahvelous, dhaling, simply mahvelous. do you know what you're going to sell it for yet, or is it going to the highest bidder? I'm not sure I could part with it......... Barbara Dream Master

If you want to make God laugh, tell him your future plans. Woody Allen

Now this is really weird. The comments below were meant for the raspberry necklace, which is not a negative comment on Tink's work, which is also mahvelous. I just can't figure out which key I hit that sent it out as a reply to an entirely different post?????

Barbara Dream Master

If you want to make God laugh, tell him your future plans. Woody Allen

Barbara Dream Master

If you want to make God laugh, tell him your future plans. Woody Allen

All of it is wonderful! I love those boro beads and that very first one that is sold the best!

Thanks for putting up the quick and dirty page for us!

Believe me, with what I've seen an experienced glass-wise over the last couple of weeks, it's totally obvious to me that I'm nowhere close to taking over the world of glass.

Now the World of Heath Bars, maybe. LOL! (Totally craving Heath Bars lately. Go figure.)

So yeah... I'm doing these beads the old fashioned, cheap way. Cut out sterling or whatever disks the size I want. Use my hand tool that pokes holes in the center. Cut an appropriate length of sterling or whatever tubing. File nice and pretty. Use my brass dapping block to curve the disks to fit the bead. Put the disks on the bead and run the cut tubing through the center. Flare out the ends of the tubing CAREFULLY using increasingly larger dapping punches. Then polish with Dremel and appropriate compound.

Whew.

You know, I find I really really really like working with metal. Dangerous. I don't have time to like something else. LOL!

T>I love them all, but I think the last one is misnamed. I'd call it "Tink