Fuyu, Haru Urushi

[chriselle]

Winter and spring backgrounds with a black and red tamenuri finish. The base is ebonite and kit bits are from a spare titanium Jr.GentII. This was an order and I think she'll like it. There are MANY layers of raw urushi on this one so the red is a little obscured but in about 6 months to a year the raw becomes more transparent allowing the red to really pop. Simple is best.

 

[fiferb]

Beautiful!

 

[tim self]

One day I must try the Urushi finish. Amazing results.

 

[Kaspar]

Lovely work. Urushi is a wonderful if time consuming finish.

Interesting how it works too. Instead of drying, the Urushiol (the very stuff in poison ivy and sumac) polymerizes in the presence of humidity (hence one needs a humidor, or furo - or to be in Houston during high summer.) In one instance of a type of Urushi finish, I've seen egg white being mixed into the oil. Very cool stuff.

 

[chriselle]

Lovely work. Urushi is a wonderful if time consuming finish.

Interesting how it works too. Instead of drying, the Urushiol (the very stuff in poison ivy and sumac) polymerizes in the presence of humidity (hence one needs a humidor, or furo - or to be in Houston during high summer.) In one instance of a type of Urushi finish, I've seen egg white being mixed into the oil. Very cool stuff.

Thanks Kaspar. Actually, it's called a muro not furo. There are a bunch of ways to get the "bumps" and yes egg whites is one of them although I don't use it much. I like my patterns to be a little tighter.

 

[GoodTurns]

Beautiful work as always. The only downside I see is that your work far overshadows the components used!

 

[bitshird]

Chris, it's a beautiful pen, I guess it gives a new meaning to "a poisoned pen" it's difficult to conceive of a finish like that which is so neat, but it's made from Nasty itchy stuff. and that it keep changing, but I guess even CA changes over time, just not with an effect that will enhance the original look.

 

[Jim15]

Awesome pen. Great work.

 

[reddwil]

Very nice clean and simple look. I like it alot

 

[wizard]

Beautiful pen!! Very nice profile and curvature...the red looks like its about to pop now...If you don't mind me asking..is that red black ebonite or did you just use the black. Doc

 

[Brooks803]

The finish speaks for itself, simple wonderful! I really like the shape you put on the body and cap.

 

[Dalecamino]

Beautiful pen Chris. I like the black and red.

 

[Drstrangefart]

Wow. That really is unique and totally jaw dropping. Kinda changes the way you look at pens in general.

 

[Curly]

I'm glad there is no clip on the pen to disturb its lines. Perfection.

 

[thewishman]

:musical-note:I think I'll need an ocean, of calamine lotion...:musical-note:

Whenever I see urishi work, that song pops into my head.


That is a real beauty! Elegant shape and rich color. A right winnin' pen.

 

[Toni]

Chris~as always seeing your work is mind blowing. Great pen I love it!! I miss seeing your work you are so talented

 

[OKLAHOMAN]

From a vine of poison comes a thing of beauty. As always Chris yours is perfection.

 

[chriselle]

Thank you all for the kind words. It means a lot....kinda smooths out the frustration of the whole urushi process.

Beautiful work as always. The only downside I see is that your work far overshadows the components used!

Agreed. But that is what the customer wanted.

Chris, it's a beautiful pen, I guess it gives a new meaning to "a poisoned pen" it's difficult to conceive of a finish like that which is so neat, but it's made from Nasty itchy stuff. and that it keep changing, but I guess even CA changes over time, just not with an effect that will enhance the original look.

Yes, it's kind of like a fine wine in that way.:wink:

Beautiful pen!! Very nice profile and curvature...the red looks like its about to pop now...If you don't mind me asking..is that red black ebonite or did you just use the black. Doc

No Doc, actually it's some brown stuff I wasn't happy with as is. The brown is buried under lots of black.

:musical-note:I think I'll need an ocean, of calamine lotion...:musical-note:

Whenever I see urishi work, that song pops into my head.


That is a real beauty! Elegant shape and rich color. A right winnin' pen.

Haha.....Yes, the stuff can bite. To make matters more dangerous, I LOVE the smell of urushi so as I'm applying I'm always bringing the pen body up to my nose for a sniff...nummy stuff. Fumes can cause internal irritation, too.

Chris~as always seeing your work is mind blowing. Great pen I love it!! I miss seeing your work you are so talented

Thank you Toni....back at you darlin.:wink:

 

[renowb]

I'm beginning to itch! Seriously, it's a beautiful pen and great accomploishment!