First Pine Cone Cast

[keithbyrd]

I have a tree that sheds very small pine cones - so I put a few in the toaster and after they were good and dry cast them in green alumilite- here is the first pen!

 

[Sappheiros]

Great looking piece! The color is nice. Reminds me of koi.

 

[adirondak5]

Very elegant , I like the color and the pattern from the pine cone .

 

[OZturner]

Spectacular Blank, and Glorious Colour Keith.
Excellent Fit and Finish,
Definitely a "Keeper"
Congratulations,
Brian

 

[Sataro]

Very nice looking pen! Really like the way your blank came out.

 

[keithbyrd]

Thanks for the compliments! I have a bag full ofthose pine cones so gonna be trying some more!

 

[adirondak5]

Kieth , I am going to get into casting and am researching as much as I can . I really like that green you came up with , would you go into some detail on your procedure for getting that color ? Thanks.

 

[keithbyrd]

Kieth , I am going to get into casting and am researching as much as I can . I really like that green you came up with , would you go into some detail on your procedure for getting that color ? Thanks.

No problem - I used alumilite white - and put 6 drops of green dye in 5 oz of alumilite. It wasn't enough to fill the mold so I quickly mixed 2 more oz and put 2 drops of green dye and pour it in - result is two tone green!

 

[tmeccariello]

Great looking pen! reminds me of fish scales. Maybe one day I'll be brave enough to use alumalite.

 

[adirondak5]

Kieth , I am going to get into casting and am researching as much as I can . I really like that green you came up with , would you go into some detail on your procedure for getting that color ? Thanks.

No problem - I used alumilite white - and put 6 drops of green dye in 5 oz of alumilite. It wasn't enough to fill the mold so I quickly mixed 2 more oz and put 2 drops of green dye and pour it in - result is two tone green!

Thank you Keith , the two tone green is very nice , I'll heve to try this sometime down the road .