airrat
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I don't know if my pens rank up there with you all anymore. I do not get the time to spend in the shop with them as much right now. Especially when it is 110+ in there. I just finished up some rather nice orders on the sandblasting. The last one being 140 sandstone coasters for a company that is taking them around the world as gifts. When the boss gets back he is going to buy a pen for himself.
Back to the pens.
First is one of Jeff Powell's scroll work resin blanks with my own twist into it. It took me a little while to find the right one to fit and then setting up everything on the lathe to drill it. By then I was tired and scared so I went to bed and drilled it the next morning. I set the ruby in and it fit nicely. I wanted some of the white left around it for the white of the eye (maybe a little more/maybe not??).
The second one is one of Ken's laser kits. I inlayed a cubic zirconia in the kokopelli for the eye.
I am working on a few other laser kits. Some will have inlays in them since I have it set up and the gems out of the safe. Then back to the sandstone for the next artshows. LOL
On a side note for those of you that remember my Southwest airlines pen (look in my album) some Jerk stole it off my workstation at the airport. I can say I know the passengers name (he went to Kansas City) but I couldn't accuse him for fear of losing my job. So if anyone see's it anywhere online, that pen was never given out/sold/traded/ nothing...it was stolen. and I miss it. The only difference from the picture is I changed the cigar kit to one similar to the one used in this thread. (Gold though)
Edited I would have zoomed in more on the pens to show the gems but its a new camera and I don't know it yet. Sorry.
Back to the pens.
First is one of Jeff Powell's scroll work resin blanks with my own twist into it. It took me a little while to find the right one to fit and then setting up everything on the lathe to drill it. By then I was tired and scared so I went to bed and drilled it the next morning. I set the ruby in and it fit nicely. I wanted some of the white left around it for the white of the eye (maybe a little more/maybe not??).
The second one is one of Ken's laser kits. I inlayed a cubic zirconia in the kokopelli for the eye.
I am working on a few other laser kits. Some will have inlays in them since I have it set up and the gems out of the safe. Then back to the sandstone for the next artshows. LOL
On a side note for those of you that remember my Southwest airlines pen (look in my album) some Jerk stole it off my workstation at the airport. I can say I know the passengers name (he went to Kansas City) but I couldn't accuse him for fear of losing my job. So if anyone see's it anywhere online, that pen was never given out/sold/traded/ nothing...it was stolen. and I miss it. The only difference from the picture is I changed the cigar kit to one similar to the one used in this thread. (Gold though)
Edited I would have zoomed in more on the pens to show the gems but its a new camera and I don't know it yet. Sorry.
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