Never seen copper, but I have aluminum and stainless steel, tapes.

i collected every one of the stuffed taco bell chihuahuas. they had a different one every week, i think, for a few months. i used to go through the drive through just to get one, i don't even eat at taco bell. my chihuahua loves them. he has a basket full of them and he takes them out one by one and lines them up on the floor or brings them onto the bed....
also, recipes, cds, binders and binders full of guitar tabs and chords, many that are handwritten, and aveda products.

i collect dollars. anyone got any interesting ones they'd like to donate to my collection?

as promised.

http://scribe.fork.org/cellar/xenasheath.jpg

http://scribe.fork.org/cellar/xenaunsheath.jpg

Are those moonstones in the hilt?

I wish. Fake mother of pearl I believe.

You're gonna cut your eye out.:worried:

Did Red Ryder ever make a sword with a compass in the hilt and this thing which tells time?

I have one of these ... does that count?

Red Ryder didn't care where he was or what time it was. He wasn't pussy whipped.:p

Where's the gnomon? How the heck do you make that gizmo work? And don't say, "first, you need the Sun..."

you put the "saturn" on a flat surface.

Point the "S" on the dial toward the south. Tilt so the "XII" is touching the surface. A bead of light bounces off the shiny marble and shows the time.

I also have an aquitaine style shepherd's watch. I'm being too lazy to take a picture of mine, and I haven't been able to find my exact style online in a picture yet (I have the moon and stars design)

Don't tell Ralphie, he has his heart set on an official Red Ryder Carbine Action 200 shot range model air rifle with a compass in the stock and this thing which tells time.
http://static.userland.com/images/adw/Ralphie.gif

Yeah, but Red Ryder didn't shoot himself in the eye, like that foul mouthed, lug nut loser, Ralphie.:haha:

I collect Baseball stuff. It started with cards and signed baseballs, but then I found out that you could buy the actual, game-used bats that the players used - which led to my starting to collect jerseys, gloves, spikes, hats, along with the more 'normal' and mainstream collecting of photos, bobbleheads, etc. This collection has completely taken over the master bedroom of my house, and is creeping slowly down the hall and threatening the living room.

I live in Arizona, and love the Diamondbacks, so most of my stuff is DBacks-related, including most of the 400+ game-used bats. My sister gave me one of Randy Johnson's game-used gloves for Christmas. The mascot of the now-defunct Phoenix Firebirds minor league club is on a manneqin in a corner of the master bedroom.

The aforementioned sister has become a baseball 'nut' and collector as well - she recently bought the sign that hung on the fence outside the baseball field ('Minnifield Field') on Northern Exposure, to put on the wall above her computer, and she bought me an old bat that was a prop in the 'Unnatural' episode of the X-Files, season six.

I used to collect other things, and still do buy a lot of books, but my love for all things Baseball has pretty much taken over my collecting interest...my life...my house...

And your life savings?:)
Welcome to the Cellar, godwulf.

>Welcome to the Cellar, godwulf<

Thanks!

Savings?

Oh, yeah...that's what we encourage the kids to do, in order to support us in our old age, which may be any day now.

We Cellarites are highly visually oriented...photos, please? Or did you spend all the digital camera money, too? ;)

I think I've figured out how to do that. I'll give it a shot.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...e/f9652959.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...a/f9652963.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...2/f9652969.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...c/f965296e.jpg

Sorry about that. Not sure what I did wrong. I pasted in the url's for the ImageStation photos that I'd previously uploaded, when clicking on the "IMG" button prompted me to do so. Mmm... Maybe somebody has to review and 'pass' the photos before they are visible, do you suppose?

If the timer hasn't expired yet .... (there's a time limit on editing posts here)

each of your images has a ".thumb" notation at the end of the url.

Go back in and delete it.

EDIT: (and they are really cool! You do need a bigger room, though.)

you're asking for photos of the collectibles, not godwulf, right?

godwulf, have you any use for a 2003 Phillies yearbook? free?

Good Lord...where do you *live*? I mean, you do have a house just for the baseball stuff, right?

As far as I know, only Bruce has a house that is actually bigger on the inside than it is on the outside.

I collect dust occasionally.

It seems that I have no particular sort of thing which I obsessively collect. There are many things which I casually collect, but nothing dramatic... books, movies, software, records (vinyl and bake-a-lite), computer parts, a few coins, etc. As far as my stuff goes, there is no one type of item, or theme, which I gravitate towards. I'm such a generalist loser.

There, I fixed it so the photos are actually visible.

Thanks for the offer of the Phillies yearbook, lumberjim...the Phils were actually my team of choice before the DBacks started up...but thanks anyway. It's all I can do to find space these days for the DBacks stuff.

One of my favorite Baseball quotes, along with one of the all-time great t-shirts, came from a Phillie, the infamous John Kruk, who showed up late one year for Spring Training after undergoing an operation for testicular cancer; his t-shirt read "If you don't let me play, I'll take my ball and go home."

Zounds! The bats...my god...the bats! There was another professed bat collector earlier...but bat bats.

the phanatic head
 

Your room is very organized, are you sure you aren't the one who stole the phanatic's head????
hmmmm........

I need some too - been looking since 1997. Can not find it ANYWHERE. Lemme know if you locate some - I'll do likewise.

copper tape at , http://www.can-dotape.com/foil-tape.htm ,
and http://www.semsupplies.com/Copper%20Tape.html ,
and http://www.2spi.com/catalog/spec_prep/5tapes.shtml

I had someting I collected.And I guess this is just a plea for help.I collected music.The wayGOD meant it to be collected.Through the internet,of course.In this time ,where my life is being devastated,my music is something that helps me keep my head together.Although my music library might be smaller than some of yours(2,300 songs),It's still a huge loss for yours truly.I had rare stuff on there from the napster days.It was all edited and categorized for my personal taste.All gone.

