The Pens Of John M. Russell

[AV8R210]

Today I attended an art show here in SW Florida and for the first time saw the pens created John M. Russell. In the photo of the green pen, what you see on the barrel and cap are actual circuit boards. The pen tray contains pens made of feathers, lizard and snake skins. Absolutely spectacular!

[drgoretex]

Those blanks are very cool aren't they?

 

You can find those at exoticblanks.com - great source for cool blanks.

 

Cheers,

 

Ken

Edited January 11, 2014 by drgoretex

[AV8R210]

Interesting! Thanks, Ken. Yes, they are very cool. I see that the snake skins are are also available as blanks.

[InvisibleMan]

There is virtually no end to the cool stuff people put on kit pens. Kits have metal tubes running through them that hold the pen together, so blank material (snake skins, feathers, stamps, whatever else you can think of) can be glued to the metal tube, then cast in resin.

[pshibb]

Don't forget polymer clay. So many possibilities with clay. My next major clay project will be to make the finials for the kits so the majority of the kit will be custom. Only kit parts will be the tubes and the clip and the thread assembly.

[InvisibleMan]

Don't forget polymer clay. So many possibilities with clay. My next major clay project will be to make the finials for the kits so the majority of the kit will be custom. Only kit parts will be the tubes and the clip and the thread assembly.

 

Polymer clay is voodoo to me. I don't understand it at all, but it sure does make a nice pen!

[pshibb]

Polymer clay is pretty much uncured PVC or something close to it. Very durable when cured. Works like play do and very inexpensive.