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I don't usually turn resin blanks, but a member of the British forum who is a caster has been trying to cast this Japanese paper that I gave him.
It's a wee bit cloudy for some reason or other...maybe my inexperience at finishing this material.....though he himself suspected that there may be a bit of cloudiness. I turned it and put it on an Aquilo pen kit as my wife likes it even better. Comments welcome. IMG_1181.JPGIMG_1184.JPG
 
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Very unique! I think the engravings on the hardware go pretty well with the design on the blank, too. Well matched. I've never heard of the Aquilo style, but I think its perfect.
 
It is beautiful paper and pen also.

My wife and I went with a Japanese couple in Nagoya to a museum for Washi or Chiyogami - it was somewhere outside of Nagoya. They had the most beautiful paper designs there.

I love it when I see the Japanese paper, and on pens it is especially beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
 
leehljp said:
It is beautiful paper and pen also.

My wife and I went with a Japanese couple in Nagoya to a museum for Washi or Chiyogami - it was somewhere outside of Nagoya. They had the most beautiful paper designs there.

I love it when I see the Japanese paper, and on pens it is especially beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
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My wife and son and I have been there! It was amazing!
 
leehljp said:
It is beautiful paper and pen also.

My wife and I went with a Japanese couple in Nagoya to a museum for Washi or Chiyogami - it was somewhere outside of Nagoya. They had the most beautiful paper designs there.

I love it when I see the Japanese paper, and on pens it is especially beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
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So, I've heard the term "Washi" before...and I know it has something to do with paper... But what, exactly, is Washi? Is it a whole artform?
 
Marla wrote an article for the AAW magazine on casting pen blanks that included how to do Chiyogami papers. It was in the August 2017, Volume 32, No 4 issue if you have access to them.

Nice pen Alan.
 
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jrista said:
So, I've heard the term "Washi" before...and I know it has something to do with paper... But what, exactly, is Washi? Is it a whole artform?
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Washi itself is the making of paper from pulp and water, only in an art form so far as the texture - which is in many different forms and then there is the art designs and color which is Chiyogami. The two terms can overlap somewhat.
 
leehljp said:
Washi itself is the making of paper from pulp and water, only in an art form so far as the texture - which is in many different forms and then there is the art designs and color which is Chiyogami. The two terms can overlap somewhat.
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Thanks!
 
jrista said:
Very unique! I think the engravings on the hardware go pretty well with the design on the blank, too. Well matched. I've never heard of the Aquilo style, but I think its perfect.
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Jon, thank you for your kind remarks. The Aquilo comes from Beaufort Ink, but should be available in the US
 
leehljp said:
It is beautiful paper and pen also.

My wife and I went with a Japanese couple in Nagoya to a museum for Washi or Chiyogami - it was somewhere outside of Nagoya. They had the most beautiful paper designs there.

I love it when I see the Japanese paper, and on pens it is especially beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you Hank.
I called it Japanese paper rather than Chiyogami paper as it is not really the 'real' thing. It is more like wrapping paper...... which makes the casting more difficult.
 
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