First Pine Cone Carbera (Atlas)

[karlkuehn]

Well, I finally stuffed a pine cone in the pot today to see what I could do with it. Not sure what kind of cone it is, picked it up off the street while walking the dog the other day. This was really fun, I'll be doing more of these for sure. I really like the pattern, reminds me of wooden snake scales.

Cast in pearlized PR. Can't really see the pearl in the pictures, mostly gold and bronze with some macro pearl thrown in.

Kit is a satin gold Carbera (Berea) from Bear Tooth Woods.

 

[stevers]

Nice job Karl. Looks like a fun project.

 

[drayman]

nice looking pen there karl, pm sent. regards colin.

 

[louisbry]

Looks great Karl. What size pine cone did you use and did you drill it and turn or did you glue the "scales" to the tube?

 

[karlkuehn]

I think the cone was about 5 - 5 1/2 inches long and maybe 2" around. It was fully opened up. I just trimmed it square on the bandsaw, cast it in resin, drilled it, glued in the tube, and turned it. I think I'd go bonkers trying to glue all those little things onto a tube! Not that I'm not already bonkers. []

 

[louisbry]

Thanks Karl for the explanation. Pine cones that I have seen are larger in diamater.

 

[Ligget]

Lovely pen, the pine cone looks excellent![]

 

[Jim15]

Nice pen, great work.

 

[Radman]

That's a great looking pinecone pen. Ya done good on the blank...
[8D]

 

[rherrell]

Looks great. 'Ya dun guud!

 

[sah6139]

Add another pen to the list of things to do[8D]
Nice pen

steve

 

[tipusnr]

Is that what they call free pre-wood? Great job!!

 

[rhahnfl]

Thanks for the info. The cones are much larger around here. I'll be on the lookout for some about that size. Plus it gives me more reason to get my pressure pot built. []

 

[karlkuehn]

Originally posted by tipusnr
<br />Is that what they call free pre-wood? Great job!!

Yeah, I'm sick of waiting for the darned trees to grow, so I'm just skipping a small step! []

 

[johncrane]

Very nice p/c pen Karl.[]

 

[ahoiberg]

good job karl, looks purdy.