Bob in SF
Member
After some trial and error, I think I've found a nice way to marble metal pen tubes - the secret is (and please note that this is highly classified, nearly unhackable intel, presented exclusively here on a need-to-know basis to the inner circle of turning intelligentsia):
Daniel Smith makes a number of watercolor grounds, which can be applied to metal (preferably 2 coats applied to 150-grit-sanded tubes using a foam brush or soft watercolor brush, drying 24 hours between coats), alum applied per my earlier "Meet the Marblewoods" post, then marbled once or twice as usual.
I'm working my way through the following types of ground:
Titanium buff
Titanium white
Mars Black
Transparent
Pearlescent white
Pearlescent gold
I'll then try mixing the various grounds, adding mica, sand, etc. (but do not wish to give away any more secrets until it is time - hoping the anticipation will sweeten the moments).
This set of Slimline Stylus Pens was done with Daniel Smith Titanium Buff Watercolor Ground (Douglas and Sturgess PR, tube-in cast):
(any resemblance of these objects to the strata of the earth's crust is purely coincidental)
Will keep you posted.
- Bob
Daniel Smith makes a number of watercolor grounds, which can be applied to metal (preferably 2 coats applied to 150-grit-sanded tubes using a foam brush or soft watercolor brush, drying 24 hours between coats), alum applied per my earlier "Meet the Marblewoods" post, then marbled once or twice as usual.
I'm working my way through the following types of ground:
Titanium buff
Titanium white
Mars Black
Transparent
Pearlescent white
Pearlescent gold
I'll then try mixing the various grounds, adding mica, sand, etc. (but do not wish to give away any more secrets until it is time - hoping the anticipation will sweeten the moments).
This set of Slimline Stylus Pens was done with Daniel Smith Titanium Buff Watercolor Ground (Douglas and Sturgess PR, tube-in cast):
(any resemblance of these objects to the strata of the earth's crust is purely coincidental)
Will keep you posted.
- Bob