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Post by jenna on Nov 24, 2016 0:09:14 GMT
i'll usually do 1ga & 10mm by special request, but sometimes i honestly can't be fucked to allow them. it's a pain in the butt to sort out the finished pieces when 10mm is so visually similar to 00ga & 7/16". but i'll say: when the pre-order is open, i'm more inclined to say yes to people from BAF/BMF/GT/other boards than a random PM in my Luciferins FB inbox. Good to know! I'm still 6+ months away from 10mm and am toying with the idea of just going to 7/16", but I figured I would ask anyway
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2016 1:35:51 GMT
Good to know! I'm still 6+ months away from 10mm and am toying with the idea of just going to 7/16", but I figured I would ask anyway :) in short, you can probably push me into it. but in the long run, you'd be better served by going to a more standard size.
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Post by wenda on Nov 24, 2016 1:55:14 GMT
When I was at 7/16" (and thought that was where I was staying), I was a size bouncer; I could wear anything from 9-11mm comfortably enough, especially if my earlobes had naked days frequently. At the time I owned a standard 00ga 9mm pair of luciferins and they were fine in my ears.
YMMV, it depends on the elasticity of your earlobe skin, but you may find you can size bounce enough to wear both 9 and 10mm when you're at 00ga or 7/16".
OTOH my conch luciferins have all had to be by special order when lish was in the mood to allow it. <3 My conches were supposed to be cut to 8mm, chosen precisely because it IS a standard size; the hole can fit 8mm, but the shape of my small ear bowl means 8mm causes pressure in all kinds of uncomfortable places. I've tried getting 2ga/6mm jewellery for them, but that doesn't work so well either as they tend to fall through at the back. 7mm has turned out to be perfect for me - unfortunately, because it means almost all my conch jewellery needs to be by special order, haha.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2016 2:31:08 GMT
OTOH my conch luciferins have all had to be by special order when lish was in the mood to allow it. <3 okay well yeah let's be clear here, i'll pretty much allow anything for a long-term thousands-of-dollars buyer who is also someone i respect & love, like wenda. so, like, frequent a board i like or, you know, be wendathat's the way to your custom jewelry dreams X)
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Post by weregoat on Nov 24, 2016 5:15:57 GMT
i'm so bummed none of the wedding pictures really did my Luciferins justice. she even took a picture of my ear because i mentioned my plugs but had me hold my earlobe at an angle and it just looks stupid.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2016 5:53:48 GMT
i'm so bummed none of the wedding pictures really did my Luciferins justice. she even took a picture of my ear because i mentioned my plugs but had me hold my earlobe at an angle and it just looks stupid. don't be bummed! they're tough to photograph even when they're the main focus. i'm sure your pics are beautiful & i'm still 100% happy to post you on the fb even if they're just barely visible in your lobes at all. :)
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Post by urkelgrue on Nov 24, 2016 6:42:25 GMT
Opalite in all the things. My ear looks strangely red >:[
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Post by donuts on Nov 24, 2016 13:31:59 GMT
I'm waiting for the day I could afford Luciferins. But I decided I'm stretching over an inch (goal size is probably 28mm) and don't think they are made over an inch. on the contrary! i've made them up to 1+1/4 & can go bigger by custom. glass is heavy though, especially when domed - what i usually suggest is that people over an inch buy 1" SF Luciferins & use o-rings to "inlay" them in a wooden plug that fits their lobe size & has a 1" hole in the middle. cheaper, lighter, & more versatile. That is awesome. Though I won't place it in other jewelry, never liked the idea. It's only 3mm bigger than an inch, and I like heavy jewelry anyways.
