2010 Fall Series Pen Barrel

Fall 2010 Series of 8 pen barrels - This is a detail of the barrel (upper and lower ) prior to being made into a pen. Each is hand painted in acrylic and then encased in a block of clear acrylic resin. The barrel is then turned down on a lathe and polished to get a finished smooth look. All the hardware on this series was done in gold. I was really going for warm look in these. In all, there is at least 12 layers of paint on each of these to get the transparent layered effect I was going for. There was also a textural effect obtained by layering the colors on individually in a thick coat. The raw barrels ( prior to being encased ) had the look of a pile of fall leaves.