Laminated Denim Pens

[DanF]

They turned out pretty good, very imaginative material. You are really on a roll here.

 

To make the threads a little cleaner, you might hit the intended area with a little thin CA glue before tapping or threading. It might wick into the fabric in places where the epoxy might not have. Hard to tell from the pics, but it looks like the material didn't fully saturate or impregnate the denim.

 

Dan

[etoyoc]

Bravo!!!! :clap1:

[smodak]

Awesome D-Carta

[watch_art]

Ooooh. I really like that. D-carta.

[opus7600]

For the ones where the customer supplies the fabric, it's clearly "Yourcarta".

[smodak]

For the ones where the customer supplies the fabric, it's clearly "Yourcarta".

 

Now we will have to have yo-carta jokes

[drgoretex]

Wow - very cool, Shawn. Trust the artist to keep pushing the limits, thinking outside the box!

 

Applause for originality!! :clap1: :clap1: :clap1:

 

Ken

[smodak]

A super execution of the concept. Shawn, I bet if you did this commercially you could give TWSBI a run for their money.

[Moondust]

I was and am still totally amazed when I saw the D-carta pens show up in one of the TWSBI micarta threads.

 

I was wondering if you could post some pictures of the whole manufacturing process - from blue jean/silk scarf/old rag/brocade/etc to pen. It would be wonderful to have an impression of the transformation. (without disclosing your secret recipe of course :ph34r: )

[watch_art]

There's no secret or secret recipe.

It's just fiberglass resin from the autoparts store (about $50 a gallon and to make about 12-14 blanks I've used a third of the gallon at least. maybe more.)

 

Then I just layer the denim and resin like a sandwich, put plastic around the laminate, put it between a couple boards and compress the heck out of it with some clamps.

 

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/218978-laminated-denim/page__p__2309947__fromsearch__1&do=findComment&comment=2309947

[Moondust]

There's no secret or secret recipe.

It's just fiberglass resin from the autoparts store (about $50 a gallon and to make about 12-14 blanks I've used a third of the gallon at least. maybe more.)

 

Then I just layer the denim and resin like a sandwich, put plastic around the laminate, put it between a couple boards and compress the heck out of it with some clamps.

 

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/218978-laminated-denim/page__p__2309947__fromsearch__1&do=findComment&comment=2309947

 

Thanks! I just love it how this forum is changing my outlook on pens (and some other things as well). Aside from highly 'refined' pieces of shiny jewelry I've now discovered the pens that have the appearance of having 'grown' somewhere. Which of course they did, in people's creative minds&souls. I love your playful free approach, fountain pens in all forms and shapes just popping up everywhere, happily bouncing about. Top of my list of dreams just now: a TWSBI micarta, a Colossus by Cameron Lewis, and some wild pen by you... (and maybe a Nakaya).