Thread: June, better get turning

Hey folks,

Here are a couple I gave managed to finish off. The first was a collaboration with a bloke up in Brisbane. He imports a lot of timber, and enjoys dyes and stabilising. I love the resin work....match made in heaven.

I think it's box eldar burl, dyed and stabilised. Our thoughts were 'Fire & Ice'. This was my second time using megapoxy hx. I think I left it a bit long before pouring as I think it was too hard to get the swirls that mica usually produces. Instead it looks kind of sparkly. Still pretty cool, but not the look I was going for. Live and learn
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Second pen I have been playing with for a while. I was going to go with the name of 'Forgotten Time'. The concrete effect isn't quite as pronounced as I'd like so still some tweaking to do. But the rusty gears have come up a treat!!
I was using a gator mold for these tube in castings but alas, fir the hourglass there wasn't quite enough meat on the blank so I ended up putting some Queen ebony on the ends. I'm not usually a fan of pulling off a fix like this but I guess it will pass quality control.
This is for a swap, so once again shhhhhh, it's going out in the mail this week - destined for the states...

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Cheers all.....
Gab
P.s.
Better find some straight timber to turn next