Thread: Crushed Abalone Shell in black PR

Mike, a mighty fine looking pen, well done with the home casting, I have an idea that the pen would look much better in presence, keep it up, Amos

lookin good
keep up the experimentation

That’s just sick….sick sick sick…Ok, how did you do it?
And are you making more of them?

Mighty good looking pen there Mags!!!

Are you casting solid and drilling or applying to tubes and then casting ? . I have done "paua" shell blanks successfully by gluing direct to tubes ,very little waste and no drilling after casting . Whichever way you did it came out very nicely indeed . Cheers ~ John

Looks great Mike

I've done a few shells, but cast in and stuck to the tubes as John suggested. With the plain cast I found the 40grit chisel works the best, how did you go?

I cast in a silicone mold similar to the moldsavers, just mixed a heap of shell (hit with a hammer) in black PR and cast under pressure overnight.

Neil, Yes the 40 grit was the best option on this one!!!

I will do a few more in some different colours next week and see how they turn out. Heading to the West coast so hope to grab a few more shells and maybe the odd piece of Huon. (With any luck that is)

Mike

very very nice, got some abalone shell myself somewhere in the shed

hope mine turns out half as good as yours

MIK

Wow that is different very nice well done

i would like to see some different colours

Good looking pen, now where is that pot I bought.