Lasered Dancer

[budnder]

A gift for a dance instructor. Didn't think the laser carved deep enough to fill, so I just put several coats of CA on the whole pen to fill in the engraving. It was kind of an experiment, but I liked how it turned out.

 

[thewishman]

The dancer looks like she in in motion - very nice work!

 

[SteveAxelrod]

I'm not a big fan of engraving, but this little figure is exquisite and the placement amongst the grain and of the clip is perfect! Lovely!

 

[Jim15]

Looks great.

 

[magpens]

That is REALLY beautiful !!!!! . I love the petiteness of the dancer !!

 

[dthayer]

What kind of laser do you use?

 

[Gwatson50]

Great pen... and reminds me of an Elton John song!


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[budnder]

What kind of laser do you use?

It was one of those little 1500mw units, mine's a Mertek- but I'm pretty sure it and the NEJE, Qiilu, etc. are all the same.

I have one of the 3d printed attachments that will rotate the pen so you can engrave on the curved surface. But I'm still tinkering with that and not yet to the point where I trust it on a keeper. So for this, I simply taped the pen down to the bed and apparently the focus was wide enough that the variable distance across the small engraving didn't matter. The engraving was 1/4" wide and 1/2" tall.

 

[kruzzer]

looks great..

 

[MikeL]

Looks very nice. Engraving is not overstated at all which, for my taste, makes this pen top notch.

 

[budnder]

Thanks all for the kind words.

I'm not a big fan of engraving...

I'm not either, at least not in the traditional, "design to the right of the clip" approach. Same with inlays that are "one sided". It just looks unbalanced to me. That was the experiment part of this really, to see what a little adornment would look like, and if it would end up being too small.

 

[TattooedTurner]

To my eye engravings tend to do more to detract from a pen's beauty rather than add to it. Such is not the case here. The size and placement are perfect so it adds to the overall beauty. This is a good lesson in restraint, you did exactly what needed to be done and no more. Very nicely done.

 

[Hubert H]

Very nice!

 

[mark james]

Thanks all for the kind words.

I'm not a big fan of engraving...

I'm not either, at least not in the traditional, "design to the right of the clip" approach. Same with inlays that are "one sided". It just looks unbalanced to me. That was the experiment part of this really, to see what a little adornment would look like, and if it would end up being too small.

I'll agree with both Steve and Roy; engraving can be distracting.

But in this case, the pattern is very subtle, very attractive, and very complimentary to the blank.

Well done!

 

[OZturner]

Beautiful Pen Roy.
Glorious Blank, Fantastic Laser Engraved, Dancing Silhouette.
Great Work,
Congratulations,
Brian.