Snakes and Stones

[Lord Sorril]

Sorril I know you're doing this just for fun, but have you considered looking into doing a coffee table book or something with some of these photos? I think these are perfect for it and would be a great medium to showcase these animals as well as your hard work with the stones.

Thank you for the compliment, but, nah, I think my photos will reach more people online in a digital format as opposed to a printed one. Besides....there are many beautiful coffee table books that are in the local bookstore clearance bin.

Most of the snakes shown with the 2020 image copyright are holdbacks that are currently in my collection. I will begin taking photos of all my ball python hatchlings with stones starting this year (2021) prior to rehoming. I expect my photo collection to grow significantly in a relatively short time and the plan is that each year (ideally) the morph combos will become more interesting over time...

Maybe if I decide to become a business or surface as an official breeder in a decade or two I can use the Snakes/Stones as my gimmick.

[Kam]

Love all these pictures.


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[Lord Sorril]

Love all these pictures.

Thanks!

People think that rock tumbling is a hobby that requires patience. Breeding ball python morphs: That is a hobby that requires real patience...

[Lord Sorril]

Photo #34

Super Black Pastel Spider

The stone is interesting as well...my gf gets mad when I do this:

[Hugsplox]

Photo #34

Super Black Pastel Spider

The stone is interesting as well...my gf gets mad when I do this:

I LOVE singing bowls.

There's a book shop up in the Atlanta area that carries a lot of them, as well as an assortment of other spiritual/religious items and books. I've always wanted to pick one up but the world became the world and I never did. Thanks for reminding me about them! Time to do some online shopping.

[Lord Sorril]

There's a book shop up in the Atlanta area that carries a lot of them, as well as an assortment of other spiritual/religious items and books. I've always wanted to pick one up but the world became the world and I never did.

Yes, it is neat! There was a small shop in my college town that sold imported goods. The singing bowl pictured was the first one I was ever introduced to: I thought it was neat on a science-y level and had to have it...I remember buying a lot of eclectic items as an excuse to visit that store before I asked the shopkeepers daughter on a date, but, that is a completely different story.

[Bogertophis]

Gotcha! Thanks-

[Lord Sorril]

I had bought a piece of slag glass off of Ebay to tumble it.
I thought it looked pretty clean to start with.



Slag Glass is considered one of the more 'advanced' materials to tumble because it is softer than many types of rock (and even many forms of obsidian).



Shining a LED flashlight through the finished piece gives a crazy photo (below).
Photo #38A


As with all translucent tumbled stones/gemstones you are able to see just deep enough into them to spot the imperfections. Camera flash doesn't help: makes a bit of an odd photo.

Photo #38B


A video is better to show under normal light.

[richardhind1972]

That blue glass is an amazing colour
Snakes awsome too
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[Lord Sorril]

That blue glass is an amazing colour
Snakes awsome too

Thanks! The chunk of glass was a tricky one: I could not polish it in the tumbler because the glass was too heavy and soft and the plastic pellets I normally use as cushioning could still scratch the surface at the final polish stage. Eventually I prepared a 2 micron Aluminum oxide paste on a cloth and finished it by hand over the course of a few hours...tedious work, but, not bad to pass the time if you are just watching D grade horror movies on Netflix.