| Original Message: JOY'S BEADS- HOW TO LOOK AT A CHEVRON, A TUTORIAL |
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HI JOY, SORRY TO DISSAPOINT YOU , BUT FROM WHAT I SEE YOUR FIVE LARGE ONES ARE AT LEAST THREE CANES. PROBABLY FOUR. BEFORE I GO THROUGH THEM LET ME GIVE YOU SOME PARAMETERS.
THERE ARE QUITE A FEW ASPECTS OF A CHEVRON TO LOOK AT WHEN COMPARING IT TO ANOTHER. THE OBVIOUS ONES ARE COLORS , NUMBER OF LAYERS, AND COLOR ORDER. AFTER THAT THE MORE SUBTLE ONES TO ADDRESS ARE
1- LAYER THICKNESS
2- REGISTRATION OF THE LAYERS (DO THE POINTS LINE UP OR NOT? AND ON WHICH LAYERS? )
3- MOLDING. HOW WELL ARE THE POINTS FORMED AND THIS MUST BE ADDRESSED FOR EACH LAYER.
4- TWIST ARE SOME LAYERS TWISTED? IS THE WHOLE CANE TWISTED? WHICH DIRECTION?
5-HOW WELL DO THE POINTS NEST UP INTO THE NEXT LAYERS? SOME DO WELL SOME JUST A LITTLE SOME ARE SO FAR NESTED UP AS TO BE EXTREME. THESE MAKE FOR THE BEST DEEP GRINDS.
6- HOLE SHAPE AND CONCENTRICITY TO THE BEAD AXIS
7- EVEN-NESS OF GATHER. IS ONE SIDE OF THE BEAD THICKER IN A COLOR LAYER THAN ANOTHER?
8- THERE ARE MORE SUBTLE THINGS TO LOOK FOR. COLOR TONE, COLOR SHADE, HIGHLIGHTS, IN CARLS PICTURE THE INNER RED LAYER APPEARS TO HAVE A DARKER OUTER BOUNDARY. THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON WITH RED GLASSES AS THEY STRIKE (A GLASS TERM FOR CHANGING COLOR ) WHEN COOLED AND REHEATED. ANY GIVEN CANE WILL PRODUCE BEADS WITH MOST OF THESE CONSIDERATIONS IN AGREEMENT. THERE WILL BE SLIGHT VARIATIONS IN ONE OR ANOTHER ITEM, BUT OVERALL THERE WILL BE 85-95 PERCENT AGREEMENT OF THE CRITERIA FROM BEAD TO BEAD IN A GIVEN CANE. NOW TO YOUR BEADS. THE CENTER LARGE ONE NUMBER ONE IS DEFINITELY ALL BY ITSELF THE WHITE LAYER IS THICKER THAN TWO THREE OR FIVE AND THE BLACK LAYER IS THINNER THAN FOUR. TWO AND FOUR ARE A POSSIBLE MATCH THE CORE RED IS TWISTED IN 4 AND NOT TWO, BUT THE OTHER FACTORS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT. TWO AND FOUR DEFINITELY DO NOT MATCH FIVE AS THE BLACK LAYER IS THINNER IN FIVE AND THE NESTING IN 5 IS WAY MORE TIGHT THAN ANY OF THE OTHERS. THREE HAS POINTS THICH DON'T REGISTER WITH THE ABOVE LAYERS FROM INNER RED TO THE WHITE. FIVE SHOWS THIS ON SOME POINTS, BUT THE NESTING IS A DEFINITE MIS MATCH WITH 3. SO I'D SAY THAT YOU HAVE AT LEAST FOUR CANES REPRESENTED HERE. THE SMALL ONES LOOK QUITE SIMILAR TO EACH OTHER AT THE RESOLUTION I HAVE ON THE PICTURE. OF THE FOUR SMALLER ONES. THERE APPEAR TO BE TWO PAIRS LOOKING AT THE NESTING AND LAYER THICKNESS. THE SIXES MATCH AND THE SEVENS MATCH. THESE DON'T APPEAR TO MATCH ANY OF THE ONES IN THE LARGE GROUP. LOOKING AT CARLS BEADS ALONG SIDE OF YOURS I'D NOT PICK A MATCH BETWEEN ANY IN EITHER PICTURE. SO FROM WHERE I SIT THERE ARE IN THIS SMALL GROUP OF BEADS YOURS AND CARLS AT LEAST ELEVEN CANES REPRESENTED. THIS IS A PRETTY SMALL SAMPLE OF THE FAMOUS REDS FROM ALL THOSE THAT ABOUND. THIS AGAIN TELLS ME THAT THERE ARE QUITE A FEW OF THEM OUT THERE....... I HOPE THAT THIS WILL GIVE YOU ALL SOME TOOLS WITH WHICH TO EVALUATE YOUR BEADS BETTER. ART
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