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rockykitten ♀️ [1057788] [2004-08-23 21:28:55 +0000 UTC] "amelia" (United States)

# Statistics

Favourites: 13; Deviations: 33; Watchers: 10

Watching: 15; Pageviews: 3045; Comments Made: 96; Friends: 15

# Interests

Favorite visual artist: my mother
Favorite movies: i work at the rocky horror picture show, so yep.
Favorite bands / musical artists: everything
Favorite games: anything, i'm an rpg geek...
Tools of the Trade: pliers, cutters, hammers, my tool bag weighs about as much as i do.
Other Interests: costumes, jewelry, ceramics, writing, supernatural (fae, vampire, werewolf)

# About me

Current Residence: next door to my parents' house, in a house that's also owned by them. hey, the rent's free.
Favourite genre of music: everything, but especially musicals...
Favourite photographer: pat or jerry (*grin* both do pictures for me. so i'm biased)
Skin of choice: my own?

# Comments

Comments: 16

UrsaNocturnis [2005-08-16 03:18:36 +0000 UTC]

I really appriciate your adding my photo to your favorites.
You have quite an interesting gallery of your own. I have a feeling my girlfriend is going to have a fit over some of your costumes. Personally, I love your 'wings' design.
Very glad to make your aquaintance.
And to top it all off:

~Rockykitten
amelia
# is a Wise Ass
# is Female
# is a deviant since Aug 23, 2004, 5:28 PM
# has 400 pageviews
# is located in United States
# last visited 5d 7h 10m 57s ago
# is currently Drinking

Woot!!

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fortune032 [2005-08-06 01:22:02 +0000 UTC]

I have a trick for jump rings too! LOL :) (Smile)
First you find a wooden dowel rod that's the right size for the rings you want to make. Wrap the rod with a layer or two of masking tape, then you wrap the wire around as tight, and as close together (like a spring) as you can make them. The tighter it is, the more uniform the rings will be. Secure the ends with masking tape (they'll want to pull out, it takes a couple wraps around and i bend them up to make taping easier), then wrap the whole coil in masking tape. Put the dowel rod into a vise grip (trust me if you try and hold it yourself while you're cutting you'll put a sawblade into your fingers), and then just cut them right on the dowel rod. I like to use a spiral cut from top to bottom, it's really tough to cut it in a straight line down. Pop them off the dowel end and pickle to clean off any stray tape adhesive. The slightly diagonal cut also provides more surface area for when you solder them back together than a straight across cut.

I wish I could remember where I picked that one up, a real timesaver!

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rockykitten In reply to fortune032 [2005-08-06 03:34:58 +0000 UTC]

i always manage to have them go schwantzwise when i use tape. i use my fingers. and yeah, a couple times got my fingers. also dont have pickle anymore. only while i have my apprenticeship (6 weeks each summer), otherwise i'm stuck with whatever i have on my own.]

when i do my rings i like to find a metal rod instead if possible. makes it lots easier to get the rings off. otherwise they like to stay in the little dents they make. phoo.

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fortune032 In reply to rockykitten [2005-08-07 00:47:15 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I haven't been in the studio in over a year :( (Sad) Hopefully I'll find one soon, I really miss working with metal. I've also cut the jump ring coil without the dowel rod, and with more tape found it successful, hurts like hell catching fingers with those sawblades though (maybe I'm just sensitive, but it stings when metal gets into cuts). I once saw a girl stab herself in the leg with a broken sawblade (broke on the upstroke & she kept going down), they're so dangerous!