Brian G
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These are examples that would be disqualified from the 2019 IAP BASH Pretty Wood Pen Contest. You can read the rules to understand why they would be disqualified (aside from me being ineligible to enter). :biggrin:
I cast these myself, using Alumilite and various woods. This style has taken different names (e.g., "worthless wood," "mutts," "mixed material," and others), but I'm appropriating the term "Chimera Cast©". That's in a biologic sense, not Greek mythology.
A chimera is an organism containing a mixture of genetically different tissues, formed by processes such as fusion of early embryos, grafting, or mutation. Granted, Alumilite has no genetic material, but I did fuse a mixture of two different materials; thus, Chimera Cast© works for me!
Set 1: Tritons in Maple Cluster Burl, Buckeye Burl, Buckeye Burl, and Maple Cluster Burl; Cigars in Maple Burl, Maple Burl, Buckeye Burl, Maple Burl, Amboyna Burl; Atraxes in Buckeye Burl, Buckeye Burl, and Maple Burl
Set 2: Virages in Amboyna Burl, Amboyna Burl, and Maple Burl; Castellars in Amboyna Burl and Maple Burl; Jr. Georges in Amboyna Burl and Amboyna Burl; Atraxes in Buckeye Burl and Buckeye Burl; Slimline Pros in SpectraPly turning debris; Sierra Click in pinecone; and in the front an Ellipse in Narrah Burl
I cast these myself, using Alumilite and various woods. This style has taken different names (e.g., "worthless wood," "mutts," "mixed material," and others), but I'm appropriating the term "Chimera Cast©". That's in a biologic sense, not Greek mythology.
A chimera is an organism containing a mixture of genetically different tissues, formed by processes such as fusion of early embryos, grafting, or mutation. Granted, Alumilite has no genetic material, but I did fuse a mixture of two different materials; thus, Chimera Cast© works for me!
Set 1: Tritons in Maple Cluster Burl, Buckeye Burl, Buckeye Burl, and Maple Cluster Burl; Cigars in Maple Burl, Maple Burl, Buckeye Burl, Maple Burl, Amboyna Burl; Atraxes in Buckeye Burl, Buckeye Burl, and Maple Burl
Set 2: Virages in Amboyna Burl, Amboyna Burl, and Maple Burl; Castellars in Amboyna Burl and Maple Burl; Jr. Georges in Amboyna Burl and Amboyna Burl; Atraxes in Buckeye Burl and Buckeye Burl; Slimline Pros in SpectraPly turning debris; Sierra Click in pinecone; and in the front an Ellipse in Narrah Burl