Hi Friends,
I've been travelling a bit, so didn't get the chance to put up some of my new pens. This one is the Rainbow Bee Eater Aboriginal Art Pen series dressed in the Roman Harvest a fountain pen. Tina Elliot- Carmody is a very talented Aboriginal local artist, and she has a flare for birds. She painted these birds on the brass tubes, we cast them and I turned them into this fountain pen. My wife has taken an interest since I started doing these Aboriginal art pens, and she now helps me in the casting process. So it's been wonderful. We celebrated our 33rd wedding anniversary recently!! Here is a little information on the Rainbow Bee-eater.
Rainbow Bee-eater ( Merops Ornatus) (25cm) found throughout the state of Western Australia except the desert regions. A breeding migratory bird to the South West mainly in September to October and departing the South West January to April. They often return to the same area the following year digging out nests in open areas where there is relatively soft but firm sand. The angled nest is either on flat ground or in the side of a sandy bank. They feed on insects particularly large flies, dragon flies and bees sitting on exposed branches darting out to take prey on the wing, then wacking the insects repeatedly against a branch, before swallowing. Their pleasant trill often leads one to their nesting area.
Cheers,
Sean
I've been travelling a bit, so didn't get the chance to put up some of my new pens. This one is the Rainbow Bee Eater Aboriginal Art Pen series dressed in the Roman Harvest a fountain pen. Tina Elliot- Carmody is a very talented Aboriginal local artist, and she has a flare for birds. She painted these birds on the brass tubes, we cast them and I turned them into this fountain pen. My wife has taken an interest since I started doing these Aboriginal art pens, and she now helps me in the casting process. So it's been wonderful. We celebrated our 33rd wedding anniversary recently!! Here is a little information on the Rainbow Bee-eater.
Rainbow Bee-eater ( Merops Ornatus) (25cm) found throughout the state of Western Australia except the desert regions. A breeding migratory bird to the South West mainly in September to October and departing the South West January to April. They often return to the same area the following year digging out nests in open areas where there is relatively soft but firm sand. The angled nest is either on flat ground or in the side of a sandy bank. They feed on insects particularly large flies, dragon flies and bees sitting on exposed branches darting out to take prey on the wing, then wacking the insects repeatedly against a branch, before swallowing. Their pleasant trill often leads one to their nesting area.
Cheers,
Sean
