What are some "beachy" type pens to make?

[Quality Pen]

I'm trying to come up with some nice beachy type pens... Being so new, I can really only recall seeing abalone shell pens. But I'm sure there are more. Maybe a pen made out of cast lobster or crab shell? A sand'ish type blank? A blank that looks like ocean waves (kind of made a pen like this before)? I don't know lol...

 

[The Penguin]

abalone for sure. hold on to your pocketbook though - they aren't cheap.

I think I've seen coral pen blanks, though as a scuba diver I am vehemently opposed to harvesting and use of any corals.

Toni probably makes some polymer clay tubes with fish on them

Exotic Blanks sells hand painted blanks ("Blank Canvas") that have some sea creatures on them.

 

[Jester777]

I hand paint pen designs for The Classic Nib and have done a number of ocean themes you might want to look into here..

There's a Jr. Orca and Sea turtle Hand Painted Jr. Series

And two different seahorses and a shark sierra twist here..
Twist Type Sierra Series, Arrow, Wall Street, Gadsby, and ohers


If you have any requests for other ocean animals or animals in general let me or Roy know! Thanks!

 

[Edward Cypher]

Here is one of Toni's blanks. http://www.penturners.org/forum/f13/tonis-seascape-120539/ That fit your requirements.

 

[Quality Pen]

Those are very nice... but well above my target price range unfortunately!

 

[Ted iin Michigan]

Tru-Stone makes a coral. Ed & Dawn have it at Exotic Blanks. Don't know if it's made of true coral or not. Haven't tried it. Bear Tooth Woods also carries it.
http://www.beartoothwoods.com/catalog/images/TS_AsianPinkCoral.jpg?osCsid=gil9n1e2o6kuo3dst98ukrau34

 

[Gary Beasley]

I would think palm fits that category too.
I've picked up dried cabbage palm fronds at Hunting Island and made pens from the thick part of the stem.

 

[PapaTim]

Don't forget about decals. The options there are endless, including photo's from specific beaches.

 

[Jim Burr]

Have you looked at retailer sites to see what you like?

 

[Akula]

Depending on the pen and your working area, I have attached very small sea shells to slimlines and then cast in clear resin. They look very good but do take a lot of time. The slimlines gave me the most room to work with if you turn them in the hourglass shape. Timberbits Spring Blossom would also work on the lower section

 

[Pen-Archer]

Look for an acrylic blank called Ocean Mist Inlace. I have a couple on order and they look interesting.

 

[Quality Pen]

That ocean mist is very nice!

Thank you to everyone for the recommendations!

For what it's worth I have looked at various ones and found some okay ones... but there are soooo many blanks and stores out there that I just know that, really, I can't know what all is out there . But you guys do!

 

[firewhatfire]

Glue sand to a blank and cast it. Saw some miniature sand dollars cast recently also.

 

[Quality Pen]

Glue sand to a blank and cast it. Saw some miniature sand dollars cast recently also.

I'm definitely going to get into casting eventually... but right now my hands are so full just learning to turn and finish better!

 

[Jgrden]

Sturgeon decals work nice.

 

[Tony Pridmore]

Turtle inlay

 

[ossaguy]

I've come across lots of nice beach scenes on stamps,that you could make a stamp pen.

I hope that whatever you create,you post it here for us to see!



Steve

 

[Cmiles1985]

Slabs, Blanks and Boards has some beautiful PR blanks that somewhat match a beachin nature...color wise. All of the ideas above as well.

Good luck, and if you think of something you want cast, let me know. I am not a beach guy, but live/work within a few miles of one. Stuff pops up around here all the time.

 

[Quality Pen]

Slabs, Blanks and Boards has some beautiful PR blanks that somewhat match a beachin nature...color wise. All of the ideas above as well.

Good luck, and if you think of something you want cast, let me know. I am not a beach guy, but live/work within a few miles of one. Stuff pops up around here all the time.

Those are some great looking blanks!