My first Baron and first turned final NEW PICTURE!

[elody21]

I finally got around to doing a Baron! It is made with an australian burl (not sure what kind) any ideas? and blue lapis true stone. There is a genuine blue lapis stone in the top of the finial I also used bocote as an accent.
No matter what I tried I could not get the lapis to show it's true blue color?! It is very dark blue. Darker that the stones in the necklace. If anyone knows the magic to get dark colors to show up maybe you could share.

I got to thinking about what ptboone said about ditigal photo and natural stone which got me to think exactly what is going on with this picture. What seems to be happening is that the lapis is the only dark color in the picture and it is absorbing the light instead of reflecting it! Sooooooo I changed the background to something darker than the stone. Now the background absorbs the light and not the stone!!!!!!

 

[KKingery]

Wow! - Now that is an elegant pen. Wonderful!

 

[KKingery]

Ahhh.....I was wondering what you used to make the transition between burl and the Lapis. The color combo works great.

 

[WoodChucker]

Beautiful Pen and a great photo!

 

[opfoto]

Really nice work. Love it!!

 

[PenWorks]

Very nice pen Alice, Great job on the splicing and the cap is a nice touch.

 

[btboone]

Darn cool. Very nice look. I like when you add touches of the materials in your pens to the pictures. Does that mean you need shark guts if you do an inlay like Jim Lambert's? []

 

[tipusnr]

Why does the true-stone not look blue to me? Is it the photo or did I just trip over my color deficiancy again?

Regardless of the colors I see, or don't see, I think the design is well thought out and executed!

 

[Docsmith45]

wow, great pen. It's a pleasure to see true art.

 

[Deere41h]

Now that is very nice. I am wondering how you attached the finial to the cap thought. I makes for a very attractive pen. I'll have to try to do something like that if I can ever figure out how you did it!!

 

[mike_l]

Awesome color combinations. Great job on the finial.

Mike L

 

[elody21]

Originally posted by tipusnr
<br />Why does the true-stone not look blue to me? Is it the photo or did I just trip over my color deficiancy again?

Regardless of the colors I see, or don't see, I think the design is well thought out and executed!

First to answer this question. I took at least 12 different photos trying to show the true color of the lapis. No matter how I set the lights the lapis true stone and the one on the finial came out looking black even though both are very blue.
I will keep working on the picture.


On the Barron, the gold finial that comes with the pen, presses into the brass tube. All I did is turn a piece of the wood in a similar shape and size and then hollowed out a space for the cabachon to set in. Then it was just a matter of finishing the final and gluing the cabachon in. The clip ring fit over the end of the finial and I then pressed it into the brass tube.

 

[Craig B]

WOW! Very elegant looking job. I really like the whole package. Great Job!

 

[darbytee]

Very, very impressive. Beautiful work.

 

[Gary]

Outstanding work, Alice!

 

[Fleabit]

Excellent job on the pen! Good fit, and color combination. All the pieces accent each other. Great looking pen.

 

[Travlr7]

All the above plus Beautifully artistic. If your sell price doesn't have three digits to the left of the decimil, then I don't know QUALITY when I SEE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bruce

 

[woodscavenger]

I really like what you did. I recently did a Baron with a custom back end to cover the thread and now wish I would have done the finial as well. Maybe next time.

 

[Tropical]

Beautiful pen! Sorry can't advise on the lapis.

 

[btboone]

Sometimes digital cameras record colored stones differently than you see them. I've had that issue a couple times with sapphires and blue diamonds.

 

[Tom McMillan]

Wow, Alice---that is just absolutely beautiful!!! Great looking pen "all the way around"!!!

 

[jkirkb94]

Another fabulous pen, Alice!!! I made a batch of pens using the Lapis TruStone and found that it was a deep blue with gold streaks. In your pictures it is hard to tell that it is Lapis. It would seem that with the lighter wood that the blue color would stand out. Could the batch that you have just be darker?? You pen is great looking no matter!! Kirk[8D]

 

[tomwojeck]

Beautiful pen, Alice. I love the look of the turned finial.

 

[KKingery]

Beautiful.

 

[ctEaglesc]

The pen is gorgeous but does this mean you are only going to post OLD pictures from now on?[]

 

[wayneis]

Try using a light background. Sometimes it helps.

Wayne

 

[Gregory Huey]

WOW this is a top notch looking pen and the work is outstanding. Just a great job all the way around.

 

[dougle40]

Beautiful pen Alice . What a difference the background makes .

 

[Darley]

Originally posted by elody21
<br />I finally got around to doing a Baron! It is made with an australian burl (not sure what kind) any ideas?

Elody 21 those 2 pen are wonderfull, to answer to your question I would say it would be yellow box burl, very light brown turning to yellow, I like the finial part very nice and well done .

Serge

 

[rtgleck]

Wow, those are some great looking pens. I like the laminations and what you did with them. Both of those pens are just Fantastic.