{"id":55,"date":"2011-02-18T23:08:20","date_gmt":"2011-02-18T23:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.wordpress.com\/?p=65"},"modified":"2011-02-18T23:08:20","modified_gmt":"2011-02-18T23:08:20","slug":"greek-for-%e2%80%9cevil-eye%e2%80%9d-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/sako\/2011\/02\/18\/greek-for-%e2%80%9cevil-eye%e2%80%9d-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Greek for \u201cevil eye\u201d (part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As promised, part 2\u00a0of the blog I wrote last week, <a href=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/09\/greek-for-evil-eye%e2%80%9d-part-1\/\">http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/09\/greek-for-evil-eye%e2%80%9d-part-1\/<\/a>. (this blog could of been released yesterday if the internet server at coffee bean\u00a0not crash on me&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;It\u2019s like \u2018rolling a joint,\u2019 as our green friendly readers would say. This is the best way and technique to round out the lapis to that bead shape that I am aiming for&#8230;.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I added a small video clips to see how the process is done.<\/p>\n<p><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display:block;'><object width='460' height='289'><param name='movie' value='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/eTyy9fc4KCY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1' \/><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' \/><param name='wmode' value='opaque' \/><embed src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/eTyy9fc4KCY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='460' height='289' wmode='opaque'><\/embed><\/object><\/span><br \/>\n<span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display:block;'><object width='460' height='289'><param name='movie' value='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/SYlj6EVMjyo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1' \/><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' \/><param name='wmode' value='opaque' \/><embed src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/SYlj6EVMjyo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='460' height='289' wmode='opaque'><\/embed><\/object><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Next, I need some white mother of pearl. I find some white mother of pearl shells that I can cut material out of. I use my saw again to complete this process. I prep that part out and here comes the most difficult part. I need to pick three sections around this lapis where I need to fit free-formed, eye shaped white MOP\u2019s. I carefully map out my spots and I get on my bench. I use a hand-drill and start opening a slot to where I can inlay this MOP. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention. I need to include a 3mm thick hole that goes through from one end to the other. That should be the first step in the process before creating inlay slots for the white MOP. When drilling into anything, water is your best friend. Friction and heat will cause things to break or crack. Keep that in mind when drilling gemstones. Anyway, after a few hours of creating inlay slots for me to inlay the mother of pearl; I check the whole stone to see if there are any cracks or inclusions that would break this thing. Everything panned out fine and on to the pre-forming machine. I get the white MOP close enough to \u2018exact fit\u2019 and move to the bench. With the hand-drill I slowly start shaving off the walls and see how and where I need this thing to fit into the lapis. It\u2019s sort of a \u2018trial and error process till you get it fitting completely. Once I\u2019ve fitted all three white MOP\u2019s into the lapis. I start the epoxy process, aka, glue.<\/p>\n<p>I apply the epoxy to the walls of the mother of pearl and inside the free-formed slots and gently fit it into the inlayed area. Once you\u2019ve finished the epoxy process, let it sit for a couple of hours till it hardens and sets. This part is pretty crucial. I need to drill a 2mm hole so I can inlay onyx into the white mother of pearls. I have an old school ashtray filled with water and a piece of graded rubber pad, all in the ashtray. I place the lapis bead on top of the rubber pad till its level with the water. I\u2019ve changed the drill bit on the hand-drill to a 2mm sized bit and with one hand, I hold the bead, in the water and use my hand-drill with the other hand and I slowly puncture a hole into the middle of the white MOP. Success! Now I have another two to go, plus another evil eye bead! Hurray! (Yeah right\u2026 if something small goes wrong, I\u2019d have to start all over again.)<\/p>\n<p>Once I get my freshly drilled holes in place, time to insert 2mm sized onyx\u2019s to fit for my pupils\u2026 Before I continue, I was having my coffee at the local coffee shop here in downtown Los Angeles and one of my coffee buddies was telling me a story about some Armenian liquor store guy. He had a giant evil eye hanging on the wall and he asked him, \u2018Hey, what\u2019s the deal with the big ol\u2019 eye hanging behind you?\u2019 The man grabbed an old, 8&#215;10 photo and replied, \u2018this is a picture of me when I was a child and I was told that I was a beautiful child at the time of the photo was taken.\u201d The man then pointed at himself and said, \u201cDo you see what happened to me after someone told me that I was a beautiful child? This is why I have the eye hanging behind me.\u201d I thought I\u2019d share that. I found it ironic and funny at the same time because I\u2019m blogging about the evil eye. Anyway, I was just talking about how I needed to fit 2mm sized onyx into the slots I just made. I inlay them into each whole and add a bit of epoxy into the hole and stick the onyx in them and wait for them to dry. Take a look at the images to get a better idea on what I\u2019m talking about.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/evileye-in-process1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-73\" title=\"evileye in process\" src=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/evileye-in-process1.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/evileye-in-process2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-74\" title=\"evileye in process2\" src=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/evileye-in-process2.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/evileye-in-process3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-75\" title=\"evileye in process3\" src=\"http:\/\/cicadajewelrydesign.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/evileye-in-process3.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve reached the point where I see the finish line in the horizon and it\u2019s time to shape these two beads with my cabochon machine and give it a nice shine. Once I\u2019ve given the beads a nice rounded edge on both sides, I start the polishing process to give it that flush and smooth surface this \u2018Apotropaic\u2019 deserves. Done! I hope it was this blog was a good read and fed you information about different cultural beliefs and their practices and how a simple charm or jewelry could be found hanging on your rear view mirror. 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