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Post by lordganesh on Nov 24, 2016 17:05:23 GMT
2g Anatometal titanium gemmed eyelets in my primary lobes (alternating faceted white opal & cubic zirconia). In my second 8g piercing (left lobe only) I'm wearing a lone Anatometal solid CZ gem plug. Bling Bling!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2016 21:24:54 GMT
That is awesome. Though I won't place it in other jewelry, never liked the idea. It's only 3mm bigger than an inch, and I like heavy jewelry anyways. oh yeah, for 28mm i wouldn't bother either; 1.5mm wood walls aren't exactly safe. Luciferins look pretty amazing at huge sizes anyhow. :)
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Post by donuts on Nov 24, 2016 21:58:53 GMT
That is awesome. Though I won't place it in other jewelry, never liked the idea. It's only 3mm bigger than an inch, and I like heavy jewelry anyways. oh yeah, for 28mm i wouldn't bother either; 1.5mm wood walls aren't exactly safe. Luciferins look pretty amazing at huge sizes anyhow. SO looking forward to finally get them, I asked you on PM at BAF Forums a while ago when's the next pre-order and you said early 2017. It's getting close though.
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Post by wenda on Nov 24, 2016 22:16:49 GMT
OTOH my conch luciferins have all had to be by special order when lish was in the mood to allow it. <3 okay well yeah let's be clear here, i'll pretty much allow anything for a long-term thousands-of-dollars buyer who is also someone i respect & love, like wenda. so, like, frequent a board i like or, you know, be wendathat's the way to your custom jewelry dreams X) Haha aww. :* I wish I'd seen this before I left the house this morning, I would have worn a pair to work today. They can be my weekend attire! I'm visiting Sydney tomorrow so I can show them off in teh big city. But yeah for context I have... um. The following colours in 1/2", 1ga and 4ga sets - Sky blue on white - Red on white - Red on cobalt - Lemon on cobalt - Green on cobalt - Deep blue on cobalt - Deep purple on cobalt - Purple on cobalt - Purple on clear (with additional 8ga tragus/helix pins, and outgrown 0ga and 00ga pairs) - Red/purple double sided (1/2" only) - Silver on clear So that's 34 pairs over the years? Maybe I shouldn't have counted them, I may have a problem >_> Having said that, I wear them to work a LOT. As I said it's inconvenient getting conch matches for sets, because they settled at a stupid size. If I don't have an earlobe match, I just wear plain steel tunnels in my conches, but I don't like to do that at work because I'm conscious of people finding the big cutout holes confronting. Anything I can get conch matches for gets a lot of rotation. Soooo... totally worth it. *nods*
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2016 23:03:57 GMT
SO looking forward to finally get them, I asked you on PM at BAF Forums a while ago when's the next pre-order and you said early 2017. It's getting close though. yep! probably! So that's 34 pairs over the years? Maybe I shouldn't have counted them, I may have a problem >_> if you're enjoying yourself & not hurting anyone, it's not a problem. ^_^
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Post by jessamine on Nov 26, 2016 9:56:40 GMT
lishd just out of curiosity - do you do 10mm through custom order? i'll usually do 1ga & 10mm by special request, but sometimes i honestly can't be fucked to allow them. it's a pain in the butt to sort out the finished pieces when 10mm is so visually similar to 00ga & 7/16". but i'll say: when the pre-order is open, i'm more inclined to say yes to people from BAF/BMF/GT/other boards than a random PM in my Luciferins FB inbox. Good thing I got all my 1g Luciferins at the time I did Which reminds me I need to get back to photographing my ears if only just for your gallery, I bought this huge and amazing collection and then I was like "all this really good stuff is too precious to wear except for special occasions so I'll just wear Kaos 90% of the time now" lol. Meanwhile, thousands of dollars worth of jewelry sits coded by colour and materials in a big box haha.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2016 10:04:59 GMT
Good thing I got all my 1g Luciferins at the time I did :) Which reminds me I need to get back to photographing my ears if only just for your gallery, I bought this huge and amazing collection and then I was like "all this really good stuff is too precious to wear except for special occasions so I'll just wear Kaos 90% of the time now" lol. Meanwhile, thousands of dollars worth of jewelry sits coded by colour and materials in a big box haha. well hey, like i said - i'll do more for my long-term, high-level customers. :) & yes yes! pics please. i love them. :D
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