The Attack of the Glue Gun!

[kerravonsen]

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.

Comments

[innerslytherin]

Pretty! :)

[kerravonsen]

8-)

[evilawyer]

Glue guns hate me. Glad to see someone can actually use them.

[kerravonsen]

Oh? How so?

[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.

[kerravonsen]

Hmmm, I would blame the glue gun in that case, that it isn't working properly.

[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.

[miamadwyn.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous!

[kerravonsen]

8-)

I love Paua shell.

[jenidralph.livejournal.com]

Those are beautiful! Glue guns are too much fun (and perfect for the impatient).

[kerravonsen]

8-)

[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!

[kerravonsen]

I hope so.

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

Aww pretty, a lovely use of materials.

[kerravonsen]

8-)

[lynnylou.livejournal.com]

Those are just gorgeous!

[kerravonsen]

8-)

[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.

[kerravonsen]

Yeah, it seemed pointless to just have Aussie coinage, so I grabbed an assortment from my overseas-coinage collection, and the four coins now live next to the scanner so they're available.