seamus7227
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Back around the beginning of April (2012), Darrell Eisner(Scotian12) sent me an email to discuss the possibilities of working on a pen together that would commemorate the life of Jim Bowie. [FONT="]
"In February 2012 I was fortunate to win at auction, two cypress blanks of wood from The IAP. This wood was donated by Rick Roberson who received it from developers of The Acadian Plantation in 2010 when the Plantation was being demolished. Among the many owners of the Acadia Plantation in Thibodaux, Louisiana, were James Bowie and his brother Rezin who owned the property from 1727 to 1831.
[/FONT]I appreciated the historical significance of the wood but was not sure how I could use it. Cypress is a soft wood with very little grain and would not show well on a full sized pen. Later in the Spring I was inspired from another project that I was working on (Titanic pen and Presentation case) and used elements of that concept to develop as he calls it "The Bowie Project"."
~Darrell Eisner
Darrell located a coin that was made to commemorate Jim Bowie and found it to be a suitable match for this pen. Because of its size, we agreed to use a larger size pen, the Statesman. [FONT="]The Texas state flag was chosen as a fitting backdrop to the Bowie coin. [/FONT][FONT="]He had previously sent me the lower turned cypress wood for the lower barrel and I completed the pen by scrolling the metal coin, placing the Texas flag backdrop and coin on the cap. These were encased in resin and turned, completing the pen. [/FONT]
Darrell also enlisted the help of John T. Hubbard of Huntsville, Alabama, to assist with the construction of the presentation box. He and John agreed that James Bowie was bigger than life and that the Bowie Project should take on a very high profile and standard of excellence. John is responsible for the construction of the interior and exterior of a renovated cigar box and the artwork on the box. He skillfully molded the cloth interior to accommodate space for the pen, coin, historical U.S. Stamps and Bowie labeled, whisky scented ink.
At this point, I will only be posting pictures of the pen, more of a teaser post than anything. The pen box is going to be a home run for this project but unfortunately, those photos wont be available until sometime later this month.
This is a joint, international, collaborative effort at making a beautiful piece of artwork. You can be assured that the craftsmanship is of the highest standard and showcases the skills of the individual artists.
"In February 2012 I was fortunate to win at auction, two cypress blanks of wood from The IAP. This wood was donated by Rick Roberson who received it from developers of The Acadian Plantation in 2010 when the Plantation was being demolished. Among the many owners of the Acadia Plantation in Thibodaux, Louisiana, were James Bowie and his brother Rezin who owned the property from 1727 to 1831.
[/FONT]I appreciated the historical significance of the wood but was not sure how I could use it. Cypress is a soft wood with very little grain and would not show well on a full sized pen. Later in the Spring I was inspired from another project that I was working on (Titanic pen and Presentation case) and used elements of that concept to develop as he calls it "The Bowie Project"."
~Darrell Eisner
Darrell located a coin that was made to commemorate Jim Bowie and found it to be a suitable match for this pen. Because of its size, we agreed to use a larger size pen, the Statesman. [FONT="]The Texas state flag was chosen as a fitting backdrop to the Bowie coin. [/FONT][FONT="]He had previously sent me the lower turned cypress wood for the lower barrel and I completed the pen by scrolling the metal coin, placing the Texas flag backdrop and coin on the cap. These were encased in resin and turned, completing the pen. [/FONT]
Darrell also enlisted the help of John T. Hubbard of Huntsville, Alabama, to assist with the construction of the presentation box. He and John agreed that James Bowie was bigger than life and that the Bowie Project should take on a very high profile and standard of excellence. John is responsible for the construction of the interior and exterior of a renovated cigar box and the artwork on the box. He skillfully molded the cloth interior to accommodate space for the pen, coin, historical U.S. Stamps and Bowie labeled, whisky scented ink.
At this point, I will only be posting pictures of the pen, more of a teaser post than anything. The pen box is going to be a home run for this project but unfortunately, those photos wont be available until sometime later this month.
This is a joint, international, collaborative effort at making a beautiful piece of artwork. You can be assured that the craftsmanship is of the highest standard and showcases the skills of the individual artists.
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