Laminated Denim Pens

[Lince]

Shawn, excellent!! Congratulations.

Steve, please make a review when you get it and have the nib swap.

The black-gray dennin ends up very light on some places.

Maybe you should try more saturated colors that in the end, due to the nature of the process will end up looking stone washed.

Just an Idea.

Anyway this is COOL.

[watch_art]

Thanks very much!

It does look gray in some places, which is odd b/c the material I bought was the same on both sides, and I thought it would have come out darker than this. I like that you can see the layers though. I'm getting a load of blue jeans from a friend of mine (tomorrow?) and will be able to experiment with different colors and stone washed and stuff.

 

 

[markiv]

Nice work. This has some serious potential.

I especially like the arco like pattern in this denim-carta.

[Lloyd]

Make sure that you first empty the pockets.

[watch_art]

Thanks!

 

And Lloyd:

[79spitfire]

If you use shop rags it could be a mechanic's pen!

 

DUDE!!!! A PEN FOR MY MECHANIC! I think he'd LOVE that.

Thanks for the great idea.

 

I want one too! (I am a mechanic at my day job, a teacher at night)

 

Hey, if you were to laminate old test papers...

 

I may have to raid the body shop for some fiberglass resin...

 

 

Make sure that you first empty the pockets.

:ltcapd:

[watch_art]

As requested - thread photos.

 

The section with the flat spot will be the student pen. A chunk of denim just sort of peeled off when I was turning it. What's left is sturdy though.

Why would I use it at all? I know the student won't try to make it an eyedropper.

 

The other section turned out just fine. I cut off the end of the blank, from the edges of the original block, to be sure there were no soft spots or spots without enough resin impregnated denim. That did the trick.

 

 

 

Inside the caps. The second cap - for the customer - was left with the walls a bit thicker.

 

 

 

 

Looks rough - but threads on pretty good. Doesn't feel gritty at all like it would look. I took a lighter flame to a test section I made and burned off some of the threads to see what would happen. Didn't make much difference, but didn't hurt anything either.

 

[awc]

Actually I find this material more interesting than micarta.

 

 

 

 

Btw what about laminated silk? :-o

 

If I'm not mistaken it is Micarta. I will agree it does look much better than the TWSBI.

 

Good work Shawn! How about that tie die idea?

[turnero]

great

[watch_art]

I don't think it's technically Micarta - which is why I haven't called it that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micarta

 

It's a laminate.

[terminal]

Awesome!! Great job!

 

How does it feel in the hand? Does it feel... cool? Can you tell you're holding jean by feel?

[watch_art]

I guess it's kind of cool. I haven't inked it up and written with it yet. I'll let the customer and the kid give them stains.

 

It's definitely heavier than acrylic pens made to the same size.

[twissy]

Nice work Shawn.

Have you thought about doing a CA finish on one?

[watch_art]

I'm planning on it.

[CatBookMom]

Shawn, you are amazing! These look so fun. The idea of pink denim or whatever makes me giggle.

:clap1: :clap1:

 

I think you must have more hours in the day than most of us, to get so much crafting done.

[smk]

I'll add my voice to the throngs of admirers :-) Great work Shawn.

 

Salman

[fabrimedeiros]

Awesome, Shawn!! Great job!!

 

 

[watch_art]

Thanks!

[Lince]

I like that you can see the layers though.

 

Agree that is the best part, see the contours that appear in the curves of the pen.

[JeanManuel]

Thanks!

 

Silk?

WOuld be expensive. BUt sure, why not?

 

I would have gone the other way for more texture, with jute.