Red driftwood Sirocco

[Graham_C]

Not sure what the wood is but it has a quite open grain with some spalting. Red dye added to the stabilising solution, Melamine finish.

 

[Bucks]

Very nice graham

 

[Gregory Hardy]

Super pen, Graham.

 

[Penpal]

To dye for Graham. Does adding to the stabilizer commit that batch forever to add red? If so it is a big commitment so worth doing.

Peter.

 

[silver]

Nice spalting, colour and shape..

The red has emphasised the spalting and added a nice touch of warmth to the blank..

 

[fortress]

That's very striking Graham, well turned too.

 

[sammy]

That's a great looking pen, Graham.
George

 

[AllenN]

That looks very nice Graham.

 

[Vic Perrin]

Very nice Graham

 

[Paul hd]

Looks great Graham.

 

[Graham_C]

Thanks for all the lovely comments folks

To dye for Graham. Does adding to the stabilizer commit that batch forever to add red? If so it is a big commitment so worth doing.

Peter.

I make up a small amount in a small jar and stand the blank in it. Then it goes into a small bath for vacuuming - which does get re-used for other similar colours.

 

[Bill Mooney]

A very nice pen Graham.

 

[wm460]

Very pretty Graham, well done.

 

[Les ELm]

Looks great.
Nicely done.

Les

 

[Freck Fraser]

I like the spalting in that