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18 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

These are another level, Neil! 

Awesome.  :) 

Cheers Tim, can get a bit more complexity now I’m adding copper foil overlay.

 Thanks 

Neil.

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Hi all another panel I’ve made with translucent ammonite fossils, copper foil overlay is used to depict the tentacles, I’ve been trying to find out how many tentacles they had but there seems to be no evidence or consensus on how many.

 Thanks for looking 

Regards

Neil.

 

 

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They look really good Neil very artistic.

 

John

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Hi all, a bit of a change from what I’ve normally been making, using a few techniques I haven’t tried before.

 

Thanks for looking 

Regards

Neil.

 

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What a great way to present these! Stained glass is a really interesting medium. Love these last few that put them in a little scene :dinothumb:

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3 hours ago, shrimp said:

What a great way to present these! Stained glass is a really interesting medium. Love these last few that put them in a little scene :dinothumb:

Thanks I’m enjoying making these and trying different ideas as I go along.

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Hi all, still making a few things with ammonites, a chessboard this time, lots of work left till I finish it, but it will have a resin top and a oak border, the ammonites are all self found from the uk, the white ones from Somerset and the darker ones Yorkshire.

 Thanks for looking,

regards

Neil.

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That is quite cool, Neil!  Amazing work! :drool: 

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7 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

That is quite cool, Neil!  Amazing work! :drool: 

Thanks very much Tim,

regards

Neil.

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Now that's a chessboard! You wouldn't be in need of another family member, would you? :heartylaugh:

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"Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl;

Wrecked is the ship of pearl!

And every chambered cell,

Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell" :ammonite01:

-From The Chambered Nautilus by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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That'll be a very cool looking chess board when finished !

I don't know if you're already thinking this or not, but imagine if you could incorporate other fossils as the chess pieces :zzzzscratchchin:

Pawns - small ammonites, or since ammonites are used in the board, go with some other commonly found teeth that are small for pawns ?

King/Queen - spinosaurus T-rex tooth ?, Knight Rook Bishop the options would be wide to choose from.

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On 04/01/2021 at 8:44 PM, yardrockpaleo said:

Now that's a chessboard! You wouldn't be in need of another family member, would you? :heartylaugh:

Thanks:0)

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5 hours ago, Abyss said:

That'll be a very cool looking chess board when finished !

I don't know if you're already thinking this or not, but imagine if you could incorporate other fossils as the chess pieces :zzzzscratchchin:

Pawns - small ammonites, or since ammonites are used in the board, go with some other commonly found teeth that are small for pawns ?

King/Queen - spinosaurus T-rex tooth ?, Knight Rook Bishop the options would be wide to choose from.

Thanks I’ve thought of using fossils as the pieces, would probably need some carving, maybe belemnites as bishops?

regards

Neil.

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Chessboard more or less finished now, British Jurassic ammonites cut and polished, the border is made from white oak.

 

Thanks for looking,

Regards

Neil.

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WOW!!!!   :default_faint: :drool:  :tiphat:

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2 hours ago, ntrusc said:

Chessboard more or less finished now, British Jurassic ammonites cut and polished, the border is made from white oak.

 

Thanks for looking,

Regards

Neil.

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VERY IMPRESSIVE!!!!!!!!

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I had fallen a bit behind on this topic and just got caught up on the last couple pages. Your creativity never ceases to amaze me. Keep up the amazing work!

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