This pen is the result of a friendship that extends back several months. I have been collaborating with a South African artist on some music. During that time, he and I agreed to collaborate on a pen. I selected a 5/8" piece of pre-ban elephant ivory and turned it round. I then sent it to S.A. where he scribed a design, based on one of his paintings, and sent it back. The removed area was filled with ground turquoise and malachite, the blues and greens of his painting. Due to the extreme sensitivity of elephant ivory to heat and aridity, the blank was turned over several days and sanded over a week. There is no finish as it needs to breathe.
Comments and critiques are welcome.
Comments and critiques are welcome.