Laser Leftover/Polymer Clay Pen

Penl8the · Dec 12, 2010

This is my first attempt at what I call LL/PC (Laser Leftover/Polymer Clay) blank.

The pen kit is Diplomat II Gunmetal.

I got the laser leftover (LL) from exoticblanks.com. The LL came as dyed (I think) blue. I did not do anything to the LL.

I CA glued the tube in the LL, filled or puttied the cutouts with white Sculpey PC, baked the blank in a toaster oven at 275 degrees F for 15 minutes, cooled off, turned down to size, finished with 2 coats of thin CA, 2 coats of medium CA (buffed with 0000 steel wool between coats), and polished with HUT twice.

I still have lots to learn about PC. At close inspection, there are voids (air pockets) in the PC. I should have conditioned the PC more before I puttied LL.

Thanks for looking. Comments are welcome.

alphageek · Dec 12, 2010

Woah!!! That is brilliant! I've had fair results with casting, so I wasn't sure if I could do anything with the laser leftovers, but I think I could do that!!

Fabulous idea!!

ed4copies · Dec 12, 2010

Hey Brandon,

How about "Clay Pigeon Holes"??

Polarys425 · Dec 13, 2010

Does the clay shrink any at all when baked?

boxerman · Dec 13, 2010

Cool pen.

Toni · Dec 13, 2010

Very cool pen love it that you filled in the holes with PC, just brilliant!!

bobjackson · Dec 13, 2010

Good job.

ldb2000 · Dec 13, 2010

Excellent !!! Great idea and masterfully done !

workinforwood · Dec 14, 2010

Ah..so PC is what you used. That's really smart thinking. It's cheap, it's simple enough that anyone can do it and it's eye catching. Way to think outside of the box!

Boz · Dec 14, 2010

Help me out here. What is a laser leftover?

ed4copies · Dec 14, 2010

It's a brainstorm of Dawn and Ken Nelson (Kallenshaan Woods).

Find them here: http://www.exoticblanks.com/index.p...tegory_id=102&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=60

Penl8the · Dec 14, 2010

Thanks for the kind words everyone.

ed4copies said:
Hey Brandon,

How about "Clay Pigeon Holes"??

Hi Ed, clay pigeon holes technique. I like it.

Toni said:
Very cool pen love it that you filled in the holes with PC, just brilliant!!

It is not millefiori, just "clay pigeon holing". But still ... I have been "Toni Approved".

Yahoo!! :banana::banana::banana::banana:

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