A few of Jonathon's dyed blanks

[Carl Fisher]

Here are a few of Jonathon's dyed and stabilized blanks. There is a progression in the process in this series of pictures.

The orange one is box elder burl and was an early dye where the blank was pulled before it got 100% saturation into the wood. I actually like the outcome of this one with the mix of colors.

The Tec pen is either a double or a triple dye spalted hickory. This was finished with just a few coast of pens plus friction finish.

The fountain is an interesting outcome. The blank itself is buckeye burl and was a very vibrant purple with full 100% saturation of the dye. Once it was turned and sanded, a CA finish immediately turned it much darker to almost a charcoal with a purple-ish tint to it. I think next time I'm going to try a lacquer finish to see if I can keep the purple in tact. I like the final result of this one, just different than I expected.

 

[Carl Fisher]

Here is the cross sections of both the orange and purple blanks.

 

[wyone]

all great pens.. but I like the orange the best. I am going to try some CJ this week and thinking I really like that effect.

 

[GaryMGg]

Of the pics, I like the early-pulled Orange BB best. Nice work--both of you.

 

[robutacion]

Great stuff, mate...!

I also like the way the orange one turned out, sometimes the unexpected/unplanned results are often the most pleasant, the problem is, to do it again, and again and again...!

All pens are eye catching, I wasn't aware that Jonathon was playing with dying wood but, is not a big surprise, he is very creative...!

Congrats to both of you...!

Cheers
George

 

[Band Saw Box]

A great group of pens, very well done. Jonathon does such a great job on this blanks.

 

[Brooks803]

Those are all great Carl! Like everyone else I also love the orange.

I do think lacquer would be the way to go to keep the colors more natural and not so dark.