Ed McDonnell
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Another Cast Carved Core prototype. This time on a Jr rollerball. The design is inspired by French Gothic work from the middle ages.
I continue to refine my process. Black resin core carved, with the carved area filled with an acrylic metal paste that I applied and textured.
Why a texture in the carving? The glass smooth final coat removes any tactile evidence of the carving and I don't want things to look like the design was printed on the pen. I want the fact that it is carved to be obvious so I'm using partial fill / texturing of the carved area to accomplish this. The picture doesn't really show the dimensionality of the effect and is a poor substitute for actually holding the pen. At the normal observing distance with pen in hand, I'm really happy with how it looks. Particularly as the pen moves and the light plays off the textured fill in the carving. I think I'm getting closer to what I ultimately want. Still need to work on making the texture a little more robust so it survives the remainder of the process unscathed.
Ed
I continue to refine my process. Black resin core carved, with the carved area filled with an acrylic metal paste that I applied and textured.
Why a texture in the carving? The glass smooth final coat removes any tactile evidence of the carving and I don't want things to look like the design was printed on the pen. I want the fact that it is carved to be obvious so I'm using partial fill / texturing of the carved area to accomplish this. The picture doesn't really show the dimensionality of the effect and is a poor substitute for actually holding the pen. At the normal observing distance with pen in hand, I'm really happy with how it looks. Particularly as the pen moves and the light plays off the textured fill in the carving. I think I'm getting closer to what I ultimately want. Still need to work on making the texture a little more robust so it survives the remainder of the process unscathed.
Ed