I had this piece of Iron Pyrite sitting on my bench for months until it told me what it wanted to be- Part of a pen and pencil holder !! The stone is embedded into a piece of walnut with blue epoxy. The base is maple burl as are the pen and pencil. The pen tubes are walnut also. It is finished with clear satin enamel !
Cheers, Jim
Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day
There is a lot of rock hounds around here too. One professor at the local geology dept. goes to Australia and ships back rocks in 55 gallon drums, "Doc's Rocks" is his business (though he is now retired).
Many people have their house's window sills and fences topped with rocks they collected.
I remember as a kid, walking past a construction site and finding a bunch of iron pyrite. I thought it was gold and that I was rich. Sad to say, not rich.
Hi Steven, a lot of people think it is gold when they find it . Mica also look like gold in the bottom of streams when it glitters like gold in the sun !!
Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day
Thanks, Steve. I have a Brazilian Rosewood pair of pen and pencil waiting for a holder design to come forward. I'm very allergic to that rosewood and it did a job on me just to touch the dust while wearing a mask! No more rosewood projects !!!!!!!!!!!
Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day
