A few mosaic pins

[GavinSingh]

Ran some more experiments with mosaic pins and here are the results. The dark ones are British racing green, not black. Think I need a lighter shade there. All comments, suggestions welcomed.







I swear, it's easier to make these than it is to take a decent pic of them. Mind, my process is still a bit messy and need tidy that up a bit, or my whole workshop will end up green, red & black!

[Nice65]

Stunning pins, really nice.

[Stew]

I like the noughts and crosses board - bit different. Not a fan of red in mosaics but that's just my own taste. i like the idea of british racing green.

[Ru Titley]

Those look great Gavin , realy clean and crisp .
Any chance of doing some with copper rather than brass

[Darkwoodecho]

Those are excellent, prefer the green/darker ones (just personal pref), well done, haven't had the courage to tackle the making myself yet, may have to go on the "do" list

[bones61]

im loving those mate very good the two middle ones are the best for me
the ones with a box inside a box

[ceri]

Very nice, i'm liking those very much.

Ceri.

[parbajtor]

Good job, gavin.

I usually use transparent pigments rather than opaque, but your colour choices highlight the issues. Your red stands out much more than transparent red would, but on the darker shades (BRG) the green would be more apparent (in transparent hue) because of the increased reflectance

[GavinSingh]

Aww shucks guys!

Parbajtor, what do you use as pigments? Like I say, this is new to me, so I've been following recommendations from the resin supplier, CFS.

Stew, if I'm honest, I'm still not certain about the chequer board ones. It was a plastic extrusion, which just happened o fit inside 1/4" tube. Bit more delicate to polish and I'm not certain if the centre hole is truly flled.

Ru, I owe you, so if I can source suitable copper, I'll sort some out for you. Bit busy at mo, so might be couple of weeks.

Cheers guys, really appreciate the comments.

[parbajtor]

Epoxy resin pigments - can't remember which online store. You get a choice of transparent or opaque. The Opaque had a much bigger variety of colours though.

[paulrbarnard]

Love the red ones. I was looking for some red a while back. i finished up going with black... The red with the concentric squares (middle row right side) is my favourite. It has a Moorish feel to it. Most impressive

[Basemetal]

Brilliant
... and I'm not a fan of mosaic pins
Usually I see them as badly made, misaligned and 'last year's fashion', but you've shown me they can be rather cool

[marcus2]

CFSNET carry all the pigments

[GavinSingh]

Thanks for all your comments guys, I really appreciate your views and advice.

BaseMetal, make comments like that and you'll be seeing lots more mosaics from me .

However, these are just stand alone pieces. I do feel that to work in a completed knfe, they need to compliment the overall design and reflect the fit and finish of the rest of the work.

[puukko3883]

GavinSingh, some really nice pins !! Looks like you'll be making a lot of these !!

You should come up with a display board of some kind of nice wood, nicely finished, these beauties deserve a top notch display !!