I have been playing with denim lately. I thought I would share with you all.
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SteveJ
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Well done!
cl1237
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Awesome! I was just in the shop making some denim micarta
Woodchipper
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Very nice. Amazing what this forum comes up with for ideas.
Fine Engineer
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I love the look of this. How did you make the denim blank?
vernhorst
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Thank you
vernhorst
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I soaked the denim in epoxy (of course) then used alternating layers of dark and light blue denim. Then, I twisted the stack.
Alan Morrison
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Good seeing another medium used.
Nice job, Laverne.
Nice job, Laverne.
vernhorst
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Thank you. I am going to be doing a bit of experimenting with this.
MRDucks2
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Well done! These look Quite Nice.
vernhorst
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Thank you very much
egnald
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Very Cool - Dave
Very interesting. Love the way it looks. Curious to see what more you can do with this.
Small observation, at the end of the blanks, things look like there was maybe some air, or perhaps fraying during cutting? Is that an issue? Seems like it might have occurred during cutting. Would making sure the denim was fully saturated with epoxy eliminate that issue?
Small observation, at the end of the blanks, things look like there was maybe some air, or perhaps fraying during cutting? Is that an issue? Seems like it might have occurred during cutting. Would making sure the denim was fully saturated with epoxy eliminate that issue?
vernhorst
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Let me get back to you many months later. What you pointed out is mostly inexperience.
Are you still making these? The texturing of the fabric came out really nice. I was wondering back when you posted this if it would be possible to do "segmented" denim pens, where you used different kinds of denim for different parts of the blank...
sorcerertd
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Ooh, I like that a lot! They look great!
vernhorst
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I really need to pay attention to this site. I don't see why this isn't possible. I am still making these. My instagram is vernmakes. I post new pens there.
vernhorst
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I layered dark and light blue denim soaked in epoxy and then twisted and compressed
keithlong
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Some years back, I done a blank swap with a fellow turner and he sent a couple of denim blanks and they made nice pens. Great job on your experiment. Nice pen
amtechrs
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Very cool, Vern! Keep on keepin' on!