More with my new pigments

[McKenzie Penworks]

I apologize for the white balance on this quick photo I snapped... too busy with the day job to mess with it. Cast these 6 today with various mixtures of pigments from a concrete supply company. Turns out they use mica based pigments to dye concrete... go figure.

All of these are 3 color. I think I've finally got my pouring method down to where I like it. Good mix of color all the way through and I'm not swirling these at all after the fact. You certainly get a different look when you swirl manually vs with the pour. I'm going to try a swirl the next batch with a toothpick or something just to see the difference.

Two blues and a gold, blue,green, and "silver" pearl, and 2 greens with black.

 

[magpens]

Lovely blanks !!! . Alumilite ??

 

[McKenzie Penworks]

Thanks! And yes, these are alumilite.

 

[Bob in SF]

More beauties - very appealing!

 

[PatrickR]

Really like the black and green! Nice!

 

[Gregory Hardy]

These are fantastic. Not casting myself yet but sense that it is in my future. Was the concrete supply place online or was it a brick-and-mortar store? (Sorry - I couldn't resist.) Share a site if online, please? Pigments are so expensive - I'm hoping this is a cheaper way to go about it. Your pour technique really gave some great lines to the blanks. Really beautiful.

 

[Woodchipper]

I marvel at how creative the folks are on this forum. Not into casting but like the colors and how they blend by just pouring rather than mixing.

 

[McKenzie Penworks]

These are fantastic. Not casting myself yet but sense that it is in my future. Was the concrete supply place online or was it a brick-and-mortar store? (Sorry - I couldn't resist.) Share a site if online, please? Pigments are so expensive - I'm hoping this is a cheaper way to go about it. Your pour technique really gave some great lines to the blanks. Really beautiful.

Black Diamond Pigments is the name, they do have a website. Price per gram is a little less than PearlEx and you can certainly buy in BIG quantities if ya want to. It's still not "cheap" but the value is there. Thanks for the compliments! I may stick a couple in the for sale area to fund more resin to play with.