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"Behind the Series" stories? (24 Votes)
Yes, and I'd love to be involved.	66.67% - 16 votes
Yes, but I only want to read them.	33.33% - 8 votes
Nah, not my thing.	0% - 0 votes

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Sealgair meow? Group: Members Posts: 38 Joined: Oct 28, 2007 Email WWW PM Quote Ah, drat.  I missed that line and messed up my examples.  Ah well.  Thanks for the answer! ......................... Please help keep my dragons alive by clicking on them!  I know it's silly, but I thank you for enabling my silliness anyway. My Scroll Posted Sep 18, 2008, 5:39 pm

Sealgair meow? Group: Members Posts: 38 Joined: Oct 28, 2007 Email WWW PM Quote Okay new question! How do you decide what the front of a pendant is?  Corollary: does the decision come before or after the pendant is actually made? Or during the making?  Additional corollary: does the stone/bead itself have an influence on what becomes the front? This question comes from the fact that I sometimes wear Fog & Smoke #4 with the opposite side facing front than is in the picture.  ......................... Please help keep my dragons alive by clicking on them!  I know it's silly, but I thank you for enabling my silliness anyway. My Scroll Last edited Oct 6, 2008, 6:54 pm by Sealgair Posted Oct 6, 2008, 6:45 pm

kythryne Executive Cat Wrangler Group: Administrators Posts: 1,094 Joined: Oct 6, 2006 Email WWW Quote For some pieces, it's very simple -- there's only one way it can go.  That's usually because I've had to tie off wires behind a stone, or there's an unsightly jumble of wires supporting the stone, or the focal piece is something like dichroic glass which only has one pretty side.  For things like your pendant, that's not a factor, so I usually look at the piece once I've set the stone(s) and am getting ready to terminate the wires, and decide which side I like better and put the wire ends on the opposite side so they won't be visible.  (Once in a while I'll end up with wire terminations on both sides of a piece, but I try really hard to tuck them all out of sight.)  The focal stone(s) usually play a large role in deciding which way is front, since patterned stones are often prettier on one side than the other.  Sometimes, though, I'll look at a piece once I'm done and realize that it's backwards (or upside down) and flip it over for the photo, and a few pieces end up being reversible.  And sometimes things get photographed backwards by accident! ......................... Wyrding Studios Posted Oct 6, 2008, 7:25 pm

Sealgair meow? Group: Members Posts: 38 Joined: Oct 28, 2007 Email WWW PM Quote cool!  Thanks for the answer! Sometimes I do chalk pastel art.  (I hesitate to call them drawings, because they're very abstract: emotions vomited onto the page)  Often I'll turn the page as I'm working on it to get a better angle for a swoopy line I'm doing and decide that O Hai I like that angle better for 'up'.  It's good to know that other art forms are subject to the same sort of thing.  ......................... Please help keep my dragons alive by clicking on them!  I know it's silly, but I thank you for enabling my silliness anyway. My Scroll Posted Oct 8, 2008, 6:25 pm

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