Orange Pine Cone in Zen

[tgsean]

Hi,

I've had to make this order for a friend whose husband loves yellow and orange. I had made a yellow banksia for him earlier, and his wife said he wants an organge pen too. So I decided to make an orange pine cone alumlite blank, it was actually caramel colour to start with, from Old Fox (canada). I painted the tube with orange, and since it's quiet translucent it changed the colour to orange. I liked that! This time hopefully I've got it on the right way. Enjoyed doing this, and finished with CA.
C & C always welcome, prepared to improve each time.

 

[Marko50]

I was messing around this afternoon with some AL and color. I had the same thing happen, quite by mistake, but I wrote it down in my recipe book!… It started out a carmel color but after it cured it was a popping orange. Magic!

 

[tgsean]

Great stuff, although mine was intentional, I needed it to be orange for the order~

 

[OZturner]

Great Pen Sean.
Great Blank, Nice trick with painting the Tube,
After all, It is the result that counts.
Beautiful Job,
Brian.

 

[tgsean]

Thanks Brian, you know I did not realise earlier that the bushings on either end was different till I learned from the Imperial Jade mistake! It was really good that I got feedback about it, that helped the learning process.

 

[yorkie]

That's got to be one of the best pens I've seen! Fantastic! Well done!

 

[Tom T]

Sean, that is a fabulous pen. Love the pine cone and the color.
And you made it yourself, wow. Looks like a Tiger.
Great job with it. Thanks for letting us see it.

 

[tgsean]

Tom, I bought the blank, it was caramel coloured, I only changed the colour to orange by painting the tube orange, and of course turned and finished the pen. The blank can be bought from www.oldfoxpenblanks.com

 

[robutacion]

Hi Sean,

Quite attractive pen, you got there mate, the blank was well made by your vendor but you also done a great job with the reverse painting decision and fit/finish, congrats...!:wink::biggrin:

PS: And your photography has improved immensely also, I like what you are doing...!

Cheers
George

 

[Fishinbo]

Awesome pen! The cones created interesting figures and the orange really pop with the kit. Beautiful work!

 

[StuartCovey]

That looks great! I love the pinecone blanks.