Smell the Roses

[workinforwood]

Back in the spring I had to trim the rose bushes..apparently it's a man job, even though I don't care about roses. One of them had a big dead stem and when I went to trim it down the root came with it. Big enough for a single barrel pen, so I tossed it in the shop. Here it is, cast with some pink and white. It's pretty cool looking. It is almost like a walnut burl. The root was hollow in the center along with all the root intersections ..it's like all the heartwood rots away or maybe it isn't there to begin with.

 

[Dalecamino]

You made a nice creation with that root . Good thinking , as usual !

 

[louisbry]

Cool looking pen!

 

[Ligget]

Very unusual, looks great though!

 

[Fred]

That's different. Nice use of the left overs. Very nice pen!

 

[Rollerbob]

So where's the scroll work?.............................Nice work!!!

 

[rjwolfe3]

beautiful as always

 

[Giospro]

Very NICE Pen.

 

[JohnU]

Nice looking pen Jeff. I have a rose root drying in my basement from one I cut out of my front yard last summer. Just havent gotten around to casting it yet. Hope it looks as good as yours.