karlkuehn
Banned
Been huffing smoke for a little while tonight, needed a break from the web development. Man am I rusty at that! Got the server set up right finally, but now that it's time to start designing, my brain hurts, so off to the shop I went!
This is one of my box elder blanks that I double-dyed purple and teal. The blank had a really dark knothole running all the way through the nib end that I thought would look way cooler than it actually did when I got it turned, so I eyeballed my cheapie wood burner and went hmmmmm...
There's two viney-plant things, originating on either side of the blank where the knot is.
I'm considering applying gold leaf to bottom of the burn marks leaving the dark around the edges, what do you guys think? The burn is kinda dark running through the purple.
Any advice on burning is always appreciated! You can see the knotholes at the 'root ball' of the little plant thing. I'm going to build up a CA finish when I'm done, so I over turned it to compensate.
First person to say 'Good job nice pen' gets bonked! Save that for the other section, I want honest opinions on color and design! []
Thanks!
This is one of my box elder blanks that I double-dyed purple and teal. The blank had a really dark knothole running all the way through the nib end that I thought would look way cooler than it actually did when I got it turned, so I eyeballed my cheapie wood burner and went hmmmmm...
There's two viney-plant things, originating on either side of the blank where the knot is.
I'm considering applying gold leaf to bottom of the burn marks leaving the dark around the edges, what do you guys think? The burn is kinda dark running through the purple.
Any advice on burning is always appreciated! You can see the knotholes at the 'root ball' of the little plant thing. I'm going to build up a CA finish when I'm done, so I over turned it to compensate.
First person to say 'Good job nice pen' gets bonked! Save that for the other section, I want honest opinions on color and design! []
Thanks!