The Grass is alway, er... Greener

[broitblat]

This is my first attempt at casting my own resin blanks. This is dyed, dried grass cast in a clear polyester resin. The inside of the hole was painted with acrylic paint. It didn't really turn out very well -- I think I need to pack the grass much denser, but I learned some things in the process.

 

[turned_for_good]

Looks very interesting. I love the concept, just need to make some minor adjustments and you will have a winner on your hands.

 

[NavyDiver]

Neat pen. I would never have thought of using grass.

 

[jjenk02]

Great idea, but I don't think you should pack the grass denser, just be sure it is equally distributed.

 

[wudnhed]

It's a great pen, congrats!

 

[kf4knf]

Umm errr, what kind of grass did you use? J/K []

Never though of grass for castin! hmmmm

 

[johncrane]

well done Barry! grass l dont think anyone would of picked that.[]

 

[broitblat]

Steve (kf4knf):

I don't really know what kind of grass it is. I bought it pre-packaged from a craft store and it was just labeled something like "Dried Floral".

 

[jjenk02]

I figured you got it out of your front yard and dyed it[]

 

[BigRob777]

Barry,
I worked in a juvenile detention center and know that when you stuff grass into a cigar shell, you get what they call a "blunt". Just keep it away from fire.
Cool pen. I love the ingenuity (sp?) of it. Keep on trying, but I'll bet you can sell that one. A friend sent me some cores of pine cones. I wonder how they'd be dyed. Now you have me thinking. Good job.
Rob

 

[chitswood]

Looks kinda creepy, thanks for sharing, keep trying your idea.