3 Color CCC

[Ed McDonnell]

Experimented with adding a third color to a cast carved core pen. I had intended to experiment with using masking for adding the colors, but I got so involved with carving and turning that I completely forgot about the masking. Next time.

It's a purpleheart core, carved with a quilt pattern., painted with two colors (white/pink), cast in clear PR and turned to shape.

All comments and critiques welcome.

Ed

 

[1080Wayne]

Outstanding !!

 

[Carl Fisher]

Very cool effect. Would love to see it on a full size pen.

 

[Dalecamino]

Cool pen! I'm just way too lazy for that stuff. I'll just let you do it, 'cause it looks like you're good at it.:biggrin:

 

[nightowl]

WOW!!!

 

[Jim Burr]

That's to cool Ed!! Your experiments turn out great!

 

[triw51]

That is a beatiful pen Good job

 

[sumterdad]

wow that is nice

 

[glen r]

Very nice pen. How do you make the designs on the masking?

 

[mrcook4570]

Absolutely stunning!

 

[Ed McDonnell]

Very cool effect. Would love to see it on a full size pen.

Hi Carl - Stay tuned. I figured it would be better to work out the bugs on this technique using slims. I'm almost ready to try some other kits. Almost....

Ed

 

[Ed McDonnell]

Very nice pen. How do you make the designs on the masking?

Hi glen r - Although I planned to use masking to try and make painting multiple colors a little easier, I forgot to use it. The design is carved using my DOL (digital ornamental lathe). After carving, I paint the teeny tiny carved areas. Then I repaint the areas where the wrong color ended up. Then I repaint the areas that were fine but that I managed to mess up when I was fixing the areas that were originally messed up. The little white triangles are less than 1/16". Even with the smallest brush I was able to sneak out of my wife's studio and using a magnifier, it's tedious.

I'm hoping that masking will allow me to go back to slathering on the paint. Slathering is a better fit with my painting skills.

See my replies to this discussion. It provides more detail on how I do the carving.

http://www.penturners.org/forum/f13/stencil-carved-core-95203/

Ed

 

[Ed McDonnell]

And finally, thanks to everyone for the comments!

Ed