Butterflies are filigree

[BRobbins629]

Metallic blue PR and black Bakelite from the wonderful and exotic PR Princess exoticblanks.com (not so shameless plug) with sterling silver cast filigree.

 

[BullDurham]

That is great Bruce. You realy do some nice work.

 

[toolcrazy]

That is really cool, nice work.

 

[Skye]

Very cool. If you need butterfly art, check out some pictures of tribal butterfly tattoos. There's some good lineart artwork out there that would make great filigree.

 

[wood-of-1kind]

Bruce, pretty soon you will be the 'exclusive' jeweller to the 'stars'. Exquisite work.

 

[thewishman]

Beautiful!!!

 

[OKLAHOMAN]

AWESOME​

 

[VisExp]

Bruce, that came out great! Awesome work. :good::good:

 

[akbar24601]

That is absolutely beautiful Bruce!!! Great job!!!

 

[BigShed]

Exquisite work!

Is that done with lost wax casting?

 

[johnnycnc]

Very classy artistry,Bruce.
You are doing some amazing work!

 

[broitblat]

I love the title... and the pen. That is amazing looking. I can only imagine the patience and talent to achieve that level of detail and quality.

-Barry

 

[Dalecamino]

Stunning piece of work Bruce .

 

[BRobbins629]

Exquisite work!

Is that done with lost wax casting?

Thanks to all who commented!

Yes this is lost wax casting - here's the almost complete wax model I turned then carved.

 

[gmcnut]

Me likey!

 

[desertyellow]

VERRY COOL!

 

[skiprat]

Well done Bruce:biggrin: If you keep that up, you will be giving Montegrappa some serious competition.

 

[workinforwood]

Pretty amazing Bruce!

 

[devowoodworking]

Very cool Bruce!

 

[BigShed]

Thanks to all who commented!

Yes this is lost wax casting - here's the almost complete wax model I turned then carved.

Thanks Bruce, that is a very intricate bit of work.

I have visited a local jewelry maker who does this lost wax casting and it is quite an involved process.

 

[ed4copies]

Kudos Bruce!!! Roy--- Copyright violation

AWESOME​

I couldn't agree more!!!

Roy, I didn't get that royalty check for the red, italic --- I have that copyrighted you know!!! I thought I already commented when I saw it.

 

[bitshird]

Gosh Bruce, your going to cause me to start working silver again, I gotta do it, Very nice wax carving and a beautiful pen.

 

[PR_Princess]

Bruce.. just beautiful!!:worship::worship::worship:

A wonderful job on the filigree - and combining all of the other elements. But, if you ask me, I think that you are are way too much fun with this metal casting stuff!!! :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

The bar has definitely been raised with this one, and you have given the rest of us something to aspire too. (Skippy.... better watch out!:biggrin