Rojo22
Local Chapter Leader
Ok, most of you read the title and said, well there sure would be a lot of room in his head to run around in....LOL....
I started this pen out a few years back as a simple vine and dot pattern with a vine of veneer and some simple dowels as representations of leaves. I have always wanted to attempt this pen, but have always put it off till now. With the confidence to pour a PR pour from our own MICK, I took a one inch maple blank and cut out the vine and leaf pattern. I mixed and poured a green PR in the pattern and then added the layers of veneer on the opposing sides of the body of the pen, and tried to echo that in the cap. I then added the end segments to the pen body and cap. There are 15 pieces in the cap alone, and there are 9 peices in the body of the pen, not including the PR as a piece, for a total of 24 individual pieces in the pen. I have always wanted to try the Cambridge pen kit, and never had till this one....I have a bone to pick with the designer of the Cambridge, but that is another post.
I tried to get the theme of the Cambridge kit captured with the leaf and vine/grape accents. This is a pen I have entered into the Georgia Perry International Fair, in the woodturning division, so if you are in Georgia, you can see it at the fair. The finish is a CA finish. The wood is an insanely figured piece of Maple for the field, the veneers are maple and purpleheart, the end caps are also purpleheart, and the leaves and vines are a super secret mix of green PR.....
I would love to hear honest critiques of the work. I have thick skin and am looking for honest feedback, because I plan on doing a series of these, and your feedback will be considered when making others. I appreciate all comments, good and bad, and I have thick skin so dont worry about upsetting me. If you really have something bad to say, just PM me....LOL.....I made three of these "just in case" because of the Perry Fair deadline was sneaking up on me, so I have the other two and will have them for display at the Southeast Chapter Meeting Tomorrow...there will be a slight admission fee....lol....just kidding....
I started this pen out a few years back as a simple vine and dot pattern with a vine of veneer and some simple dowels as representations of leaves. I have always wanted to attempt this pen, but have always put it off till now. With the confidence to pour a PR pour from our own MICK, I took a one inch maple blank and cut out the vine and leaf pattern. I mixed and poured a green PR in the pattern and then added the layers of veneer on the opposing sides of the body of the pen, and tried to echo that in the cap. I then added the end segments to the pen body and cap. There are 15 pieces in the cap alone, and there are 9 peices in the body of the pen, not including the PR as a piece, for a total of 24 individual pieces in the pen. I have always wanted to try the Cambridge pen kit, and never had till this one....I have a bone to pick with the designer of the Cambridge, but that is another post.
I tried to get the theme of the Cambridge kit captured with the leaf and vine/grape accents. This is a pen I have entered into the Georgia Perry International Fair, in the woodturning division, so if you are in Georgia, you can see it at the fair. The finish is a CA finish. The wood is an insanely figured piece of Maple for the field, the veneers are maple and purpleheart, the end caps are also purpleheart, and the leaves and vines are a super secret mix of green PR.....
I would love to hear honest critiques of the work. I have thick skin and am looking for honest feedback, because I plan on doing a series of these, and your feedback will be considered when making others. I appreciate all comments, good and bad, and I have thick skin so dont worry about upsetting me. If you really have something bad to say, just PM me....LOL.....I made three of these "just in case" because of the Perry Fair deadline was sneaking up on me, so I have the other two and will have them for display at the Southeast Chapter Meeting Tomorrow...there will be a slight admission fee....lol....just kidding....