Amber Listserv / Lathed white Borneo Amber

[Andy Ng]

25k Euros? A heady sum for a game board and pieces, John. Sounds like it's
time for me to renew my acquaintance with Autocad and a good CNC machine!

Andy

On 10/4/07, JOHN FUDALA <ambersafari at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The devil is in the details... chess set done right will fetch good money.
> Mr. Podzorski of Helena Amber from Sopot sold one set last Amberif. If
> memory serves me right it was no larger than 24" square with board done of
> translucent light color amber over gold foil and the other squares cognac.
> Pieces were hand carved, aprox. 3" tall. Exquisite! It sold for 25 thousand
> Euro.
>
> John
>
> On 10/3/07, Andy Ng <andy.ng.aik.hoe at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Tom and Tammi. I'm intrigued by Tammi's snowman idea. NO snow
> > here at all on Borneo (unless you count the frost inside the freezer). Lets
> > see...cognac amber for the top hat, blackish deep-reds for the eyes, mouth
> > and buttons, and of course a single piece of white amber for the
> > head/arms/body. I feel like trying to make one! Lets see if I have the
> > time/energy.
> > I've no idea how much an amber chess set would cost, Tammi IF I could
> > make it..a very big IF. But who knows eh? 5 years ago I was rubbing away at
> > resinites with old fluffy socks...who knows what the next 5 years will
> > bring?
> >
> > Andy
> >
> > On 10/3/07, tamber12 at aol.com <tamber12 at aol.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Oh, agreed!  Very nice indeed.  I think it would be cute to fashion a
> > > little white amber snowman from the nougat stuff.  Not that you see much
> > > snow in Borneo (well, maybe in the mountains?), but it would be
> > > interesting.  I really like the smaller beads, too.  Amber chess pieces, how
> > > awesome.  If I could afford your prices, I would get something like that for
> > > my son.  What in the world do you charge for something that intricate?
> > >
> > > Tammi
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: TOM BUCKLEY <tbuck22 at optonline.net>
> > > To: Andy Ng <andy.ng.aik.hoe at gmail.com>; amber group <amber at ambericawest.com
> > > >
> > > Sent: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 10:38 am
> > > Subject: Re: Amber Listserv / Lathed white Borneo Amber
> > >
> > >  Nice work Andy. Very nice work.
> > >
> > > Tom
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > >  *From:* Andy Ng <andy.ng.aik.hoe at gmail.com>
> > > *To:* amber group <amber at ambericawest.com>
> > > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 02, 2007 5:13 AM
> > > *Subject:* Amber Listserv / Lathed white Borneo Amber
> > >
> > >  Hi guys,
> > >
> > > The monsoon season seems to have arrived early in Borneo. Have been
> > > hit by howling winds and torrential sheets of rain for the past 2 hours. As
> > > the sky was pouring down on me, I finished polishing these pieces (3 rosary
> > > heads, capsule beads etc). The lathing is still not 'crisp' enough, but it
> > > will be improved, and custom rubber sanding blocks (more like V and U-shaped
> > > blocks) will have to be used for precision-finishing the concave parts.
> > > Given a few more months and the likelihood of producing carved chess sets en
> > > masse will be a reality! :-)
> > >
> > > Andy
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