casting blanks

Here are a couple pens featuring blanks that I cast this past weekend. I had a very hard time getting any kind of decent photo .... I know purple is a very difficult color to capture but I had just as much trouble with the blue/green Elegant Beauty...:confused: I'm pretty happy with the...

Got a day above 50 degress ... barely .... so I did some more casting. I'n not sure how I feel about the results yet .... I think I will withhold judgement until I have rounded a few over to see what's inside. :smile:

When I made my initial casting I didn't mix up enough extra resin to allow for what sticks to the cup, stirring stick, gloves, :biggrin:, etc. So when I made my second pour I made sure I had enough of the final color.... I poured it in a 3/4" pipe and an old vitamin bottle. The second one was...

I have made a few blanks and have used clear acrylic with a few drops of dye in it to change it to the color I want. I've been having problems making the blanks opaque. I can still see through them. I was wondering if I'm supposed to use a powder type dye to make it opaque, or just use more...

For my second cast of PR using Coastal Scents mica pigments, I just kind of jumped in with no real plan whatsoever! :rolleyes::eek: The results look about like something created on the spur of the moment by someone trying to out race the falling thermometer...:frown: but, once I cut a blank...

It was finally almost 50 degrees today so I decided to dive in and try my first PR cast. (It had nothing to do with the fact the in-laws were visiting) :biggrin: I would like to say that everything went just as I had planned it ...:rolleyes:... but you wouldn't believe that anyways. My first...

I casted this monet pen last night using Hawaii Abalone shell turn pen polish, assemble, took pictures of the pen uploaded the pictures and then spotted and IMAGE in the cast while reviewing the pictures, see if you can tell me what animal appears in the cast, there was no gimmicks here , it's...

Here's a sample of my most recent casts. Some are for orders, some were experiments, and some were from people asking on IAP for someone to make a certain type of blank and even though I didn't make them one I still wanted to see if I could do it. All are Silmar 41 PR and mica powders. Here are...

I am making some silicone master molds out of wood. Has anyone tried any realese agents other than wrapping the wood in plastic wrap? I was thinking about filling the mold with molten parafin and then pouring it out to leave a coating of wax on it before filling it with silicone. I tried spray...