Shark attack !

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jalbert

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I was tasked by a friends wife to make a pen for my friend's graduation. Since they will be moving to Florida, she wanted it to have something "Florida" themed in it. I like to be a bit abstract in my themes, so I chose to use blanks in the colors of Florida (google told me the state colors were red and orange), which I poured. I made an overlay from argentium, and decided to put a shark on it, because Florida =sharks, right? I made the background a stylized coral frond motif, and mirrored that in the clip. The nose cone of the pen is argentium as well. It uses a pilot g2 refill. Over all length is about 5", and barrel is about a half inch diameter with double start cap threads.
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jalbert said:
I was tasked by a friends wife to make a pen for my friend's graduation. Since they will be moving to Florida, she wanted it to have something "Florida" themed in it. I like to be a bit abstract in my themes, so I chose to use blanks in the colors of Florida (google told me the state colors were red and orange), which I poured. I made an overlay from argentium, and decided to put a shark on it, because Florida =sharks, right? I made the background a stylized coral frond motif, and mirrored that in the clip. The nose cone of the pen is argentium as well. It uses a pilot g2 refill. Over all length is about 5", and barrel is about a half inch diameter with double start cap threads. View attachment 309158View attachment 309159View attachment 309160
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very cool!
 
That's pretty awesome, John. How did you sculpt the shark? Did you sculpt it out of wax to create the mold.
 
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That's pretty awesome, John. How did you sculpt the shark? Did you sculpt it out of wax to create the mold.
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Yeah, I did. Started out as a wax tube, and then carved the shape out and thinned out the background to give it some relief and depth.
 
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