Turquoise w/Black Marble on Rhodium Venus

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Finished this one up tonight - Turquoise w/Black Marble on a Rhodium Venus. Turned, wet MM through the roster, polished with One Step.

I've wanted to try the Venus, and I think I like it. My wife likes it, so hopefully it'll sell. It's a pricey bugger:rolleyes:.

All comments welcome:eek:.

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thanks! I really need to work on my photos. The third one is blurry. It looks a bit over turned, but it isn't in real life, although it does sort of curve to the hardware. I don't care for how I did it much - habit left over from all the pencils I've been working on.
 
MarkD said:
Very Nice!
Is that Tru-Stone?
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Thanks!

No, I've been working on PR pours that look like tru-stone. This is one of them. I posted a burgundy/gold pen a couple weeks ago that's similar. I love how tru-stone looks, but like turning and cleaning up after PR better:smile:. These are a good compromise, cheaper to make, and I can do any color combo I want.
 
InvisibleMan said:
MarkD said:
Very Nice!
Is that Tru-Stone?
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Thanks!

No, I've been working on PR pours that look like tru-stone. This is one of them. I posted a burgundy/gold pen a couple weeks ago that's similar. I love how tru-stone looks, but like turning and cleaning up after PR better:smile:. These are a good compromise, cheaper to make, and I can do any color combo I want.
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Now that's some impressive casting! Just glancing, I thought it was tru stone, you've done an excellent job imitating the tru stone look.

I too like the Venus pen and have made and sold a few. At a recent show I met another turner who had about a dozen on display and I commented about them being "ladies pens" when he said that he sold more to men than women! I thought that was interesting.
 
Texatdurango said:
InvisibleMan said:
MarkD said:
Very Nice!
Is that Tru-Stone?
Click to expand...

Thanks!

No, I've been working on PR pours that look like tru-stone. This is one of them. I posted a burgundy/gold pen a couple weeks ago that's similar. I love how tru-stone looks, but like turning and cleaning up after PR better:smile:. These are a good compromise, cheaper to make, and I can do any color combo I want.
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Now that's some impressive casting! Just glancing, I thought it was tru stone, you've done an excellent job imitating the tru stone look.
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edicehouse said:
MarkD said:
Very Nice!
Is that Tru-Stone?
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Well I just inserted my foot into my mouth after reading this. I said to myself "Well Duh!" then I read his response.

I forsee a new artist on exotic's.....LOL

Awesome job.
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Thanks guys! Ah, nice that people have to at least ask the question! I won't admit to how much resin I went through trying to nail the process:rolleyes:. I'm pretty happy with it now though.

boxerman said:
Looks very nice. Try reducing your pics. before posting them.
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Agree, they are still too large. I reduced them to 800px height I think, but probably 500 or 600 would be better?
 
InvisibleMan said:
boxerman said:
Looks very nice. Try reducing your pics. before posting them.
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Agree, they are still too large. I reduced them to 800px height I think, but probably 500 or 600 would be better?
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I usually use 600 px as the larger of the two dimensions and the photos fit on a screen well and you can still see nice detail. I grabbed yours and re sized them to:
516 x 600, 492 x 600 and the biggest improvement was down to 600 x 340.

In my opinion, seeing the whole photo at once without having the monitor set at a high resolution makes seeing the pens more enjoyable. Your last photo really shows the blanks off!

I wouldn't mind seeing some other colors!
 
Texatdurango said:
I usually use 600 px as the larger of the two dimensions and the photos fit on a screen well and you can still see nice detail. I grabbed yours and re sized them to:
516 x 600, 492 x 600 and the biggest improvement was down to 600 x 340.

In my opinion, seeing the whole photo at once without having the monitor set at a high resolution makes seeing the pens more enjoyable. Your last photo really shows the blanks off!

I wouldn't mind seeing some other colors!
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OK, 600 px is what I'll use next time. Here's the other color I've photographed so far: http://www.penturners.org/forum/f13/new-marble-google-page-ranking-pour-jr-gent-96433/

I have orange w/black and black w/gold, but haven't gotten a photo yet. The orange/black pen "disappeared" and haven't turned the black one yet. I just got more resin in, so it should be a fun and busy weekend:biggrin:

edit: I forgot - I also have some bad pictures of early prototypes in my photo album.
 
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