Why and how is it gone? Sorry, but I don't listen to that much music or do a lot of downloading.

So, what happened? Hard drive crash or RIAA came to visit you?

The leather art:

http://www.zamok.ee/white-acacia/img-2/b2.jpg http://www.zamok.ee/white-acacia/img-2/bt1-1.jpg

Beautiful! :)

Really?
I'm just collecting that stuff in my garage because I have no idea how to sell it:) I mean, I'm making that .

Hard drive crash.I wish it was RIAA-that would make for a good story.Anyone know a mac person who could save my stuff?*Otherwise,I guess I just take my blows and soldier on.

*cheep,cheep

Show us more.:)

more:) :

http://www.zamok.ee/white-acacia/img-2/vaza4.jpg

Very cool, do you work it wet and let it dry/firm up?:)

No,I'm working with special glue and tools.

Incredible.

Find a gallery.

Yeah, this is bitchin' stuff. You need to find a good corporate client and make retirement capital money. Seriously.

justme That is killer stuff , any other pieces ?? and details on how you do it ??? I find the process half of the art .
Again KILLER WORK !!!!

Damn straight.:thumb:

"I find the process half of the art "

zippyt, I didn't understand that. Would you explain?

Well, today I went to the art fest. I introduced myself as a "fresh artist":) to the people from the art foundation. They can help me to show my work. So, I don't sell my stuff for now, and make the portfolio. Actually, I have enough stuff for portfolio, but I want more in different styles.

Thanks for pushing me.:) It’s time to be an artist.:)


http://www.zamok.ee./white-acacia/img-2/kartina-3.jpg

You go, Girl.:thumb:
Half of the "art" is the design and the other half is the creation or "craft", if you prefer. We can see the design in the finished product and it's good. What we can't see, is the how you made it, so we'd like you to describe the process. Please.:)
I can see how some of it was put together but I'm especially intrigued by the first one you showed us. The one that looks like a womans torso in a dress, because it's so 3 dimensional.

Ok, I got you.:)

The "first one" is bottles covered with leather.
I found female bottle on the flea market .It was ugly bottle with beautiful shapes. The second bottle came from the liquor store (it was goooood Pinch:)).
The pictures have leather and stones "dimensions" only. I use pressed cardboard for a background.

http://www.zamok.ee/white-acacia/img-2/b1.jpg

ExactaMundo Bruce !!!!!:D The finished product is WAY cool , but some of us like to see the process of makeing it , hell even the "Flub-ups" are some time interesting .

justme I am glad you went to that art foundation , i hope this is the start of some thing good for you !!!!!
And that female bottle ROCKS !!!!!!!
I was hopeing you would show a bigger pic of it !!! :thumb: :thumb:

" but some of us like to see the process of makeing it "

Welcome to my garage,pardon,studio.:D

Even if I tell you how the process is done, you can not make the same. Some "secrets" you can get by watching the process.

I 've been searching the Internet, local art fests and galleries for similar art. You can find many leather art (mixed media) in Europe, but not here. The artists work with different kinds of glue. Depending on the glue you can get different kinds of leather shapes and styles. I improved my own technique accidentally, because I didn't know what glue artists use:) So, I just started working my own way:)

Also, artists work with different types of leather, beads, woods or stones. Some of them paint the leather. I don't like re-painting leather. Also, I don't like open cuts. I always cover or hide leather ends. That's why my work looks like clay work on pictures.

Well, zippyt, if you want more information, I can tell you by pm.

justme Thanks for the info :thumb: .
My mom was an artist and it always facinated me watching her create some thing from common stuff .

I may be PMing you about the teneque later , i can see some cool fishing flys that i could make .
Question is it possable to make these shapes so they are water proof ?? Also do you or would you sell any of this art ?? and do you do special requests ??? I have a bottle that i think you could do something special with .

"Question is it possable to make these shapes so they are water proof ??"

What do you mean? "Water proof" is for the fishing flys?
I don't think the leather is appropriate material for the fishing flys.:)

Can you make it to Talkeetna, Alaska next week?

i collect vintage keyboard equipment

anything that was born before I was.

-sm

Me too! Me too! Only I prefer that it have been born after I was, because I don't have any place to put a teleharmonium or a grand piano...

Anything that says ARP, Moog, Oberheim, Sequential Circuits, EML, Mellotron, Chamberlain, Vako Orchestron, EMS, OScar...

I just missed getting a String Ensemble for free last weekend. I almost cried.

I have to bite. Curiosity made me look up the teleharmonium, and I see they are not petite little devices. I'd rather use that kind of space for an ENIAC, but that's personal preference.

SM's reference to "keyboards older than" him made me want to simply say "me too", until I remembered that I am, in fact, older than all but the original RCA Synthesizer (which was the size of small house), and so that would severely limit my available keyboards. So, I figured I'd mention one of the original electronic keyboards...

Hey, this is for GODWOLF. Nice collection, I really envy your ability to stay focused on the D-Backs. I've been collecting baseball cards since '71, and have taken up the entire loft and garage. I really like that framed Bazooka comic of Gonzo's "abc" gum.

Els - what's your showcase piece? I'm currently restoring a 1967 Rhodes with the brown and tan fender tweed on the outside, and the vox red mesh over the speaker section. Until that's done, I'm still jonesing on my Jupiter 8 - one of the best analog board made, IMHO

-sm