We have 5 entries into the Advanced casting contest.
Vote for your favorite.
Entry 1
This blank was cast with Hickory twigs embedded in a swirl of white and blue-green resin. The resin is Smooth-On brand, specifically SmoothCast 300. The pigments used are from Smooth-On's So-Strong line, in blue and green. The twigs were placed in the mold, the 2 colors of resin poured on top, and then it was pressurized at 30 PSI.
Entry 2
My 2019 entry is my version of the colored pencil pen. The kit used is a Black Chrome Zen. The blank was made using colored pencil refills glued to the tube and then cast in clear Liquid Diamonds casting resin. It was then turned and polished to give it a high shine. Hope you all like it. Thanks.
Entry 3
To create this pen i covered the tubes in Aluminum Foil Tape and then embossed them, York Gum Burl edge pieces were then drilled and glued to the tubes, on the opposite ends i attached some copper wire and armor plates, more copper wire was bent and shaped to create windows in the center section, each of these windows were painted in different colors, watch gears were also added to each window. The tubes were then cast in Crystal Clear Polyester Resin. The blanks were then turned to size, sanded, polished and assembled to create this unique pen
Entry 4
Book of the month club pen. This blank was made by cutting strips from pages taken from an old book of the month club book, layering them along with strips of card stock, and casting in liquid diamonds.
Entry 5
Chinese 8 momme Habotai silk dyed with yellow Jacquard silk dye, then steamed in a parchment packet to fix the color; 15ml polyethylene centrifuge tube lined with silk as the colorant, 6mm beads and copper flakes added; cast with PR resin at 50psi; initial inner casting unmolded, then spiral-wrapped with copper foil displaying the manually typed lyric of "I'll Take Romance" (by Oscar Hammerstein/Ben Oakland, 1937), then placed concentrically in a 50ml polyethylene centrifuge tube, larger tube then filled 2/3's of the way up with clear PR resin and cast a second time at 50psi; upper third of tube then stuffed with blue-dyed silk and topped up with Mixol blue colored PR resin for third casting at 50psi; unmolded; cured x 1 week, then lathe-polished with Novus 3, then 2, then 1 plastic polishes; fitted with a Ruth Niles stopper.
Vote for your favorite.
Entry 1
This blank was cast with Hickory twigs embedded in a swirl of white and blue-green resin. The resin is Smooth-On brand, specifically SmoothCast 300. The pigments used are from Smooth-On's So-Strong line, in blue and green. The twigs were placed in the mold, the 2 colors of resin poured on top, and then it was pressurized at 30 PSI.
Entry 2
My 2019 entry is my version of the colored pencil pen. The kit used is a Black Chrome Zen. The blank was made using colored pencil refills glued to the tube and then cast in clear Liquid Diamonds casting resin. It was then turned and polished to give it a high shine. Hope you all like it. Thanks.
Entry 3
To create this pen i covered the tubes in Aluminum Foil Tape and then embossed them, York Gum Burl edge pieces were then drilled and glued to the tubes, on the opposite ends i attached some copper wire and armor plates, more copper wire was bent and shaped to create windows in the center section, each of these windows were painted in different colors, watch gears were also added to each window. The tubes were then cast in Crystal Clear Polyester Resin. The blanks were then turned to size, sanded, polished and assembled to create this unique pen
Entry 4
Book of the month club pen. This blank was made by cutting strips from pages taken from an old book of the month club book, layering them along with strips of card stock, and casting in liquid diamonds.
Entry 5
Chinese 8 momme Habotai silk dyed with yellow Jacquard silk dye, then steamed in a parchment packet to fix the color; 15ml polyethylene centrifuge tube lined with silk as the colorant, 6mm beads and copper flakes added; cast with PR resin at 50psi; initial inner casting unmolded, then spiral-wrapped with copper foil displaying the manually typed lyric of "I'll Take Romance" (by Oscar Hammerstein/Ben Oakland, 1937), then placed concentrically in a 50ml polyethylene centrifuge tube, larger tube then filled 2/3's of the way up with clear PR resin and cast a second time at 50psi; upper third of tube then stuffed with blue-dyed silk and topped up with Mixol blue colored PR resin for third casting at 50psi; unmolded; cured x 1 week, then lathe-polished with Novus 3, then 2, then 1 plastic polishes; fitted with a Ruth Niles stopper.
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