Italian Acrylic and Ivy Urn Clip

[Gregory Hardy]

So…sometimes accidents happen… fly-by-the-seat-of your pants…and look at this. Italian acrylic with burgundy accent acrylic. Bock #6. The clip is my take on Grecian urn ivy – in a former life, I did this with pearl in guitar headstocks. Clip is primarily bronze with nickel vine and bronze leaves. Even the primary critic and chief bottle-washer (my wife, the Jewel-Without-A Flaw-To-Whom-I-Am-Married, She Who Is Without Fault) could only say, "Oh, my God, Greg..." and walked away. Must be a good one this time.

 

[Penpal]

Flight of Fancy beautiful clip and pen ,love the imagination in practice here. Lovely pen Greg.

Peter.

 

[Gregory Hardy]

"Flight of fancy," indeed. Thanks for the notice and the kind words. Might need to put this one in hiding for one of the grand-daughters.

 

[angelo49]

That's a Beautiful **5**Pen!!
!!AMAZING WORK!!

 

[Bammer]

Very nice, you are getting quite good at this ..

 

[Bucks]

Wow that looks amazing Greg, did you actually make the clip aswell?

 

[Cumbrian Craig]

Amazing skill. Top work with a brilliant end result

Regards

Craig

 

[fortress]

I can only echo what's already been said, I said I can only...... Lovely work Greg.

 

[Gregory Hardy]

Wow that looks amazing Greg, did you actually make the clip aswell?

I did make the clip, Paul. It's all laid up and soldered from pieces of bronze and nickel silver. The clip blade, clip rings, and ivy leaves were cut from bronze sheet and the vine was done with pieces of nickel half-round wire (a couple of different gauges). Keeping pieces in place in order to solder was a lot like trying herd cats - another hand (or two or three) would have been really helpful! Thanks again.

 

[Bucks]

I did make the clip, Paul. It's all laid up and soldered from pieces of bronze and nickel silver. The clip blade, clip rings, and ivy leaves were cut from bronze sheet and the vine was done with pieces of nickel half-round wire (a couple of different gauges). Keeping pieces in place in order to solder was a lot like trying herd cats - another hand (or two or three) would have been really helpful! Thanks again.

Wow you are a man of many talents.

 

[Barry]

This pen shows I think that the pen of the week should be split into two categories Acrylic and Wood pens
There are some beautiful woods out there But acrylic is what ever the mind conjures up

 

[Gregory Hardy]

This pen shows I think that the pen of the week should be split into two categories Acrylic and Wood pens
There are some beautiful woods out there But acrylic is what ever the mind conjures up

I'm not sure I agree. Every member of the forum has a list of things he or she looks for in "the perfect pen." Some folks are dazzled by a beautiful piece of wood, while others are more affected by a different material or process or technique. It's fun to see what catches the eye of each voter, and the surprise attached to the voting results. (Sometimes I am shocked!) I think the new process for selecting POTW is worth testing for a while longer without any additional strings attached.

 

[Les ELm]

Nicely done.

Les

 

[Paul hd]

Stunning pen.

 

[wm460]

Stunning pen Greg.

 

[sammy]

Absolute stunner Greg, work of the highest order. Love it.
George

 

[silver]

one great looking pen Greg. it shows through your skills and quality of workmanship to a tee.

Keep up the good work as I like to see your pens mate.

 

[Unique]

A fantastic pen Greg - I just love that clip.

Tony

 

[AllenN]

Greg, I am just lost in admiration, that is simply stunning.