Attempt at tube in casting.

[AVDesigns]

This was one of my first attempts at tube in casting. I did this for my fiance's papercrafting hobby, the shields are from a paper collection she was using, in which she cut the shields out of the paper, and I glued them to the tube as cast them in resin.

This one was a similar setup, using a different paper set.

While far from perfect, I was pretty pleased with the way these turned out.




These are the pens with their matching papercraft projects.

Thanks for looking.

 

[thewishman]

Great looking work! The paper is nice and the pens came out very well.

 

[thewishman]

What glue did you use? Did you have to wait for the glue to outgas or dry before casting?

 

[AVDesigns]

What glue did you use? Did you have to wait for the glue to outgas or dry before casting?

To glue the paper down, I used a glue that she has called Glossy Accents. Then I did Mod Podge over it. I didn't know about out gassing at the time, and think that may have resulted in some of the flaws. The shield has a couple bubbles and the New York one has some weird texture thing going on over part of it, similar to looking through rippling water.