kerravonsen: Hiro with arms spread: "I DID it!" (i-did-it)
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I acquired a glue gun this week. I thought it might be useful to glue stuff for an impatient person like me. Particularly gluing jewellery stuff. So today I tried it.

I used my new glue gun to attach bails to pieces of Paua shell. I think I made the glue too blobby, but I was afraid of not putting enough on.

These were the biggest pieces in a collection of Paua shell fragments I'd bought in New Zealand the last time I was there.

The top right piece is flipped so that one can see the back of it, how the pendant-attachment is attached. I would have done more, but I ran out of the attachments (which I had also bought at the same time as the glue gun). Though I might try making some of my own if I can get the trick of spiralling wire really tightly.



And I'm using Dreamwidth's image posting facility for the first time, too. Note the coins to give a sense of scale to the image.

Date: 2012-08-15 04:29 pm (UTC)
innerslytherin: (Default)
From: [personal profile] innerslytherin
Pretty! :)

Date: 2012-08-15 09:13 pm (UTC)
evilawyer: young black-tailed prairie dog at SF Zoo (Default)
From: [personal profile] evilawyer
Glue guns hate me. Glad to see someone can actually use them.

Date: 2012-08-16 12:33 am (UTC)
evilawyer: young black-tailed prairie dog at SF Zoo (Default)
From: [personal profile] evilawyer
The glue either gums up on me or they spew the glue all over. I seem to lack the touch with them, which cuts down significantly on the breadth of my crafting.

Date: 2012-08-16 12:52 am (UTC)
evilawyer: young black-tailed prairie dog at SF Zoo (Default)
From: [personal profile] evilawyer
Oh, I've scolded the glue guns terribley and squarely blamed them. Only once did someone else pick it up and get it to work without a hitch.

Date: 2012-08-15 02:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] miamadwyn.livejournal.com
Gorgeous!

Date: 2012-08-15 03:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jenidralph.livejournal.com
Those are beautiful! Glue guns are too much fun (and perfect for the impatient).

Date: 2012-08-15 04:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dozmuffinxc.livejournal.com
Ooh, they're just beautiful! Glue guns are made of amazing amounts of win. I hope yours holds out and serves you well!

Date: 2012-08-16 12:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jaxomsride.livejournal.com
Aww pretty, a lovely use of materials.

Date: 2012-08-16 06:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lynnylou.livejournal.com
Those are just gorgeous!

Date: 2012-08-17 05:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tardis-stowaway.livejournal.com
Ooooh, pretty! Also, I like that you used the coins of several nations for scale so more people would have a reference point.

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