#frog skins

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Some of the 30+ Lucio frogmotes I made for Discord Nitro!

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Frog Skin Batch 2: Skins No. 1 to 5

With the experience from the first batch of frog skins, it was much easier for me to understand how to stretch the skins. But the preparation of the tanning is still very much of an experiment. 

For Batch 2, Skin No. 1 and 2 are made as parchments. The skins were soaked in soapy water for a few days, and then washed out and stretched on a piece of grey board, lined with a sheet of baking paper. They were cut along the belly and the entire back is complete. 

Skin No. 3 was soaked in Pu-er tea (red Chinese tea) and red food colouring for 5 days. The skin was cut along the back and the white part, which strangely, does not really take the colour much in the middle. However, the flesh side is a brilliant red and looks like beet. 

Skin No. 4 was soaked in Thai Green Tea blend, also for 5 days. I am very amused by the randomness of the green colouration even though I turned the skin every day. 

Skin No. 5 was treated with glycerin and alcohol, with a blue leather dye. This skin was not stretched. It was handled, stretched and pulled by hand while it was drying. This skin dried and became really soft. There is an issue with skins that are treated this way. They tend to grow mould really easily as compared to the rest of the skins. Both glycerin/alcohol treated skins from Batch 1 and 2 behaved the same way. This is something I need to research more about. 

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Did you know that frog skins is another way to refer to money? No? Me neither.

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FEATURE ITEM | OAKLEY FROG SKINS

OAKLEY FROG SKINS

Throwback to the 1980′s for this week’s feature item.  In a decade known for jean shorts and mullets,  Oakley created an exclusive pair of sunglasses — the Frog Skin. Thankfully for all of us, OAKLEY resurrected the original silhouette from the 80′s and remixed it with modern style, giving you a chance to own a piece of history — the Oakley Frog Skin Sunglasses.

  Get your PAIR OF FROG SKINS HERE for only $99.99

I haven’t been more excited to own a pair of sunglasses in a very long time and I will be wearing these all summer.  My pair of choice are the Polished Rootbeer/Bronze pictured above and they are just as awesome as the original that I rocked back in the day.

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Frog Skins is a collectible card game for two players. Each player brings a deck of 5 cards, and plays them one at a time against the other players deck. Also, the cards are cash. Highest amount wins a round: a $20 bill beats a $10 bill, a $5 bill beats a $1, a $100 beats everything. Ties go into a tie pool. At the end of the game, the player who won the most rounds wins the game. In the case of a true tie, the cash is returned to its original owner. Breaking the game seems easy enough. If both sides stack a deck of $100, the game will result in a true tie. For that scenario, Rohrer has a solution, a player may rip a bill in half and use both pieces as a bill worth that amount. So a ripped $20 bill plays as two complete $20 bills — and loses its actual value in the process.

Jason Rohrer's card game solves America's inflation problem by destroying your money

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my new shades #tourofcool